This document summarizes different approaches to developing strategic thinking around tree planting, habitat restoration, and greenhouse gas removal in the UK. It discusses principles from organizations like the Natural Capital Committee, Wildlife and Countryside Link, Friends of the Earth, and the Surrey Nature Partnership. Key points discussed include the need to consider biodiversity, soil and habitat impacts, long-term management and resilience, and ensuring the "right tree is planted in the right place." Monitoring and understanding trade-offs is also emphasized.
The document discusses the Eagle Marsh wetland restoration project. It summarizes that the 752-acre site was previously cropland and restored to wetland through the Wetlands Reserve Program. A 9,080 foot earthen berm was constructed at the site to help prevent the spread of invasive Asian carp from the Wabash River. The $3.1 million project involved ditch plugs, tile removal, wetland restoration and creation of shallow water habitat.
This document discusses the challenges facing agriculture and natural resource management in Australia. It notes that food, water, land and energy resources are interconnected and climate change intensifies these interactions. It argues that conventional approaches are risky and that smarter planning, research, extension and education are urgently needed to increase sustainable production. These issues require solutions that cut across sectors and scales, and a rethinking of the agricultural innovation system is needed to better address these profound challenges.
This document discusses the management of peatlands in Riau Province, Indonesia for sustainable forestry and conservation. It notes that global demand for fiber is increasing, and that Riau's peatlands provide an opportunity to meet this demand through responsible plantation development while also funding conservation efforts. The document outlines the company's practices for balancing development with environmental protection, including designating conservation areas, managing water levels, and conducting carbon emissions assessments. It argues this approach provides better outcomes than unregulated use of the peatlands.
The document discusses sustainable soil management in the Bahamas. It notes the Bahamas has over 700 islands with varied landscapes and four main soil types. Major challenges to soils include illegal dumping, uncontrolled burning, and unsustainable farming practices. Opportunities include encouraging organic farming and conservation incentives. Priorities are to review legislation, implement best practices, identify sensitive areas, develop educational tools, and address issues like land clearing and pollution. The long term focus is sustainable development, avoidance of environmental impacts, and identifying suitable land uses.
This document summarizes a project to restore degraded forests in Ghana through collaboration with local communities. The project established 100 hectares of plantations with 12 indigenous tree species across 4 communities. It built the capacities of communities in nursery production and plantation establishment. The plantations have survival rates over 90% and growth rates matching or exceeding exotic species. Lessons included the importance of addressing community needs, benefit sharing arrangements, and ensuring technical support after project completion to sustain restoration efforts.
This document summarizes the keynote presentation on designing and planning for climate-smart communities given by Nancy Somerville and Neil Weinstein to the ASLA Blue Ribbon Panel on Climate Change and Resilience. The presentation outlines core principles and design approaches for creating healthy, climate-smart, and resilient communities. It recommends public policies that support approaches using green infrastructure, transit-oriented development, protection of natural systems and vulnerable communities, among others. The document provides an overview of the presentation content including climate adaptation challenges and opportunities for landscape architects.
This document summarizes different approaches to developing strategic thinking around tree planting, habitat restoration, and greenhouse gas removal in the UK. It discusses principles from organizations like the Natural Capital Committee, Wildlife and Countryside Link, Friends of the Earth, and the Surrey Nature Partnership. Key points discussed include the need to consider biodiversity, soil and habitat impacts, long-term management and resilience, and ensuring the "right tree is planted in the right place." Monitoring and understanding trade-offs is also emphasized.
The document discusses the Eagle Marsh wetland restoration project. It summarizes that the 752-acre site was previously cropland and restored to wetland through the Wetlands Reserve Program. A 9,080 foot earthen berm was constructed at the site to help prevent the spread of invasive Asian carp from the Wabash River. The $3.1 million project involved ditch plugs, tile removal, wetland restoration and creation of shallow water habitat.
This document discusses the challenges facing agriculture and natural resource management in Australia. It notes that food, water, land and energy resources are interconnected and climate change intensifies these interactions. It argues that conventional approaches are risky and that smarter planning, research, extension and education are urgently needed to increase sustainable production. These issues require solutions that cut across sectors and scales, and a rethinking of the agricultural innovation system is needed to better address these profound challenges.
This document discusses the management of peatlands in Riau Province, Indonesia for sustainable forestry and conservation. It notes that global demand for fiber is increasing, and that Riau's peatlands provide an opportunity to meet this demand through responsible plantation development while also funding conservation efforts. The document outlines the company's practices for balancing development with environmental protection, including designating conservation areas, managing water levels, and conducting carbon emissions assessments. It argues this approach provides better outcomes than unregulated use of the peatlands.
The document discusses sustainable soil management in the Bahamas. It notes the Bahamas has over 700 islands with varied landscapes and four main soil types. Major challenges to soils include illegal dumping, uncontrolled burning, and unsustainable farming practices. Opportunities include encouraging organic farming and conservation incentives. Priorities are to review legislation, implement best practices, identify sensitive areas, develop educational tools, and address issues like land clearing and pollution. The long term focus is sustainable development, avoidance of environmental impacts, and identifying suitable land uses.
This document summarizes a project to restore degraded forests in Ghana through collaboration with local communities. The project established 100 hectares of plantations with 12 indigenous tree species across 4 communities. It built the capacities of communities in nursery production and plantation establishment. The plantations have survival rates over 90% and growth rates matching or exceeding exotic species. Lessons included the importance of addressing community needs, benefit sharing arrangements, and ensuring technical support after project completion to sustain restoration efforts.
This document summarizes the keynote presentation on designing and planning for climate-smart communities given by Nancy Somerville and Neil Weinstein to the ASLA Blue Ribbon Panel on Climate Change and Resilience. The presentation outlines core principles and design approaches for creating healthy, climate-smart, and resilient communities. It recommends public policies that support approaches using green infrastructure, transit-oriented development, protection of natural systems and vulnerable communities, among others. The document provides an overview of the presentation content including climate adaptation challenges and opportunities for landscape architects.
The Comox Valley Conservation Strategy is a land-use planning framework with conservation as its primary focus. It identifies critical ecosystems and natural areas for protection and restoration and links them together to form a network.
Presented by Jerome Mwanzia, Assistant Chief Conservator of Forests for Kenya Forest Service on Discussion Forum 1 at the Global Landscapes Forum Nairobi 2018, on 29-30 August in Nairobi, Kenya
This document provides information about the Center for Natural Lands Management's (CNLM) South Sound Program, which focuses on protecting and restoring important conservation sites in Washington's South Puget Sound ecoregion. The summary includes:
1) CNLM has been successfully conserving native species and habitats for 20 years, managing over 75 preserves and $50 million in endowments.
2) The South Sound Program focuses on prairies and oak woodlands, which are rare and important habitats, through restoration projects, cooperative conservation efforts, freshwater initiatives, and science work.
3) The program utilizes partnerships and grant funding to conduct restoration on protected lands and assist other agencies and landowners throughout the region.
This document summarizes a presentation on farm to table, food justice, and the evolution of land use for food systems. It discusses:
- The decline of farming in New England and vision to increase local food production.
- Examples of organizations increasing urban agriculture through food forests and mentor farms for immigrant farmers.
- Challenges for new farmers including land access and developing markets for ethnic crops.
- Opportunities for planners to support agriculture through relationships with farmers and policies promoting farmland preservation and urban farming.
Reconstruction in Nepal - priorities and impressions - March 2017Magnus Wolfe Murray
The document discusses reconstruction priorities in Nepal following the 2015 earthquakes. It identifies key issues such as preserving cultural heritage in housing designs, promoting the use of local construction materials to boost the economy and jobs, ensuring rebuilt structures are earthquake resistant through retrofitting, and addressing the needs of displaced communities. It provides examples of rebuilding efforts and challenges, including the use of traditional designs that are not safe, the distance and high costs that prevent construction in remote areas, and the risk of further landslides. It argues that an integrated approach is needed that considers cultural preservation, livelihoods, local industry, and resettling vulnerable groups to areas safe from hazards.
1) The document discusses the importance and resurgence of Hawaiian culture, including the Hawaiian language, traditional arts, navigation techniques, and holistic education.
2) Cultural sustainability yields positive effects like fostering stewardship of the land and finding solutions to modern issues by applying ancient Hawaiian practices.
3) At Kanu o ka Aina school, cultural and environmental sustainability are integrated through activities like making traditional instruments, participating in cultural events, speaking Hawaiian, growing native plants, and science projects about environmental issues.
Conserving Biodiversity through an IWEco Approach in Caribbean SIDSiweco-project
An introduction to the UN Environment Programme Global Environment Facility-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystem Management (IWEco) Project approach to Biodiversity Conservation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States, June 2020.
The document discusses the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) Community Grant Program which provides funding to local nonprofit and community organizations for hands-on environmental projects. It provides summaries of several funded projects including removing pavement in Toronto, facilitating climate change adaptation planning with indigenous groups, air pollution monitoring in Louisiana, restoring habitat along the Dolores River in Colorado, building sustainable infrastructure on Magdalena Island in Mexico, and treating greywater for reuse in Baja California. The goal of the program is to empower local communities to improve environmental quality and health through participation in environmental projects.
The Northeast group summarized their concept plan for the Northeast zone of the Whitten Building landscape, which included the area at the corner of Jefferson Drive and 12th Street. Their plan aimed to connect to the Mall, enliven the space for day and night use, demonstrate USDA's mission through sustainable practices, connect to the Farmer's Market, create a sense of place or identity, and educate and inspire through a model landscape. They identified issues like poor soil, hydrology and parking lot runoff, and proposed big ideas like connecting green museums, children's activities, a memorial of nature, and front yard activities.
GIS Application: Environmental Rescource Inventory for NJ Coastal Boroughkdevine5
The document summarizes an environmental resource inventory (ERI) created by the Oceanport Environmental Commission in GIS format. It includes base maps of Oceanport along with maps of geology, watersheds, land cover, forests, and habitats. It also identifies some proposed projects like a community forest management plan and expanding safe walking paths. The ERI was created using existing data from NJDEP and the county to compile required natural resource information for the municipality's master plan as mandated by law.
This session from the 2014 National Landcare Conference explores different strategies in creating a 'digital shopfront' for Landcare in the online age, using tools such as crowdfunding platform Pozible, Google Earth and social media.
www.pozible.com/landcare
Presenters: Rob Dulhunty, Chairman, Landcare NSW Inc; Alan Crabbe - Co-Founder, Pozible; David Walker - Chairman, National
Landcare Network; Rob Youl - OAM, Chairman, Australian Landcare International; Jenny Quealy - Marketing Consultant, Landcare NSW Inc; Sonia Williams, General Manager, NSW Landcare Inc
3. What Should a Consultant Be Doing at Different Stages?Ethical Sector
On 19/20 March, two biodiversity, business and human rights events were organised by MCRB in Yangon: a multistakeholder consultation on the draft Briefing Paper, and a training session conducted by a number of international experts on biodiversity and environmental impact assessment (EIA) for around 70 representatives from companies, particularly EIA consultancies.
Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/reinforcing-connections.html
The document provides guidance on successful ecological restoration of mangroves through five key steps: understanding the reproduction and establishment requirements of local mangrove species; assessing the normal hydrological patterns that support mangroves; determining what has modified the original mangrove environment; designing restoration to restore natural hydrology and recruit mangroves naturally where possible; and only planting mangroves as a last resort if natural recruitment is insufficient. Community involvement and learning from past failures are also emphasized as important to restoration success.
The Save-the-Redwoods League completed a review of its strategic plan and identified three focus areas going forward: 1) Developing a comprehensive conservation strategy for the redwood forests, 2) Expanding public education programs about redwood ecology, and 3) Increasing member engagement to strengthen the League's effectiveness. The League also celebrated the protection of the 25,000-acre Mill Creek forest through a public event and welcomed four new board members.
The document discusses sustainable environments and water resources in Hawaii. It provides information on global and local water distribution and types. It describes traditional lo'i kalo (taro patch) systems and their role in sustainable water management. Current challenges and strategies around watershed protection, invasive species removal, and reforestation are mentioned. New approaches to sustainable architecture, agriculture, hydroelectric power, and environmental education are also summarized.
03 - NAAONB Conference 2012 - Making Space for Nature by Sir John LawtonNAAONB landscapesforlife
Sir John Lawton sets the scene by linking to AONB Management, the key points from the Report for establishing a strong and connected natural environment.
The Comox Valley Conservation Strategy is a land-use planning framework with conservation as its primary focus. It identifies critical ecosystems and natural areas for protection and restoration and links them together to form a network.
Presented by Jerome Mwanzia, Assistant Chief Conservator of Forests for Kenya Forest Service on Discussion Forum 1 at the Global Landscapes Forum Nairobi 2018, on 29-30 August in Nairobi, Kenya
This document provides information about the Center for Natural Lands Management's (CNLM) South Sound Program, which focuses on protecting and restoring important conservation sites in Washington's South Puget Sound ecoregion. The summary includes:
1) CNLM has been successfully conserving native species and habitats for 20 years, managing over 75 preserves and $50 million in endowments.
2) The South Sound Program focuses on prairies and oak woodlands, which are rare and important habitats, through restoration projects, cooperative conservation efforts, freshwater initiatives, and science work.
3) The program utilizes partnerships and grant funding to conduct restoration on protected lands and assist other agencies and landowners throughout the region.
This document summarizes a presentation on farm to table, food justice, and the evolution of land use for food systems. It discusses:
- The decline of farming in New England and vision to increase local food production.
- Examples of organizations increasing urban agriculture through food forests and mentor farms for immigrant farmers.
- Challenges for new farmers including land access and developing markets for ethnic crops.
- Opportunities for planners to support agriculture through relationships with farmers and policies promoting farmland preservation and urban farming.
Reconstruction in Nepal - priorities and impressions - March 2017Magnus Wolfe Murray
The document discusses reconstruction priorities in Nepal following the 2015 earthquakes. It identifies key issues such as preserving cultural heritage in housing designs, promoting the use of local construction materials to boost the economy and jobs, ensuring rebuilt structures are earthquake resistant through retrofitting, and addressing the needs of displaced communities. It provides examples of rebuilding efforts and challenges, including the use of traditional designs that are not safe, the distance and high costs that prevent construction in remote areas, and the risk of further landslides. It argues that an integrated approach is needed that considers cultural preservation, livelihoods, local industry, and resettling vulnerable groups to areas safe from hazards.
1) The document discusses the importance and resurgence of Hawaiian culture, including the Hawaiian language, traditional arts, navigation techniques, and holistic education.
2) Cultural sustainability yields positive effects like fostering stewardship of the land and finding solutions to modern issues by applying ancient Hawaiian practices.
3) At Kanu o ka Aina school, cultural and environmental sustainability are integrated through activities like making traditional instruments, participating in cultural events, speaking Hawaiian, growing native plants, and science projects about environmental issues.
Conserving Biodiversity through an IWEco Approach in Caribbean SIDSiweco-project
An introduction to the UN Environment Programme Global Environment Facility-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystem Management (IWEco) Project approach to Biodiversity Conservation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States, June 2020.
The document discusses the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) Community Grant Program which provides funding to local nonprofit and community organizations for hands-on environmental projects. It provides summaries of several funded projects including removing pavement in Toronto, facilitating climate change adaptation planning with indigenous groups, air pollution monitoring in Louisiana, restoring habitat along the Dolores River in Colorado, building sustainable infrastructure on Magdalena Island in Mexico, and treating greywater for reuse in Baja California. The goal of the program is to empower local communities to improve environmental quality and health through participation in environmental projects.
The Northeast group summarized their concept plan for the Northeast zone of the Whitten Building landscape, which included the area at the corner of Jefferson Drive and 12th Street. Their plan aimed to connect to the Mall, enliven the space for day and night use, demonstrate USDA's mission through sustainable practices, connect to the Farmer's Market, create a sense of place or identity, and educate and inspire through a model landscape. They identified issues like poor soil, hydrology and parking lot runoff, and proposed big ideas like connecting green museums, children's activities, a memorial of nature, and front yard activities.
GIS Application: Environmental Rescource Inventory for NJ Coastal Boroughkdevine5
The document summarizes an environmental resource inventory (ERI) created by the Oceanport Environmental Commission in GIS format. It includes base maps of Oceanport along with maps of geology, watersheds, land cover, forests, and habitats. It also identifies some proposed projects like a community forest management plan and expanding safe walking paths. The ERI was created using existing data from NJDEP and the county to compile required natural resource information for the municipality's master plan as mandated by law.
This session from the 2014 National Landcare Conference explores different strategies in creating a 'digital shopfront' for Landcare in the online age, using tools such as crowdfunding platform Pozible, Google Earth and social media.
www.pozible.com/landcare
Presenters: Rob Dulhunty, Chairman, Landcare NSW Inc; Alan Crabbe - Co-Founder, Pozible; David Walker - Chairman, National
Landcare Network; Rob Youl - OAM, Chairman, Australian Landcare International; Jenny Quealy - Marketing Consultant, Landcare NSW Inc; Sonia Williams, General Manager, NSW Landcare Inc
3. What Should a Consultant Be Doing at Different Stages?Ethical Sector
On 19/20 March, two biodiversity, business and human rights events were organised by MCRB in Yangon: a multistakeholder consultation on the draft Briefing Paper, and a training session conducted by a number of international experts on biodiversity and environmental impact assessment (EIA) for around 70 representatives from companies, particularly EIA consultancies.
Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/reinforcing-connections.html
The document provides guidance on successful ecological restoration of mangroves through five key steps: understanding the reproduction and establishment requirements of local mangrove species; assessing the normal hydrological patterns that support mangroves; determining what has modified the original mangrove environment; designing restoration to restore natural hydrology and recruit mangroves naturally where possible; and only planting mangroves as a last resort if natural recruitment is insufficient. Community involvement and learning from past failures are also emphasized as important to restoration success.
The Save-the-Redwoods League completed a review of its strategic plan and identified three focus areas going forward: 1) Developing a comprehensive conservation strategy for the redwood forests, 2) Expanding public education programs about redwood ecology, and 3) Increasing member engagement to strengthen the League's effectiveness. The League also celebrated the protection of the 25,000-acre Mill Creek forest through a public event and welcomed four new board members.
The document discusses sustainable environments and water resources in Hawaii. It provides information on global and local water distribution and types. It describes traditional lo'i kalo (taro patch) systems and their role in sustainable water management. Current challenges and strategies around watershed protection, invasive species removal, and reforestation are mentioned. New approaches to sustainable architecture, agriculture, hydroelectric power, and environmental education are also summarized.
03 - NAAONB Conference 2012 - Making Space for Nature by Sir John LawtonNAAONB landscapesforlife
Sir John Lawton sets the scene by linking to AONB Management, the key points from the Report for establishing a strong and connected natural environment.
Australia has an important role to play in improving food security in the region through exporting agricultural knowledge and expertise, rather than bulk commodities. This involves smarter food system planning, research and development, extension and education to develop more sustainable and resilient food production systems. Key challenges include increasing water and energy productivity, adapting to climate change, developing alternative energy sources, and ensuring food production does not compromise other important landscape values like biodiversity and soil health.
This document provides an overview of conservation of biodiversity and efforts to preserve species and habitats. It discusses the arguments for conservation, including ethical, aesthetic, commercial, and life support reasons. It compares the species-based and ecosystem-based approaches to conservation and outlines some of the strengths and weaknesses of each. It also describes some of the major governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in conservation efforts, such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenpeace, and their roles and activities.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Gwyn Williams on the threats to biodiversity from human activities and climate change. Some key points include:
- Species abundance in the UK has declined significantly since 1970 according to conservation indices.
- Protected areas have helped conserve some species but large-scale species range shifts are projected due to climate change.
- A rapid transition to a low-carbon economy is needed to address climate change but must be achieved in a way that is sustainable and does not further deplete nature.
- The presentation examines options for tidal energy generation in the Severn Estuary and concludes that more research is needed to understand potential ecological impacts before large-scale development.
UK Forestry Standard and woodland management plans workshop (Jan 2014)Forestry Commission
The document discusses strategies for increasing the resilience of UK forests to climate change. It recommends diversifying tree species and origins to ensure some thrive with climate changes. Management plans should anticipate increased pests, diseases, fires and extreme weather. While there are uncertainties, anticipatory action through diversification can help forests adapt to climate change impacts and "high emission scenarios" for 2050. Workshops aim to help foresters implement strategies like species diversification at planting and through thinning to develop more resilient forests.
Taller Las funciones ambientales de los bosques y su rol en la reducción de l...Fundación Natura Bolivia
This document summarizes a presentation on natural resource restoration and pro-poor rural development in South Africa. It provides context on the history of natural resource management in South Africa following the end of apartheid. It outlines objectives to improve water security, biodiversity, land productivity, and rural livelihoods. It details outputs of programs like Working for Water that have restored over 1.9 million hectares and created over 2.32 million person days of employment. However, it notes challenges in fully funding restoration needs, measuring ecosystem services, and sustaining rural livelihoods. It recommends incentivizing private sector investment in restoration and establishing institutional arrangements to unlock resources for continued progress.
This document discusses integrated landscape management for biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use. It describes purchasing properties to protect conservation values, generating income through various land uses to support management costs, and developing a model that pays for itself. Key activities discussed include pastoralism, tourism, ecosystem services payments, and developing sustainable forestry and carbon projects. Challenges and opportunities around climate change, biodiversity objectives, and engaging local communities are also covered.
This document discusses forests in the Delaware River Basin and threats to forests such as loss, fragmentation, lack of regeneration, invasive species, pests, diseases, weather events and fire. It notes the US is losing about 4 acres of forest per minute, mostly from development on private family lands. It outlines options for protecting forests like acquisitions, easements, cost-share programs, and incentives. It discusses the Common Waters Fund which aims to maintain forest cover through activities like forest stewardship plans, management practices, and conservation easements. It notes challenges in measuring success and addressing development pressures at the local level.
This document provides an overview of the Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) and their efforts to preserve the Bulimba Creek catchment in Brisbane, Australia. B4C is a non-profit environmental group formed in 1997 that works with local communities and organizations on issues like habitat protection, erosion, weeds, and water quality. They lead revegetation efforts, weed control programs, environmental education initiatives in schools, and work with various partners and sponsors. B4C aims to involve the local community and raise awareness of threats to the local environment like urban development, land clearing, and inappropriate land uses.
This document discusses various methods of protecting and managing rural landscapes in the UK, including National Parks, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, and Site of Special Scientific Interest designations. It provides examples of each, such as the success of the Lake District Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme in restoring stone walls and farm buildings. Conflicts between different land uses, like farming and conservation or tourism, are also examined. Case studies on karst landscapes in Yorkshire Dales and coastal areas in Dorset are previewed to illustrate formation processes and potential opportunities and challenges.
Maddy Jago from Natural England discussed the Natural Environment White Paper and Biodiversity 2020 strategy, which aim to halt biodiversity loss through large-scale, integrated approaches. AONBs play a key role in delivering these priorities by protecting areas like the North Pennines that are biodiversity hotspots. Partnerships like the Yorkshire Peat Partnership are restoring peatlands across large landscapes. The talk explored valuing ecosystem services and working with AONBs to demonstrate biodiversity successes through evidence. Maddy concluded by asking how AONBs can deliver the new policy and what support is needed from Natural England.
This document discusses how land planning can strengthen resilience to climate change in Kiribati through sustainable development. It provides background on Kiribati's vulnerable environment as a small island nation. Land planning can promote adaptation by regulating land uses, encouraging mixed and compact development, and designating agricultural land. This supports local food security and economic opportunities in both urban and rural settings. With technical and financial support, Kiribati can effectively formulate and implement land planning and climate change programs.
Land Trust Alliance Rally, November 2017.
Land trust activities are constantly changing to accommodate new challenges and issues, and it’s becoming increasingly important to develop and implement conservation activities that consider the challenges of a changing and uncertain climate. This fast-paced, dynamic workshop will lead participants through a five-step process to consider how climate change will affect their lands and conservation goals. This “climate change filter” will then be used to identify actions that enable forest ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions. The session will also identify strategies to engage woodland owner networks in these important stewardship activities, including climate change communication to key audiences and stakeholders.
Causes, Effect And Consequences Of DeforestationZainab Arshad
Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land for use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area, or wasteland. Generally, the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity.
Biodiversity Action Conference Slides for Distribution.pptxtroche3
The document discusses a conference on biodiversity action hosted by Community Foundation Ireland. It provides an agenda for the conference which includes presentations on exemplary community biodiversity action plans, the citizen's assembly on biodiversity loss, the evolving Tidy Towns competition, and a workshop on successes and challenges. It also announces that the foundation's biodiversity fund is open for applications to develop community biodiversity action plans or implement recommendations from existing plans.
Land regeneration on Smallholder farmers in Southern Africa- What works?FMNR Hub
This document discusses land regeneration strategies for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa. It recommends focusing on soil cover, organic matter, and regenerative practices like stopping burning and tillage. Communities should secure ownership over land and natural resources through community-based management. Sharing regenerative technologies can help increase sustainable production of crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. Developing local value addition and markets can support farmers in benefiting from increasing production.
The Long Preston Wet Grassland Project aims to restore wet grassland habitat on the floodplain through various conservation efforts. It involves partnerships between conservation organizations and local farmers/authorities. Key goals include improving habitat for wildlife, providing funding to farmers, and increasing awareness. Surveys show the area now supports many breeding wading birds. A river restoration plan was also developed to improve the degraded ecological functions of the Long Preston Deeps site. The future involves further business/tourism development and continuing conservation management.
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This document discusses emerging carbon economies and savanna fire abatement projects in northern Australia. It describes the landscape and cultural heritage of northern Australia and significant development pressures. It highlights several existing projects that aim to shift fire regimes at large scales, reintroduce traditional burning practices, and accurately measure greenhouse gas emissions from savanna fires. These projects establish partnerships between Indigenous groups, government organizations, and private funders. They have helped reduce emissions and shift the timing of fires compared to baseline periods. The document advocates for policies and an industry structure that promotes Indigenous involvement and benefits from carbon projects on their lands.
Boundary organizations like Land & Water Australia are inherently vulnerable due to tensions at the science-policy interface. LWA aimed to provide leadership in sustainable natural resource management through knowledge generation and informing debate. However, it struggled with the complex, long-term challenges of NRM issues that span disciplines and sectors. Lessons from LWA's demise include the need for boundary organizations to be agile, far-sighted brokers that can navigate the politics of science and policy.
Public lecture to the Australian Academy of Science in the wonderful Shine Dome in Canberra on 4 November 2009. A big picture look at the policy and science integration challenges across water, energy, carbon, food and health against a background of climate chaos and a looming oil crunch.
What sorts of knowledge and learning systems do we need to best deal with the climate change challenge? Presented to ACT KM national conference, Canberra 2008.
The findings of the "Paddock to Plate" project commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation looking at the future of the Victorian food system.
How to restore wildlife habitats on a large scale in rural landscapes against a background of climate change. The Norman Wettenhall Foundation Annual Public Lecture, Museum Melbourne, November 2008.
This document outlines strategies for effectively funding and managing applied research and development (R&D). It discusses the importance of understanding the knowledge needs, having clear objectives, using various procurement pathways, collaborating with partners, focusing on governance, communication, knowledge adoption, legacy, and evaluation. Applied R&D investment requires understanding both the scientific inquiry process and ensuring appropriate management, adoption efforts, and legacy planning are incorporated from the start.
Characteristics Of Successful Catchment Management Organisations, Mackay Feb07Charles Darwin University
This document discusses ingredients for success for Catchment Management Organisations (CMOs). It outlines characteristics of leading CMOs, including comprehensive understanding of their clients, strong relationships built on trust, clear positioning and roles, and good governance. Top CMOs have knowledge of the catchment and factors affecting land management adoption. They work closely with communities and industries to understand needs and find mutually beneficial solutions. Strong governance with clear roles and accountability is important when managing public funds.
- Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) could become involved in carbon markets through various options like doing nothing, acting as a quality assurer, facilitator, or direct market player.
- Carbon trading and biosequestration schemes offer opportunities for CMAs to generate revenue and promote land management goals, but also carry risks from financial exposure and technical challenges.
- As the national carbon market develops, CMAs should focus on influencing policy design, improving carbon accounting rigor, and potentially partnering to market "charismatic" environmental plantings in the voluntary market.
Science & Policy For Managing Australian Landscapes Nceas Santa Barbara Sept 07Charles Darwin University
An overview of Australian developments in science and policy for environmental management. Presented to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at UC Santa Barbara, September 2007.
This document outlines a policy discussion on managing Australian soils. It suggests rebuilding commitment to soil management by quantifying the economic costs of degradation and benefits of investment. It also recommends rebuilding knowledge by improving long-term monitoring and mapping, and rebuilding capacity through education programs. Catchment management organizations are identified as important targets to emphasize soil management in on-ground works. Specific next steps proposed are further developing the economic analysis, decision tools, and exemplar soil projects.
A lecture to first year students at the ANU and the National University of Singapore introducing key sustainability concepts with reference to Australia.
This document discusses opportunities for improving Victoria's food and farming system in the face of climate change and other challenges. It notes that Victoria's food and farming sector is a major industry but faces issues like water scarcity. Opportunities include new alliances across sectors, integrated farming of food and energy, and planning approaches that build resilience. Peri-urban areas will be impacted and may see a new paradigm integrating food production, private space, and public goals around resources and amenities.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
Recycling and Disposal on SWM Raymond Einyu pptxRayLetai1
Increasing urbanization, rural–urban migration, rising standards of living, and rapid development associated with population growth have resulted in increased solid waste generation by industrial, domestic and other activities in Nairobi City. It has been noted in other contexts too that increasing population, changing consumption patterns, economic development, changing income, urbanization and industrialization all contribute to the increased generation of waste.
With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
• Separation – recycling – marketing.
• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
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Reflections on 40 years of landscape restoration in Australia
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Four decades
of land repair in Australia:
what have we learnt?
Andrew Campbell
Restore, Regenerate, Revegetate conference
Armidale, 7 February 2017
• This conference is timely and reflection is appropriate
• Well planned revegetation, bush regeneration, restoration,
agroforestry and farm forestry systems have a crucial role to play
in 21st Century Australian landscapes, across all tenures
• Many of us have been saying this for up to 40 years
• We’ve seen considerable technical, social and policy innovation
• At different times in different places, Australia has developed and
demonstrated most of the elements for the world’s best NRM
framework, and learnt amazing restoration insights
• But we fail to put it all together at a continental scale, & sustain it
• Progress remains partial, patchy, slow and too often ephemeral
• Some thoughts on future directions
Key Points
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My journey to here
• Farming background south-eastern Australia
– Family farming near Cavendish since 1860s, own farm managed since 1987
– 450ha: 30% farm forestry, 10% environmental reserves, 60% leased for sheep
• Studied forestry and rural sociology (Creswick & Melbourne 78-83)
• Extension Forester (Vic Govt)/Potter Farmland Plan Manager ‘81-88
• National Landcare Facilitator 1989-92
• Studied Rural Knowledge Systems (Wageningen/Toulouse) 1992-4
• Environment Australia Executive (Managed Bushcare) 1995-2000
• CEO, Land & Water Australia 2000-06
• Triple Helix Consulting (strategy & policy) 2007-10
• Director RIEL, Charles Darwin University 2011-16
• CEO, Australian Centre for International Ag Research (ACIAR) 2016-
“Crowlands”
Cavendish
March 2002
450 ha
Land Use
120ha forestry
30ha environmental services
300ha grazing
N
View
to
Grampians
Homestead
E. globulus 1999
E. globulus 2000
P. radiata 2000
P. radiata 1999
E. globulus 1999
E. globulus 2000
Environmental
& furniture
plantings
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“If we had discovered & colonised
England, do you think we’d have grazed it
with kangaroos?”
Managing Australian Vegetation
1950 - 1980
• Increasing production
(wool boom, myxo, clover leys, new varieties)
• Improving productivity
• Large scale mechanical clearing
– encouraged by governments
• Gung-ho plant introductions
• Pine plantations on cleared land
• A handful of farm tree pioneers
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Focus on Farm Trees 1980
snippets
Victorian Premier Rupert Hamer:
“Australia’s first European settlers quickly developed a love-
hate relationship with our native forests…
Trees became widely regarded in this country as some sort of
enemy to be destroyed without compunction.
We are the unfortunate heirs of that process of deliberate
silvan devastation.
[tree decline] is degrading our rural landscape in its
production capacity. As the heartland of a rich, unique
wildlife and as a place of beauty and relaxation for the entire
community.”
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Focus on Farm Trees 1980
snippets
Rapporteur Professor Carrick Chambers:
• Noted how several speakers (Butler, Batini, Davidson, Day) stressed the
importance of an ecological understanding of vegetation dynamics, succession,
fire, insects, edge effects
• Touched on debates about species “Otto Frankel suggested… that we not be
slaves to local ecotypes and species… but rather use the most likely to
succeed…”
• Emphasised importance of encouraging natural regeneration
• And of radically limiting subsidies for land clearing (clear calls on Govt)
• Pushed for greater coordination across agencies and jurisdictions
• Highlighted the need for ‘an inventory of model examples’ of farms
• Called for more research into basic biology and biochemistry of eucs wrt insects
and genetic selection for salt tolerance, and “a much more careful economic
analysis of agroforestry conservation”
Managing Australian Vegetation
1980 - 1990
• Grasping sustainability
• Large scale clearing continues (slows in south)
• Focus on Farm Trees (University of Melbourne 1980)
• Garden State Committee, Farm Tree Groups, NRCL (Vic)
• Project Tree Cover, Project Branch Out
• Farm Forestry Loans, Tree Growing Assistance Scheme (VIC)
1977-84
• UN Year of the Tree, Greening Australia 1982
• LCDCs (WA 82), catchment groups, Land for Wildlife
• Men of the Trees, Trees for Life
• Potter Farmland Plan 1984-88
• LandCare (Vic 86)
• PM Hawke national launch of Decade of Landcare, July 1989
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We’ve been
talking about
sylvan rural
landscapes for
decades
Depressing reading
optimistic clarion
calls from the past
Vis Reid & Wilson 1985,
Campbell 1990,
Alexandra & Hall 1998,
Youl 2001, Garnaut
2007, Reid 2008, Lang
2008, Wentworth Group
2009
But transformational
change is not easy,
and rarely fast
Vision statements from 20 years ago (1)
from a 1996 native vegetation policy framework
The Australian countryside in 2010
• managing natural resources as if we’re here for
good, not just passing through
• distinctively Australian land use systems
– beyond ‘repairs & maintenance’
– defined targets and benchmarks for net emissions,
water use, drainage, run-off, nutrients, biodiversity
– multiple use landscapes
– multiple income sources
– independent monitoring
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Vision statements from 20 years ago (2)
from a 1996 native vegetation policy framework
The republican economy in 2010
• GDP complemented by greener national accounts
• more environmental services valued
• taxes & charges penalise resource depletion &
degradation, & reward NRM investment
• prices paid by consumers and received by producers reflect
environmental costs and benefits
• more Australian exports (by value) derived from native
plants, animals & landscapes; value-added
and from 15 years ago
(Alexandra & Campbell “Prospects for Australian Plantations” 2002)
Prospects for Australian plantations depend on how well
forestry handles a series of critical relationships between
forest and plantation design and management at a landscape
scale and:
• catchment hydrology, streamflows and water quality;
• delivery of environmental services (habitat, carbon, run-
off, bioenergy, recharge);
• regional development (planning, demography, rating,
roads, schools and services etc); and
• sources and modes of investment in plantations vs
community engagement in and acceptance of large-scale
plantation developments.
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Managing Australian Vegetation
1980 – 1990 (2)
• Tree planters no longer ‘weird’ (in south at least)
• Focus on shade, shelter, erosion, discharge
• Skinny straight rows, creek-hugging fences
• Few species, not always indigenous
• Direct seeding experiments, agroforestry trials
• Minimal focus on active habitat management or wetlands
(apart from some wimpy ‘corridors’)
• Property scale at best
• Revegetation efforts mainly ‘landscape decoration’ (Alexandra)
or landscape ‘garnish’ (Lefroy)
Managing Australian Vegetation
1990 – 2000
• Decade of Landcare, Save the Bush, One Billion Trees
• Natural Heritage Trust and Bushcare
• Various employment programs (LEAP, GreenCorps)
• Social programs with unrealistic biophysical objectives
• Hitting the limits of voluntarism & diffusion
• Native veg R&D program, Joint Venture Agroforestry Program
• Master Treegrowers, agroforestry networks
• Trust for Nature, Bush Heritage, AWC, Birds Australia
• Proliferation of community groups, plans, strategies
• Applying for funds the main game - grants overdone
• Stirrings of creative policy (incentives, rights, markets)
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Managing Australian Vegetation
1990 – 2000 (2)
• Clearing accelerates again in north
mostly misguided, spurred by clumsy attempt to regulate
• Over-emphasis on revegetation in south
mainly trees, emerging emphasis on local spp
insufficient attention to grasslands, understorey spp
still skinny, lineal, creek-hugging, fly spots on the map
• Early attempts to manage for habitat values
• Property scale at best
• Biodiversity and greenhouse enter the lexicon
• Salinity becomes sexy, but reality slow to bite
• Land, water, vegetation mostly DISintegrated
Managing Australian Vegetation
2000 - 2015
• Natural Heritage Trust II ($1.2B)
• National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality ($1.4B)
• Consolidation of Regional NRM model (56 regions)
• Clean Energy Future package (funded by price on carbon)
Caring for our Country
Biodiversity Fund
Carbon Farming Initiative
• National Plan for Water Security ($12B)
• Murray Darling Basin Plan (to fix over-allocation of water)
• Cuts to Landcare almost ‘offset’ by $$ for Green Army
• Abolition of LWA, cuts to RIRDC, end of JVAP, start of NESP
• Private land conservation bodies continue to thrive
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21
Shelterbelt direct seeded (1985) in previous slide (this photo 2005)
Adoption reality check
• Old adoptability rules still apply (Pannell et al)
– Relative advantage
– trialability
• Economic & regulatory signals remain weak
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Adoption Issues
• On-farm change is more likely where innovations:
– Offer relative advantage over existing systems/approaches
– Are not too complex
– Can be trialled, tested and evaluated (preferably on a modest scale)
– “Fit” with the farmer’s outlook, capacity and farming system
– Offer good returns within a reasonable timeframe
• Broadscale revegetation (including agroforestry)
options in Australia are rarely easily adoptable
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Case study: Kikuyu perennial
pasture & trees Albany, WA
A promising farming system?
• Profitability of the existing, annual pasture based
system = $80 per ha
• Profitability of the kikuyu/Bluegum system
= $230/ ha (without including forestry income)
• Current system uses little water and leaks like a
sieve
• The kikuyu/Bluegum system will reduce future
salinity and improve water quality in rivers
[SGS data
fromWarren Mason]
On-Farm Impacts
High initial outlay (trees + Kikuyu)
Low groundwater recharge/nutrient loss
Soil acidification alongside/beneath trees
Low soil erosion/low run-off/empty farm dams?
Reduction in broadleaf weeds
Reduced soil nitrogen fertility
Much higher skills needed to balance risks
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Off-Farm Impacts
Reduced salinity risk
Reduced sediment & nutrients to waterways
Reduced contamination of groundwater
Reduced erosion of river and creek banks
More regional employment
Potential invasion of waterways and native
vegetation by kikuyu
Financial & other
considerations
Gross Margin $80/ha to $230/ha ($150 - $190 better)
Other Key Considerations
High stocking rate required
Increased need for insect control (RLEM)
+ worm control more difficult in sheep
Improved wool yield & strength (diameter)
Supplementary feed not needed
Loss of pasture under trees plus long delay on tree $
returns
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Overall Assessment
A highly profitable system with many NRM & $$$ advantages;
but higher skills and investment needed.
Pros
More profitable and sustainable
Reduced need for supplementary feeding
Trees provide additional income
Cons
Poor winter performance if legume content in pasture is low
Increased worm risk in summer/autumn
Bluegums can acidify soils and reduce fertility
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Implications
• Current options won’t be adopted widely in the absence of
intense intervention
• It needs to be targeted
– options by region where value stacks up
• New more attractive and adoptable options are needed –
hence the need for research
• Genuine integration with agriculture or pastoralism always
demands higher level management expertise
• Hence good extension and persuasive signals
Through thousands of practitioners, and high quality applied research,
over the last 40 years we now know much more about:
Ecology (and values) of remnant native vegetation (and new plantings)
How to plant, seed, protect and manage native veg in rural landscapes
Where to retain/protect/restore tree cover in catchments and farms
Complex dynamics (spatial & temporal) of trees, runoff, infiltration and
salinity
Trees and shelter in Australian conditions
Vegetation management in riparian zones (including in-stream)
Agroforestry and farm forestry systems (including processing options)
Fodder shrubs and animal nutrition
Trees for biofuels and bioenergy
We have learned a great deal
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Through thousands of practitioners, and high quality applied research,
over the last 40 years we now know much more about:
Carbon farming opportunities, options and accounting
Landscape fire management (in the north particularly)
Indigenous Savanna burning abatement methodologies
Private nature conservation
Incentives to encourage conservation behaviour: Taxation,
Covenanting, Local government, Stewardship payments, Market-based
approaches, Regulation
Allocation tools to optimise return on a given quantum of public and/or
private investment
Performance metrics and evaluation tools for habitat quality and
restoration effectiveness
We have learned a great deal (2)
The wider context:
Converging Insecurities
• Climate change
• Direct impacts
• Impacts of climate change policies – e.g. carbon markets
• Energy
• the era of cheap, easily extracted fossil fuels is ending
• Water
• Every calorie we consume uses one litre in its production
• Every litre weighs one kilogram
• Per capita freshwater availability declining steeply
• Food — increase world production up to 70% by 2050
• Using less land, water, fossil energy and nutrients 34
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We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers showed what
was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to worthy
omissions, but here’s a few notables:
VICTORIA: Practitioners Advisers
John & Cicely Fenton
Bill Sharp
Neil & Sue Lawrance
Heather & Mick Acocks
Richard & JennyWeatherley
Terry Simpson
Andrew andVal Lang
Bruce, Lyn, Andrew and John Milne
Andrew & Jill Stewart
Angus Howell
Rowan Reid
Jason Alexandra
MarkWootton & Eve Kantor
Bill Middleton
Rod Bird & Keith Cumming
Bob Peese
RobYoul
Sue Campbell AWDC
Rod May & Nan Oates
TerryWhite
David Holmgren
RichardVines (Country Roads Board)
Rowan Reid
Jason Alexandra
Frank Hirst & Philippa Noble
Andrew Bennett
We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers showed what
was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to worthy
omissions, but here’s a few notables:
NEW SOUTH WALES/ACT
Practitioners Advisers
Jon, Vicki & MichaelTaylor
Noel & Kim Passalaqua
David Marsh
JohnWeatherstone
John Ive
Sheila Donaldson
Col Seis & Bruce Maynard
Gordon & WendyWilliams
John & Michelle Lynn
James & Caroline Street
PaulTrevethan
Judy Frankenberg
Rob Davidson
David Curtis
Dick Green, Brett Miners, Dave Carr,
Toby Jones et al
Sue McIntyre
Julian Prior
Nick Reid
David Freudenberger
Sue Briggs
David Lindenmayer & colleagues
Gus Sharpe & Mark Jackson
Annabel Kater
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We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers
showed what was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to
worthy omissions, but here’s a few notables:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Practitioners Advisers
Sam Jericho
Ted Allender
Mary Crawford
Greg Campbell
Peter & Chris Feast
Darryl Bell
James Darling
Brendon Lay
Peter Bulman
Bruce Munday
JackieVenning
Brendon Lay
Barbara Hardy
We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers
showed what was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to
worthy omissions, but here’s a few notables:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Practitioners Advisers
Jos & Dennis Chatfield
David Jenkins
Jenny Dewing
Jan & Garry English
RonWatkins
Dean Melvin
Peter Coffey
Don Stanley
TonyYork
Terri Lloyd
Jon Collett ALCOA
John Bartle
Keith Bradby
Richard Moore
David Bicknell
Bob Hingston
Richard Hobbs
Dennis Saunders
Steve Hopper
Ted Lefroy
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We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers
showed what was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to
worthy omissions, but here’s a few notables:
TASMANIA
Practitioners Advisers
Biz & Lindsay Nicholson
Cynthia & Tom Dunbabin
Ian Dickenson
Julian von Bibra
Major Raelph & Simon Cameron
Richard Gardner
Andrew Colvin
Ian Sauer
Bill Mollison
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Louise Gilfedder
Arthur Lyons
Anna Povey
Jane Hutchinson
Ted Lefroy
Management is much more than just planting
Source: “People, Sheep and Nature Conservation by Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kerry Bridle p16
Major Cameron (‘Kingston’ Conara)
learnt how to burn
from his stockman Jack Rigby,
who learnt from his father,
who learnt from an Aboriginal man.
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We stand on the shoulders of giants
• In every jurisdiction, pioneering farmers
showed what was possible
• Too many names to mention, and apologies to
worthy omissions, but here’s a few notables:
NT & QUEENSLAND
Practitioners Advisers
Bob Purvis
DeanYibarbuk
Otto Campion
Jock Douglas
Angus Emmott
Jeremy Russell-Smith
Joe Morrison
PeterWhitehead
Brian Roberts
Kate Andrews
Recurrent Themes/Perennial Challenges
• The ‘nativists vs functionalists’ debate
• Matching funders to beneficiaries to get reasonable incentives
(carbon price is a great enabler)
• Achieving efficiency at scale vs ‘landscape decoration’
• Despite considerable improvement in revegetation capabilities
and investments of road authorities, utilities and local
government etc, we’re still a long way from having a vibrant
private contractor industry (expertise x region)
• Over reliance on voluntarism
— inherently patchy & vulnerable
• Hollowing out and squaring up of the inland
— fewer and fewer people operating bigger and bigger
machines – that work in straight lines & don’t like trees
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Recurrent Themes/Perennial Challenges (2)
• Genuine integration of trees into agriculture requires a long
term vision, commitment and considerable skill
• Research and extension (public & private) remain important
• Research investment remains trivial
(decline since axing of LWA and close of JVAP, despite NESP)
• Plantation forestry settings are still not right
(scars remain from the MIS debacle)
• Biofuels and carbon opportunities remain huge, but
contingent on appropriate policy settings
• After >200 years, we still have had no systematic product
development from Australian tree and shrub flora
• BUT many landscapes in SE & SW Australia look much better
today than they did 30-40 years ago
Final thoughts
• Rural landscapes are increasingly contested and
squeezed between major drivers: demography,
climate, energy, water and food
• Well planned woody perennials (planted, seeded,
regenerated) are crucial in conservation, agroforestry
and farm forestry systems integrated within more
sustainable and resilient Australian landscapes
• We have a solid information base and many good
exemplars
• We have a maturing (albeit threadbare) regional
framework
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Final thoughts (2)
• We may have lost momentum, but we still have all the
elements of a world-leading policy & practice story
• Other countries are embarking on or planning large-scale
revegetation and landscape restoration efforts
• Australian expertise has much to offer the world
• People in this room have much to offer Australia
• History says the wheel will turn back here too
• We’re still learning to live like Australians, but over the
last forty years we’ve achieved a great deal
• It’s right to reflect on and celebrate achievements