Coastcare groups and networks are encouraged to nominate for the Coastcare Award at the 2023/2024 Victorian Landcare Awards.
Main Dates
Award nominations opened: Wednesday 18 October 2023
Award nominations close: Friday 1 March 2024
Awards ceremony (Government House, Melbourne): date TBC June 2024
Coastcare Award - $500
About the Category:
The Coastcare Award acknowledges a community group or network that has contributed to the significant improvement of a coastal or marine environment. This may include estuaries, coastal and marine wetlands, river systems and salt marsh ecosystems. The Coastcare activities may include sand dune restoration, protection of threatened species, removing invasive species that are impacting on native flora, plastics and waste removal, education and volunteer engagement, and mitigating urban impact on marine environments like storm water pollution or the control of access to sensitive and vulnerable areas.
Who can be nominated:
Nominations are open to a community group or network, including Coastcare and Landcare groups/networks, Dunecare, Rivercare, Bushcare, ‘Friends of’ groups, youth groups, First Nations organisations and other community groups responding to local coastal and marine environmental issues.
Selection Criteria:
Describe who is being nominated. Please include how long they have been involved, why they got involved and the location of the project.
Describe what coastal or marine environmental issue the group/network is responding to and the cause and impact of the issue, describe any key challenges the nominee has faced and the strategies used to overcome them.
Describe how the project activities of the group/network have made an improvement to the coastal or marine management issue and the impact on the community; include examples of how the project activities have increased community awareness and engagement with coastal or marine environmental issues, include information about any partnerships formed (e.g. with local councils, businesses, schools, other community groups, academic institutions, etc).
In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination, highlighting the key messages that best describe why this group/network should be recognised for outstanding achievements to Coastcare.
Nominations: first register here to start an online nomination.
More information: can be found here.
2024 National Landcare Awards: the State and Territory Landcare Awards are held every two years. All the State and Territory winners of the 2023/2024 Coastcare Award category will advance to become finalists at the 2024 National Landcare Awards ceremony, in late 2024.
