South East Region Conservation Alliance Inc. | ABOUT US
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SERCA Inc is an alliance of conservation groups from the south coast of New South Wales. It is focussed on forests: natural native forests which provide essential solutions in climate change, water and bio-diversity. serca is a member of the Australian Forest & Climate Alliance. Our members include: Bega Environment Network | Chipstop | The Coastwatchers Association Inc | Colong Foundation for Wilderness | Forest Media | Friends of Durras | Gulaga (Mt Dromedary) Protection Group | National Parks Association – Far South Coast | Natural Native Forests | South East Forest Rescue | Yurangalo Inc. PEOPLE JOINING SERCA If you would like to become a member of SERCA, you need to be a member of one of the groups above. Please contact one of these groups, join up and then email us at SERCA contact@serca.org.au to introduce yourself. GROUPS JOINING SERCA If you are already a member of an environmentally aware group, please contact us at contact@serca.org.au to discuss your group becoming a part of the South East Region Conservation Alliance Inc. SERCA'S COMMITTEE OCT 2011 - 2012
Conservation, environment and concerned citizens groups on the South Coast formed the South East Region Conservation Alliance Inc.(SERCA) in September 2005. It was incorporated on 2nd June 2008 (INC9889501). This action was taken to maximise efforts and resources and has been triggered initially by four major environmental issues affecting the region. These were the (then) new Batemans Shelf Marine Park; continued woodchipping of native forests; the release of the NSW Governments South Coast Regional Planning Strategy; and a range of national park management issues. What we do SERCA's operational area of interest encompasses the shires of Eurobodalla, Bega Valley and Bombala (plus parts of Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River), and meetings of SERCA are held every two to three months at locations rotated around this area. SERCA brings environment and community groups together to ensure their voice is heard by government decision-makers. The real environmental and community concerns of residents who live in the region are only being given lip service by local and state government. SERCA believes that community groups on the coast have attempted to constructively participate in formal environmental processes, but are not succeeding in protecting the coast from damaging development, nor from inappropriate land and forest management practices. SERCA groups are working, both individually and collectively, to achieve eight major objectives:
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PO Box 724, Narooma NSW 2546 AUSTRALIA EMAIL: contact@serca.org.au Links to other environmental groups Australian Koala Foundation | Deborah's Diary Don't Burn Forests for Electricity Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) |