Useful Links

Queensland (and bordering States) links

Photo: Policemen’s Waterhole - Nick Cuff

Gecko — Gold Coast and Hinterland Environment Council Assoc. Inc.

Gecko is the peak regional environment group on Queensland’s Gold Coast. It is a non-profit, non-party political, volunteer organisation that actively promotes, conserves and restores the natural environment of the Gold Coast region in partnership with member groups and the wider community.
Regional Natural Resource Bodies (Regional NRM bodies)

Regional NRM bodies are responsible for protecting and managing Australia's natural resources. To do this, regional NRM plans were developed. These plans outline how a regional body will identify and achieve the region's NRM targets. There are 56 bodies in Australia. Fourteen of these are in Queensland.
EdNA Online theme pages for schools

Includes links to sites and resources on freshwater and the International Year of Freshwater.
Reef ED

Reef ED is multimedia education program prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for educators and students.
enQuire

enQuire is the central point of natural resource management information and project management tools for regional bodies and individuals.
Brisbane Flood Information
Queensland Historical Atlas

The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Queensland Museum Queensland Historical Atlas - an unconventional online atlas that takes a fresh look at the state's history.
Links to mapping and data resources

National links

Government

NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet - Office od Environment and Heritage

This site provides information on the importance of wetlands in New South Wales, and offers suggestions about how you can help in your local area.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia
Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria

Includes the DSE’s Index of Wetland Condition — a preliminary framework for the measure of wetland vegetation quality.

Conservation

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)

ACF is Australia’s major non-government conservation organisation. For more than 30 years, ACF has been the voice of Australians concerned about the environment. This is a well-designed and regularly updated site, with information on campaigns, policy and other conservation-related issues.
Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA)

Want to get your hands dirty doing practical conservation for the Australian Environment? CVA has volunteer opportunities across Australia every day of the year, including priority wetland rehabilitation under the Revive our Wetlands program.
Landcare

Landcare is a voluntary community organisation that aims to improve natural resource management, with around 4000 groups operating nationally. Landcare operates largely in rural Australia, involving 40 percent of farmers, who manage 60 percent of land and 70 percent of the nation’s diverted water.
WetlandCare Australia

WetlandLink is a newsletter and a wetland management resource that provides targeted information to assist landholders with best practice environmental management.
Nature Conservation Council (NCC)

The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales is the peak umbrella organisation for over 100 conservation and environment groups in New South Wales. NCO deals with a wide range of conservation issues in New South Wales.
Hunter Wetlands Centre

The Hunter Wetlands Centre is Australia’s only dedicated Wetlands Centre managed by a community-owned, not-for-profit organisation. Today, it provides a place of education, conservation and nature tourism. The Centre conducts organised walks, provides interactive displays, and maintains observation sites.
New South Wales Murray Wetlands Working Group

The New South Wales Murray Wetlands Working Group rehabilitates degraded wetlands and improves the management of wetlands throughout the River Murray and Lower Darling catchments in New South Wales by linking community and best scientific understanding.
Wetlands International – Oceania

Wetlands International operates in Australia and the Pacific Islands from offices in Canberra and Brisbane (Australia) and Suva (Fiji).
Queensland Wader Study Group

QWSG is a special interest group within Birds Queensland. The Queensland Wader Study Group is a voluntary organization. It was formed to further research on both migratory and resident waders (shorebirds) in Queensland, and to work for their conservation.
Birds Australia

Birds Australia began life as the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901. We thought that title was a bit of a mouthful, so now we call ourselves Birds Australia. Birds Australia is dedicated to the conservation, study and enjoyment of Australia's native birds and their habitats.

Miscellaneous

Fishers For Conservation (FCC)

Fishers For Conservation is an Australian-based non-profit incorporated association that educates, supports and represents recreational and other fishers, and aquatic conservationists. FCC advocates conservation and ecologically based management of the coastal, marine and freshwater environments.
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
National Code of Practice for Recreational and Sport Fishing
RecFish Australia
Rex Hunt Website
Save the Murray

This site is the information gateway for the Murray-Darling Basin. It promotes positive solutions to fixing the problems of the basin.
Australian Landscape Trust — Managers of Calperum/Taylorville Stations, partners within the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve

An Australian member of UNESCO’s world-wide network of biosphere reserves, the Australian Landscape Trust fosters partnerships with scientists and research institutions. Scientific research and monitoring of terrestrial and aquatic environments shapes the way land and water is managed within Bookmark.
The Wilderness Society

The Wilderness Society is a national, community-based, environmental advocacy organisation with a mission to protect, promote and secure the future of wilderness and other high conservation areas.
Australian Natural Resource

A new website with a wide range of environmental links.

International links

Wetlands

Wetlands International’s global website

Wetlands International is the only global NGO dedicated to the conservation and wise use of wetlands. We work globally, regionally and nationally to achieve the conservation and wise use of wetlands, to benefit biodiversity and human well-being.
Ramsar

Mission Statement: "The Convention's mission is the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world" (Ramsar COP8, 2002).
World Wetland Network (WWN)

The WWN is a global network of 500 wetland Non Government Orgaisation’s (NGO's) initiated at the World NGO conference on the eve of the Ramsar COP10 meeting, November 2008, in Changwon, South Korea. It arose from the need for NGOs to maintain contact with each other at and between Ramsar meetings, but will also help with information exchange, sharing of best practice and lobbying on specific wetland issues.
Ducks Unlimited USA

Ducks Unlimited USA is the largest wetland conservation organisation in the United States of America.
Ducks Unlimited Canada

This organisation fostered the creation of Wetland Care Australia.
Ducks Unlimited New Zealand

Ducks Unlimited NZ is Wetland Care Australia’s sister organisation.

Conservation

Greenpeace

Greenpeace, the International environmental activist organisation, is particularly renowned for their anti-nuclear shipping and anti-whaling stance.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

WWF is the world’s largest independent conservation organisation. WWF’s mission is to protect nature and biological diversity. The homepage of WWF International links to WWF in other countries.
National Geographic