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Sharing Good News About Conservation Action (April 2025)

Each month we celebrate the positive actions in our communities, powered by the generosity and kindness of our volunteers, supporters, partners and donors. 

There’s a lot of good news to share in April 2025. 

Our Revive Our Wetlands initiative has resulted in the protection and restoration of wetlands, many of which are important Ramsar sites and areas of incredible biodiversity. We also celebrated Neighbour Day again this year, in recognition of the important role that neighbours play in building community and a sense of belonging.

We’re also excited to offer our volunteers many opportunities to mitigate climate change and be a part of changing the world. Read more below about our news, achievements in April and upcoming volunteering events for May and June 2025.

If you want to keep up-to-date with all our latest news and stories, we invite you to sign up to our monthly newsletter. 

Making Waves for Wetland Conservation Across Australia

We’re on a mission to protect wetlands and biodiversity across Australia. 

Through our Revive Our Wetlands initiative, we’ve teamed up with thousands of fantastic volunteers to become the ultimate superheroes for wetlands and biodiversity in Australia. 

Take a look at our wetland success stories, to get inspired about the power of community action to change the world. 

Celebrating Neighbour Day with Nature Blocks and Relationships Australia in 2025

You can spark and maintain connections by reaching out and making your neighbourhood more welcoming.

To celebrate neighbours, the feeling of belonging, and community, Neighbour Day has been established as an annual event by Relationships Australia. This year Neighbour Day took place on the 30th of March, 2025.

There are many ways to celebrate Neighbour Day, and Neighbours Every Day (Relationships Australia’s social connection campaign) – one of which is to start a Nature Block in your community. Here’s how you can create a Nature Block!

Get involved in citizen-science projects

You don’t need a scientific background to get involved in research and conservation. Citizen science activities can be accessible to everyone, while also being enjoyable and rewarding. 

Citizen science initiatives typically welcome anyone to get involved in gathering data on topics like plants, animals, and pollution that can benefit the world.

Conservation Volunteers Australia has many different types of citizen science volunteer opportunities. Our projects empower citizens everywhere to gather and record data for conservation. That includes recording data about pollution in our rivers and ocean, and recording how many Nature Blocks you’ve planted using our bespoke CVA App.

Climate change is having an impact on our waterways

Climate change is already having profound impacts on waterways like rivers, streams, and wetlands and the ecosystems they support.

Understanding how climate change impacts water security through altered rainfall patterns, droughts, floods, and biodiversity can aid in creating effective management strategies.

Read our blog explaining how climate change affects rivers, wetlands and oceans – and, importantly, what we can do to mitigate these impacts. 

Get involved in conservation: Volunteer events in May – June 2025

Join Conservation Volunteers Australia’s exciting conservation volunteering events taking place around the country during May and June 2025. 

Our events are open to everyone and free to participate in, but spaces are limited, so sign up today to avoid disappointment!

Are you ready to join our squad and unleash your inner eco-warrior? Then sign up for a CVA volunteering event below, and learn more about upcoming volunteer events happening near you. 

Bringing back the bush in Gladstone, QLD

📍Gladstone, QLD

📆 April 29–30; May 6–8; May 20–22; May 27–29; June 3rd, June 10-12th; June 17-19th 

🕓 7:30 am

Revive our Wetlands, a project powered by Conservation Volunteers Australia in partnership with Chevron Australia, welcomes you to attend our Wetland restoration activities. Join us, our partners at Gladstone Regional Council and the community for a fun and educational morning at the Oaks Road Wetland at Tannum Sands. We will be planting local wetland species, removing invasive weed species, conducting flora and fauna surveys and improving this wonderful local wetland. 

Book your spot here!

Protecting SEQ’s Coastal Ecosystems

📍Moreton Bay, QLD

📆 April 30th; May 14th; May 28th; June 11th, June 25th

🕓 9.15 am

Help the vulnerable Water Mouse find a home at Oxbow! This small native rodent, with dark slate-grey fur and a white underside, lives along the QLD and NT coastlines. This species is listed as vulnerable due to the removal and degradation of its habitat which is why we are here to help! 

Book your spot here!

Creating an Urban Oasis in Sir Joseph Banks Park, NSW

📍Sir Joseph Banks Park (The Esplanade), NSW

📆 May 6th; May 13th; May 30th; June 3rd; June 13th; June 17th

🕓 9.30 am

CVA will be creating an urban oasis at Sir Joseph Banks Park in Sydney, in partnership with Bayside Council and NSW Ports. This treasured natural reserve is one of the last pockets of urban green space on the Botany foreshore and plays a vital role in supporting native wildlife and plant species in northern Botany Bay. It’s also home to the endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub and a number of other vulnerable species. Help us restore this vital habitat through invasive species removal, mulching, planting native species, monitoring local wildlife and more.

Book your spot here!

Can’t attend a volunteer event? Here are More Ways to Get Involved in Conservation 

Here are a few more ways you can take action for nature:

🌊 Take part in our SeaToSource Plastic Waste Challenge and tackle the impacts of plastic on our oceans

🤝 Encourage your company to partner with CVA and support our environmental projects

📚 Learn more about the nature, climate resilience and adaptation on our blog, and by signing up to our newsletter

📲 Download the CVA App and find resources and a community of nature stewards

🌿 Support our conservation projects by making a donation to CVA