Conservation Volunteers Australia

'To attract and manage a force of volunteers in practical conservation projects for the betterment of the Australian environment’.'

Conservation Volunteers Australia involves the community in conservation projects in urban, regional and remote Australia ranging from tree planting; seed collection; endangered species protection; weed control; flora and fauna surveys; walking trail construction; fencing and environmental monitoring.

Conservation Volunteers Australia welcomes everyone with a love of the outdoors and an interest in the environment. We have many opportunities for young people to volunteer in their local community and more remote locations.

CVA offers training in Certificate 1 in Active Volunteering, which is a formal qualification that recognises the competencies volunteers achieve through volunteering.

Many young people find that volunteering and the Certificate 1 in Active volunteering are great ways to get hands on experience in the conservation/environmental industry.

In addition to this, CVA also manages the Green Corps program - Green Corps is an Australian Government youth development and environmental training for young people aged between 17 and 20 years. Green Corps provides young people with the opportunity to volunteer their time and effort to conserve preserve and restore Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage.

As a Green Corps participant you will receive a Training Allowance of $283 per week. All projects run for 26 weeks. Specifically for climate change, planting trees (at the right time of year) and protecting native vegetation helps to soak up Carbon Dioxide from our atmosphere. In many cases our projects are designed to protect and enhance the natural environment which will help native plants and animals survive projected changes to the world's climate.

World Conservation Programs give you the opportunity to volunteer overseas with a local conservation organisation.You will be volunteering on conservation and cultural projects in an environment quite unlike anything in Australia.

Projects run for between two to five weeks and with most projects you will be part of a team of volunteers.

Destinations include: USA, Asia, Europe, Central America, South America & Africa. The program price includes meals, accommodation, project related transport, program management fee, development fee, and part of the program price also includes contribution towards conservation programs here in Australia. The program price does not include, airfares, travel and medical insurance, visas, vaccination related costs, airline and departure taxes, or passport related costs.