To discover more about nature in the Canberra region, and the organizations that are helping to protect it, here are some great websites to explore. Many of these organisations depend on community support. If you value the useful resources that they provide and the great work that they do, please consider assisting them with a donation or by volunteering your time.
Flora and fauna awareness
- ACT Herpetological Association (amphibians & reptiles)
- Australian Field Naturalists Clubs (list by state/territory)
- Australasian Bats Society
- Australian Native Plants Society (Canberra Region)
- Australian National Botanic Gardens (comprehensive display of native plants)
- Australian Society for Fish Biology
- Canberra Birds
- Canberra Fungi Group
- NatureMapr (citizen science data platform, upload a photo and have experts identify it)
- Frog Watch (citizen science frog monitoring and education program)
- iNaturalistAU (see also projects e.g. habitat trees; dead trees; giant eucalypts)
- Native Bees – ACT & South Coast; ACT for Bees & other Pollinators
- Southern Tablelands Ecosystem Park (features southern tablelands species)
- Turtle Watch (citizen science turtle monitoring program)
- Water bugs (species identification, citizen science monitoring program)
Habitat & species protection & stewardship
- ACT Government Parks and Conservation Service
- Australian Network for Plant Conservation
- Australian River Restoration Centre
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary
- Bush Heritage Australia Scottsdale Reserve
- Care of injured or sick wildlife:
- Friends of Grasslands (conservation of natural temperate grassy ecosystems)
- Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Geological Society of Australia (ACT Division)
- Greening Australia (landscape restoration, seed services, carbon offsets)
- Landcare:
- Land for Wildlife (voluntary property registration scheme for landowners)
- NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (biodiversity conservation on private land)
- NSW Government National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Wandiyali Restoration Trust (restoration of Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary)
- Woodlands and Wetlands Trust (Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary & Jerrabomberra Wetlands)
Environmental awareness, advocacy & activism
- ACT Chapter Australian Association for Environmental Education
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Australian Youth Climate Coalition
- Beyond Zero Emissions
- Canberra Environment Centre (environmental education centre)
- Conservation Council of Canberra and SE Region (advocacy & hub for community groups)
- Environmental Defender’s Office (community legal centre)
- Invasive Species Council
- National Parks Association of the ACT
- Nature Play Canberra (encouraging and advocating for nature play)
- Reclaim Kosci (reducing impacts of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park)
- SEE Change (encouraging practical actions to create a more sustainable city)