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Landcare
Landcare is a national voluntary community movement of around 4000 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.
The Australian Government has allocated $189 million over the first five years of Caring for our Country for landcare related activities. This will encourage on-ground action that will result in enhanced sustainable natural resource management at the farm, catchment and regional level.
Caring for our Country is an ongoing Australian Government initiative with an initial investment of $2.25 billion over its first five years. As part of Caring for our Country, landcare support will be targeted to addressing priority sustainable resource use issues and supporting action on private land that will contribute to achieving priority environmental outcomes.
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.
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.
Caring for our Country - Landcare information
On 21 July 2008, the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, announced a $28 million package of 140 Landcare – Sustainable Practices projects over the period 2008–09 to 2010–11, all involving landcare, industry and/or volunteer community groups.
- Caring for our Country - Landcare Sustainable Practices grants 2008-09
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Word [199kb] - Caring for our Country website
Previous National Landcare Program information
National Landcare Program funding finished on 30 June 2008. Details of previous projects funded.
Other information
- How do I get involved in landcare?
- Find a landcare facilitator
- Landcare Tax
- Are donations to your landcare group tax deductible?
- McKell Medal
- Landcare Publications
- Landcare Links
Contact
Caring for our Country – Landcare
Phone: 1800 552 008
Fax: 02 6274 1094 (Attention: Communications Team)
Email: Landcare Contact
