Landcare Australia is encouraging everyone to become a citizen scientist during Landcare Week. Every Australian can participate in this Landcare Week activity. Simply register with ClimateWatch and you can monitor, collect and record data that will help shape the Australia’s scientific response to climate change. Data collected by ClimateWatch will be used by anyone studying the impact of climate change on ecosystems. To find out more about how you can participate visit the Landcare Week 2010 webpage.
Landcare Queensland, with the support of the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country Program is rolling out the “Our volunteers do it in the bush” Landcare Week campaign aimed at increasing awareness of natural resource management in urban areas and boosting the number of young people involved in Landcare activities. Landcare Groups are urged to register projects – the campaign will be primarily focussed around South East Queensland, Toowoomba and Cairns, however where possible other regional locations will be included. To find out more visit Landcare Queensland.
The annual Queensland Landcare Conference to be held in Caloundra from 15–17 September 2010 with the theme Celebrating 21 years of Landcare, will capture the progress, achievements and future opportunities for one of the strongest community movements in Australia’s history. The first gathering of Queensland landcarers was held in Brisbane in 1990, since that time the landcare and natural resource management sector of Queensland have gathered annually for the Queensland Landcare Conference at different locations around Queensland ranging from Townsville to Roma and including a previous visit to Caloundra in 2000 to debate and discuss changing trends in land management. To find out more visit the conference website.
The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is supporting the Landcare community to develop an Australian Framework for Landcare to guide Landcare over the next 20 years. The development of the Australian Framework for Landcare is your opportunity to have a say about the way forward for Landcare. Read the rest of this entry »