{{Short description|Australian volunteer group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} A '''Bushcare Group''' is a volunteer group that conducts bush regeneration to aid biodiversity conservation on public or private bushland in Australia.
Bushcare groups have arisen due to rising community support for conservation and this has driven the allocation of native vegetation remnants to conservation through ecological restoration.<ref name="Stenhouse 2004">{{cite journal | author = Stenhouse | year = 2004 | title = Local government conservation and management of native bushland in Australia | journal = Environmental Management | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 209–222 | publisher = Springer Scientific | doi=10.1007/s00267-004-0231-6 | pmid = 15559945 | s2cid = 8458760 }} </ref>
There are numerous Bushcare Groups in Australia working as volunteers to restore remnant patches of native bushland on public lands. For example, in the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney, there are now 50 such ''Bush Regeneration Groups'' working to restore bushland. Most suburban councils are involved in bushcare to varying degrees,<ref name="Stenhouse 2004"/> either by employing professional staff or facilitating volunteer involvement. Around Australia Natural Resource Management Boards and Non Government Organisations offer training and equipment to community volunteers.
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==External links== *[https://www.aabr.org.au/volunteering/bushcare-and-landcare-volunteering Local Council Bushcare programs] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050218100647/http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/bushcare_groups.asp Blue Mountain Bushcare groups] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051024141243/http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/group_else_mitchell.asp Else Mitchell Park Bushcare Group] *[https://prospecthillbushlandgroup.org/ Prospect Hill Bushland Group] * {{official|https://landcareaustralia.org.au/|Landcare Australia}}
Category:1957 establishments in Australia Category:Environmental organizations established in 1957 Category:Botany in Australia Category:Native plant societies Category:Nature conservation in Australia Category:Environmental organisations based in Australia Category:Horticultural organisations based in Australia
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