Nangana Landcare Network

Nangana Landcare Network (NLN) is an alliance of Landcare and Friends groups working in the Yarra Valley Dandenong Ranges.

Our vision is a healthy, resilient landscapes where native species, productive land and local communities thrive together—now and for future generations.
Our mission is to engage groups to effectively collaborate on landscape scale projects.

Nangana focuses on protecting and restoring habitat for threatened species, strengthening ecological connectivity, and supporting landholders to care for land in ways that deliver biodiversity, water and climate benefits.
A flagship example is Beyond Yellingbo, a multi-group initiative restoring habitat on private land to secure the future of Victoria’s faunal emblems, including the critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater’s Possum. In recognition of this collaborative, community-led approach, Nangana Landcare Network received the 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Award for ‘Saving Faunal Emblems’.

Nangana is also the steward and catalyst for C411 Country – Natural Capital for Generations, a place-based vision spanning 128,000 hectares of the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. C411 Country brings together conservation, regenerative agriculture, community governance and emerging natural-capital approaches to create long-term environmental, social and economic returns. Through C411 Country, Nangana is helping translate decades of volunteer effort into a durable, landscape-scale model for caring for Country. Led by community, supported by experts, for generations to come.

C411 Country – Saving Faunal Emblems is our current priority. Funding will build on the Australian Geographic Nature Award.

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