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South32 partnership with Junior Landcare is part of the company’s Celebrate Green community investment program. The program encourages students to embrace and learn about ways they can protect and enhance the natural environment and ecosystem in their local areas.
In 2017 the company partnered with Landcare Australia to launch the South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitat Grants. Since then, three rounds of grants have been awarded to 38 schools in Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales.
Click to see the recipients of the 2020 South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitat Grants.
Each year, schools close to South32 sites are selected to receive grants of up to $5,000 to support projects that help students learn about protecting and restoring our natural environment through hands-on outdoor learning.
Schools that received South32 Junior Landcare Grants have focused on projects that improve biodiversity through the enhancement or restoration of habitat for native animals and plant life.

Tree planting for resilience
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Queensland schools participate in tree planting days to build resilience.

Enhancing habitat grant
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A key goal of the project was to protect the existing native flora and further enhance it with indigenous local plants.

Natural bush area upgrade
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In 2018, South George Town Primary School applied for a South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitat Grant. Their application was success and with $4,700 in funding, …

Reviving a disused bushland
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Utilising a $5,500 South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitats Grant from 2017, Allanson Primary School has improved the natural environment by enhancing a small belt of …

Collie schools working to enhance habitats
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Five schools in the Collie region have undertaken Junior Landcare projects involving hundreds of students as part of the South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitat Grants.

11 schools awarded 2018 South32 Junior Landcare Grants
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With its 2017 South32 Junior Landcare Enhancing Habitat Grants proving such a success, the company has invested in a second round of grants for 2018. …