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Landcare
Landcare is a national voluntary community movement of around 4,000 groups that aim to improve natural resource management practices. Landcare operates largely in rural Australia, involving 40 per cent of farmers, who manage 60 per cent of land and 70 per cent of the nation’s diverted water.
Caring for our Country – Landcare is a program within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry that supports the Landcare movement and the sustainable use and management of natural resources. Caring for our Country – Landcare encourages landholders to undertake landcare and related conservation works by supporting collective action by communities to manage the environment and natural resources sustainably.
Caring for our Country – Landcare will be highly effective in encouraging farmers to adopt sustainable management practices to increase their productivity, profitability and the condition of our natural resources both on and off farms. The Landcare movement is also strong in regional towns and metropolitan centres.
The partnership between government and the community is critical to encouraging on-ground action to improve natural resource management at the farm, catchment and regional level.
Previous National Landcare Program funding finished on 30 June 2008. Details of the delivery arrangements under Caring for our Country – Landcare from 2008-09 to 2011-12 are still being developed.
The Australian Government has committed funding of $37 million for the National Landcare Program for 2006/07 to encourage on ground action that will result in enhanced sustainable natural resource management at the farm, catchment and regional level.
Caring for our Country - Landcare information
Previous National Landcare Program information
- National Landcare Program
- How do I get involved in Landcare?
- Landcare Tax
- Are donations to your landcare group tax deductible?
- International Landcare
- McKell Medal
- Landcare Publications
- Landcare Links
Further Information
Contact: The Landcare Contact Officer
Phone: 1800 657 220
Fax: 02 6272 4526
Email: Landcare Contact
