What is Bushcare?
Bushcare is a community-based program that plays an important role in the conservation and restoration of our environment. It is the process of rehabilitating bushland through the removal of invasive weeds and planting of Indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses.
Bushcare reduces threats of weeds and encourages natural regeneration. Invasive weed species pose a significant threat to our ecosystems, and by carrying out minimal disturbance programs like Bushcare, we can help to make our bushland more resilient to events like climate change and natural disasters.
The ultimate aim of Bushcare is to conserve and improve local biodiversity and increase important habitat for wildlife.
Bushcare has a range of benefits for not only the environment, but people too;
- It teaches people to care for Country and connect to their surrounding environment
- Stay healthy and active
- De-stress - studies have shown that spending time around trees can improve a person's health. Being amongst bushland can reduce blood pressure and the hormones associated with stress (cortisol and adrenaline)
- It offers a social space for people to meet likeminded members of the community
- People can gain a sense of personal achievement by knowing they have improved their local environment in helping a site increase in biodiversity
- Bushcare offers people the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on plants and animals.
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