Australian Landcare Council
The Australian Landcare Council (the Council) is a ministerial advisory body on Landcare and natural resource management. It operates under the Commonwealth Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.
On 16 December 2009 the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced the reactivation of the Australian Landcare Council by appointing Kim Chance as Chair of the Council. Kim, a former minister for agriculture in Western Australia, is well placed to lead the Council as he brings a wealth of agricultural experience and a passion for community Landcare.
The Council will work collaboratively with community, farmers, Indigenous land managers and urban groups to facilitate sustainable natural resource management solutions.
The Council will also support the development of the Australian Framework for Landcare, a community framework to ensure the Landcare movement thrives into the future.
Further members of the Council will be appointed in the coming weeks.
The National Landcare Framework will form part of the disscussions at the National Landcare Forum to be held in Adelaide on 23-24 March 2010.
More information on the National Landcare Framework is available at www.daff.gov.au/landcare.