Landcare: home and away. Rob Youl

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Science

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Consultation

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Bold concepts

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Enterprises

• Landcare networks run as community enterprises

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Farm planning

• Simple tools used widely by landowners

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

All types of people

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Production

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

through adherence to EMSs

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Wildlife

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Water

• Powlett Project (Lance Creek Reservoir)

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Climate change

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Works with every tier of government

• National, state, regional, municipal

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

City-country

• VNPA-Grow West planting day

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

Youth

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

Great strengths of Landcare in Oz

International outlook• ALI – which organised the tour

Landcare overseas - Germany

Landcare overseas - Germany

Landcare overseas - Germany

Landcare overseas - Kenya

Landcare overseas - Kenya

Landcare overseas - Uganda

Landcare overseas - Zimbabwe

Landcare overseas - New Zealand

Landcare overseas – New Zealand

Landcare overseas - New Zealand

Landcare overseas - New Zealand

Landcare overseas - Philippines

Landcare overseas - Philippines

Landcare overseas - Philippines

Landcare overseas - RSA

Landcare overseas - RSA

Landcare overseas - Indonesia

Landcare overseas - Indonesia

Landcare overseas - Indonesia

Landcare overseas - Indonesia