Tag Archives: Australia

Fostering Farmer-driven Innovation: Creating Opportunities for Sustainability

By Fiona McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia. In the last two posts the Landscapes Blog looked at what is needed for transitions to more integrated and sustainable systems of agricultural production, in both an industrialized and developing nation context. These … Continue reading

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World Wide Wetlands: Making the Case for Landscape Management

World Wetlands Day was celebrated around the world this past Saturday. Started in 1997, the day is meant to both commemorate the February 2nd 1971 signing of the Ramsar Convention – an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization … Continue reading

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Landscape of the Week: Australia’s Approach to Landscape Management

By Bruce Lloyd Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research and the Bunbartha Landcare Group, Victoria, Australia A landscape approach is gaining traction as a natural resource management strategy Down Under. “Landcare” – Australia’s community based natural resource management (NRM) process … Continue reading

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