Yarra4Life brings together community groups, non-government organisations, business groups and government agencies to drive positive environmental change in the Yarra Valley. The collaboration helps coordinate work across the partners so it has the greatest impact, drives new investment into priority areas, and builds connections between people and the unique natural and cultural values of the area so more people actively care for those values into the future.

Yarra4Life has been working on practical, collaborative projects that have provided tangible environmental benefits to the Yarra Valley since 2006. Our membership has grown and changed over time with the addition of new community groups and organisations, further strengthening our collaborative approach. Yarra4Life seeks to provide a respectful and robust forum in which to share information and opportunities, with a focus on addressing gaps rather than replicating what our partners and other organisations and groups are already doing.

Yarra4Life is helping to create necessary native vegetation links between existing parklands and reserves in the Yarra and Yellingbo areas. This includes the protection and enhancement of priority native vegetation which will also assist the preservation of two of Melbourne’s iconic wildlife species – the Helmeted Honeyeater and the Leadbeater’s possum.

View a copy of the Yarra4Life-Strategic-Plan-2023-33.

Yarra4life goals

The vision set for Yarra4Life program is to ensure Ecosystems across the Yarra4Life landscape are protected, connected, resilient, and supported by a community that values the natural environment.

Being centred around four key goals with specific measures of success: 

• Goal 1: Rehabilitating landscapes
• Goal 2: Aligning efforts
• Goal 3: Connecting community
• Goal 4: Incorporating Traditional owner aspirations

For more detail view a copy of the Yarra4Life-Strategic-Plan-2023-33.