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February 3, 2020

Lots of people want to help nature after the bushfires – we must seize the moment

Denise Goodwin, Monash University; Abby Wild, Monash University, and Melissa Hatty, Monash University

For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.

Australians are keen to help nature recover after a season of devastating bushfires. Darren England/AAP

January 27, 2020

Pulling out weeds is the best thing you can do to help nature recover from the fires

Don Driscoll, Deakin University

By all means, rescue an injured koala. But by pulling out weeds after the fires, you could also help rescue a whole ecosystem.

Farmers who invested in natural assets during the Millennium Drought are coping better with lack of rain now. AAP Image/Perry Duffin

October 23, 2018

We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself

David Lindenmayer, Australian National University and Michelle Young, Australian National University

Beyond trucking in hay and water, drought-stricken farmers need money and advice on improving the natural features of their land.

Tony Abbott launched the Green Army program, and remains a big fan. AAP Image/Britta Campion

December 7, 2016

Why give the Green Army its marching orders?

Stewart Lockie, James Cook University

The possible axing of the Green Army, which aimed to put thousands to work tending conservation projects, leaves many questions unanswered - the biggest being the reason for the sudden retreat.

Phillip Toyne lobbied for the transfer of Uluru National Park back to its traditional owners. nosha/Flickr

June 15, 2015

Phillip Toyne cared for land-carers, black and white

Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University

Phillip Toyne, a co-founder of the national landcare program, died on Saturday morning after a long illness with cancer, leaving an indelible legacy of influence and achievement.

Mixed farming country near Binalong, New South Wales. Andrew Campbell

June 3, 2015

Joan Kirner united farmers and conservationists to care for the land

Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University

Among the plaudits for Joan Kirner it is also worth noting her pivotal role in the development of landcare in Australia.

Can the Green Army be more than toy soldiers? FraserElliot/Flickr

April 8, 2014

The Green Army needs a big strategy to win the environmental war

Ian Rutherfurd, The University of Melbourne

The government’s central environmental policy, the Green Army, will take to the field from July 2014. Work has started to identify projects for the recruits. The army can potentially do some great work…

It’s hard to argue against encouraging local community-based environmental action. Feral Arts/Flickr

September 6, 2013

Is the Coalition’s Green Army good news for Landcare?

Stewart Lockie, Australian National University

Barely noticed behind pre-election debate over the climate policies of the major parties sits a proposal by the Liberal-National Coalition to make important changes to Australia’s natural resource management…

Landcare get-together: reducing our toll on nature comes in part from many of us taking steps that individually are not always so big, but which accumulate. The carbon tax is one such step. Flickr/feral arts

July 19, 2012

Little by little: the benefits of Australian climate policy

Roger Jones, Victoria University

A catchment threatened by salinity can’t be repaired by one or two landholders. Revegetation designed to lower watertables has its greatest ecological benefit where the plants are, but its net impact on…

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