"NRM funding under fire"
Federal funding for natural resources management (NRM), including the Landcare movement, has become a “closed shop” that is undermining regional and local efforts, a damning new Senate report says.
An inquiry by the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, chaired by Nationals Senator Fiona Nash, looked at three decades of NRM programs and found that the latest versions misstook the forest for the trees.
Experts undervalue the environment: Henry
PETER MARTIN ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT
Sydney Morning Herald
March 6, 2010
THE Treasury boss Ken Henry has taken a swipe at the work of his own department and that of others on valuing the environment, saying much of it is flawed and fails to give proper weight to retaining Australia's unique biodiversity
Fresh from producing the as-yet-unreleased Henry Tax Review and amid preparations for this year's budget, Dr Henry told an environment conference in Sydney that the part of his intergenerational report that had received the least attention was the section on environmental sustainability.
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan: Primary Industries - comment
The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility is seeking comments on the draft National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan: Primary Industries.
Tax plan mustn't ignore nature's coming backlash
Ross Gittens, The Sydney Morning Herald
November 2, 2009
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries.
Landcare Central Newsletter (USA)
September 2009
Dear landcare practitioners and supporters,
This first e-newsletter is intended to provide a brief update on several
landcare initiatives in the United States in 2009. The items listed below
are just the tip of the iceberg regarding the landcare movement and industry
in America. Since the 2007 National Landcare Workshop, much progress has
been made in advancing the landcare movement and industry in the United
States. Congratulations to all who have helped make these accomplishments
possible!
"Fears the land is losing its goodwill"
Australia's Landcare volunteers have been ''alienated and disenfranchised'' by the Rudd Government's $2.5 billion Caring for Our Country environmental grants scheme, a Senate report says.
The hard-hitting report, tabled yesterday by the Senate's rural and regional affairs committee, stops short of calling the program a failure but recommends a comprehensive overhaul.
Environmental Trust - Research Expressions of Interest
The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) has announced that funding for 2010 of $1,000,000 is available as Environmental Research Grants under the N
Rural Participatory Appraisals - Wellington
University of Sydney / FATE Component Socio-cultural research activities.
GPS prize for young farmer in Conservation Farming
The Conservation Agriculture and No-till Farming Association (CANFA) is fortunate to have an opportunity to give away at GPS guidance unit at this year's NSW Conservation Agriculture Field Day at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre on February 18, 2010.
Conservation farmers 35 years or under are eligible to enter the prize by providing one A4 page of information include:
- name
- age
- address
- details of current farming experience and farming systems operation
- proposed farming operation
- how a GPS unit will be used to implement conservation farming principles, and
- why they should be considered a worthy winner.
