The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) is the State's foremost non-profit, non-government conservation organisation. We are WA's peak environment and sustainability group with over 100 member groups and have been an outspoken advocate for conservation and a sustainable WA for over 45 years.
Our vision is to have communities living sustainably in our unique WA environment, our mission is to increase community awareness on conservation and encourage action for conservation throughout Western Australia.
What do we do?
Our key role is to facilitate effective advocacy and action on conservation and environmental issues on behalf of our member groups and the wider community.
We are working with community, government and industry towards a more sustainable future for Western Australia. With professional staff and dedicated volunteers, we work on policy development and legislative change, consultation, campaigning, submission writing, and environmental education.
We gather and distribute information and provide support and a forum for other conservation groups. We liaise directly with the Government, media departments, community groups, and political parties.
We are looking beyond short-term profit and are instead working towards a clean economy in WA that provides opportunities without polluting the environment.
We are also working to protect our wild places and ensuring that species found nowhere else on earth like the numbat and black cockatoo will have a future, and we’re fighting to preserve our unique lifestyle so that future generations of Western Australians can continue to enjoy what we take for granted today.