This report highlights the serious threat which climate change represents to the viability of Australian agriculture. The authors stress the need for a successful national strategy for climate change and Australian agriculture, which must be underpinned by research, development and extension to enable systemic adaptation and identify the priority gaps where action and strategic policy…
This report documents the history of Landcare NSW since its formation in 2007. A professional historian, Virginia Macleod, was engaged to undertake research and with input from staff and volunteers of Landcare NSW.The book contains the observations and stories of a number of people involved in the formative years of Landcare NSW, with the hope…
A new app is now available that delivers a simple “Welcome to Country” video introduction when users cross a tribal boundary. The videos show a traditional owner or elder welcoming the user to their country, and give an overview of basic cultural protocols specific to that tribal area, including culture and customs of that tribe.…
These videos were originally available through the Grassy Box Woodlands Conservation Management Network site. Web of Life – Biodiversity for Kids Web of Life was awarded a Special Prize in 2002 at the prestigious Sondrio Film Festival in Italy for showing the relationship between humans and nature. Web of Life documents the diverse and rich…
The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment have recently developed a video explaining the role of water for the environment. Water for the environment is the share of the water held in dams and rivers that is managed specifically to support river and wetland health. There is a useful range of further information on water…
Are you a small farmer? Email Nic Maher at Murrumbidgee Landcare, with your name, property location and contact details. We’ll add you to our mailing list, and connect you with your local Landcare Group. Become a member to access further opportunities! We’d also love you to complete our online survey here, so we can start…
Produced by Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group, through the project “Slow the Flow: Erosion Control in the Kyeamba Valley”, funded by the NSW Environmental Trust. This booklet gives a background to the history and process of erosion in the Kyeamba Valley, and provides ‘how-to’ guides for over ten low-cost erosion control structures which landholders can install…
Urban Landcare groups have a great advantage in that they typically cover a large population base, but this can sometimes be difficult to translate to levels of engagement. With so many competing groups in the urban space, it is hard to get people’s attention and let them know that your group even exists, let alone…
Murrumbidgee Landcare received a Foundation Grant from Riverina Local Land Services to celebrate World Wetland Day. Leeton was the focus as it has a Ramsar-listed wetland nearby that is undervalued for its economic, cultural and natural resource values. It was decided to hold a “Birds and Brekky at Fivebough” event and a viewing of the…
There are two types of Landcare Executive members in the mid-Murrumbidgee: Those that have been in the role since Landcare was incepted; and those who have been newly elected since the Local Landcare Coordinator initiative began. For both types of Landcare Executive members, the roles and responsibilities of the Executive are unclear, succession planning remains…