Get Involved Successful management of the natural environment requires the active involvement of interested people in the community. Whether you have a large amount of land in a rural area, a small 'lifestyle' farm or a tiny plot in the city, you can help protect the environment and add interest to your surroundings. Areas of existing natural vegetation must be protected and managed. National Parks only conserve part of the environment.
Private lands are important in helping to conserve wildlife.
Both conservation and landcare projects can work together to help increase food and shelter for birds and other wildlife, control soil erosion, improve water quality, absorb greenhouse gases and make the landscape a more attractive place to live. You can help look after the environment by protecting native habitat and revegetating with local native trees, shrubs and grasses. Habitat means the environment where an organism lives for all or part of its life. Habitat loss in rural areas is a major cause of wildlife decline and it is still occurring. In a habitat, native vegetation is usually the most visible component of wildlife, but is only one part of a complex system.