Landcare: home and away. Rob Youl

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LANDCARE: HOME AND AWAY

ROB YOULCHAIR

AUSTRALIAN LANDCARE INTERNATIONAL

•This is what I showed our Thai visitors

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Facilitators

• Competent people everywhere organising Landcare action• New profession; needs numerous skills

Science

• Direct collaboration between scientists and community – farmers more widely involved with research

Consultation

• Expected – when not part of planning, problems are likely

Bold concepts

• Avenue of Honour – ANZAC – Ballarat to Bacchus Marsh (NRCL, Dahl, Habitat 141, Carbon Farming)

Enterprises

• Landcare networks run as community enterprises

Farm planning

• Simple tools used widely by landowners

All types of people

• But lots of geriatrics – who succeeds us – and continues our successes?

Production

• Extending conservation farming ideas (BCG)• Landcare marketing – Envirobeef –

through adherence to EMSs

Wildlife

• Close relationship Landcare and Phillip Island Nature Park (Regent Honeyeater Project, Wedderburn and KK CMGs)

• Powlett Project (Lance Creek Reservoir)

Climate change

• Being holistic, Landcare is the blueprint for community action on climate change

Works with every tier of government

• National, state, regional, municipal

City-country

• VNPA-Grow West planting day

Corporate involvement, marketing• eTree support for Grow West• Landcare shopping bags

• Bass Coast works team – ‘Jim’s Weeding’

International outlook• ALI – which organised the tour

Landcare overseas - Germany

Landcare overseas - Kenya

Landcare overseas - Uganda

Landcare overseas - Zimbabwe

Landcare overseas - New Zealand

Landcare overseas – New Zealand

Landcare overseas - New Zealand

Landcare overseas - Philippines

Landcare overseas - RSA

Landcare overseas - Indonesia

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