Landcare Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 路 Nonprofit 路 National 路 since 1989
National body funding and supporting Australia's 5,500 community landcare groups since 1989
About
Landcare Australia is an independent national not-for-profit established in 1989 and based in Chatswood, Sydney, that raises corporate and government funding and distributes it as grants to community landcare, coastcare and First Nations groups for revegetation, weed control, habitat and sustainable farming projects. Its programs include the Landcare Australia Community Grants, Junior Landcare, Coastcare, the Corporate Environmental Volunteering program, Landcare Week and the National Landcare Awards. In FY2024-25 it distributed over A$2.46 million through 218 funded projects that established 206,302 trees and plants and restored 1,450 hectares.
What they run
Corporate- and government-funded grants (15 programs in FY2024-25) to community groups for revegetation, riparian planting, weed control and habitat projects across Australia.
Places corporate volunteer teams with landcare groups for planting, nursery propagation and weeding days.
Grants and learning resources for schools and youth groups; 66,102 young people took part in FY2024-25.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 鉁傦笍 Tree care & maintenance | 11,419 | 2025 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restored | 2025 | 1,450 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceUN SDG page (FY25): 'Over $2,465,000 in funding was distributed, supporting ... the restoration of 1,450 hectares of degraded land'; 218 projects funded across 15 grant programs |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 206,302 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2025 (FY2024-25), SDG section: '206,302 trees and plants were established and 997 hectares of weed control undertaken through projects delivered or supported by Landcare Australia'; introduction: 'more than 206,000 trees and plants' |
| Volunteers engaged | 2025 | 9,395 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceUN SDG page (FY25): '9,395 volunteers contributing their time and energy' to Landcare Australia-funded projects |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 11,419 | Corporate Environmental Volunteering | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2025, Corporate Environmental Volunteering page: 488 volunteers, 2,000+ hours, '11,419 native plants planted/established', '23,137 native seedlings propagated in nurseries' |
| Volunteers engaged | 2025 | 488 | Corporate Environmental Volunteering | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2025, Corporate Environmental Volunteering page: '488 volunteers' contributing '2,000+ hours' |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 5 of 5 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 5/5 Reports volunteers or events: Volunteer figures on record
- Latest annual figure
- 206,302 trees in 2025
- Trees per volunteer
- 22 in 2025
- Compare
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Upcoming events
- Coastcare Week 2026Mon, Dec 7, 2026, 12:00 AM GMT+11 路 Other 路 Sydney