Projects
Our Community Engagement Team is dedicated to providing opportunities for the South West community to access knowledge and skills about NRM, to facilitate strong and active public awareness about environmental issues. It is only by developing this legacy that we can ensure that our diverse and beautiful South West Region is protected for future generations.
Over the last two years, we have been busy providing support and capacity to a wide range of community based organisations and developing strong partnerships with them, including Community-based catchment groups, volunteer groups, Aboriginal organisations, Local Governments and much more.
Our team has assisted community groups across the region to develop and undertake on-ground projects through our devolved grants scheme, Groundworks South West. Through this program, more than $1.7 million in funding has been distributed to support to on-ground projects that the local community sees as a priority.
We have been facilitating a strong working relationship with the Traditional Owners of the South West, the Nyungar people, through active consultation and the facilitation of on-ground projects for cultural protection. We have also been providing ongoing advice and support to our stakeholder networks, to ensure that their processes for engaging with Aboriginal people are appropriate.
And of course, we are constantly ‘out and about’, taking part in awareness raising events, field days, farm visits, workshops and meetings and providing training throughout the South West Region, in order to make one-on-one contacts with our stakeholders.
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