The Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a prestigious national award that publicly recognises an individual, group or organisation that has been involved in championing landcare and inspiring others to take action on their property or in their community.

The award acknowledges the remarkable commitment to improving land and natural asset management, and promotional efforts to share their knowledge and support others.

The Bob Hawke Landcare Award accepts nominations from individuals, groups or organisations who have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to natural resource management and sustainable land management practices through:

• Actively shaping and guiding innovative farming systems to improve sustainability and the quality of ecosystem services.
• Encouraging action and championing the uptake of more sustainable agriculture practices among landholders, farmers and primary producers.
• Creating awareness of the benefits of landcare to actively care for the land.
• Mentoring and/or inspiring others to adopt best practice conservation land management and sustainable agriculture practices to help restore, enhance and protect natural resources.
• Demonstrating an outstanding commitment in responding to natural resource challenges, taking actionable, community-led solutions for biodiversity conservation, supporting threatened species or sustainable agriculture

The award winner will receive $30,000 in funding for a landcare project. The prize includes a travel package to attend the National Landcare Awards gala dinner for the award ceremony.

To be eligible, nominees must meet the following criteria:

• Individual nominee: Australian citizen actively engaged in landcare or sustainable agriculture.
• Group nominee: An Australian community-led group including landcare groups and landcare networks, farming system groups.
• Organisation nominee: Australian-owned, not-for-profit, non-government entity, demonstrating leadership in natural resource management and sustainable agriculture.
• Involvement: Actively participating in landcare activities or sustainable agriculture initiatives.
• Commitment: Demonstrated dedication to environmental stewardship and promoting sustainable practices.
• No self-nomination. Nominations can only be made by a third party.
• If selected for the short list by the Bob Hawke Landcare Award Advisory Panel, nominees will be contacted via phone and interviewed with the following questions.

• Phone: (02) 9412 1040
• Email: enquiries@landcareaustralia.com.au