Protecting NATURE
Australia and the South Pacific
4nature seeks to ensure that the natural environments of Australia and the South Pacific survive and thrive.
Photo: Patrick Pikacha 2026
OUR PROJECTS
Our current work.
Catchment Futures Forum celebrates local water defenders and calls for new volunteers
15 June 2026
The Catchment Futures Forum at Wallerawang held on 13 June 2026 was as a success, and saw the presentation of Gardens of Stone Alliance Lifetime Achievement Awards to Julie Favell and Chris Jonkers.
Coal mine pollution still surging into Sydney drinking water despite clean up notice
8 May 2026
Bold action is needed to protect Sydney’s drinking water, as an EPA clean up notice has failed to bring down toxic pollution in the Coxs River.
Legal action launched to ensure rehabilitation of coal mine discharging into Sydney’s drinking water
11 February 2026
4nature is taking legal action to make Centennial Coal rehabilitate its mothballed Angus Place coal mine near Lithgow.
Wild west: Mines operating under their own rules
A summary of recent white-anting of regulatory controls by Lithgow's coal industry.
On seeing Walden Pond
While on a road trip in the north east of the USA, I found a landscape seemingly little changed from Thoreau’s time.
Annual report 2024
In 2023-24 we continued to focus on the Kolombangara conservation scholarships and supporting KIBCA, our Solomon Islands partner.
Annual report 2022
The financial year 2021-2022 has seen our work focus on the 2022 Kolombangara conservation scholarships