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Re: Soil Erosion Recognition Programs
2010-11-04 19:10:08 UTC
Joe (a bit too far away but you might get something out of the link) For Kate though the Australian Land Management Group (http://www.almg.org.au/index.htm) might be worth a phone call to Tony. The Australian Land Management Certification System (ALMCS) has been designed especially for commercial landholders and land managers. It is a whole-of-property, catchment-linked and externally-audited land management system that complies with the internationally accepted ISO14001 environmental management standard. The catchment linked bit is relevant to the GBR. The system is suitable for most commercial property holders and for areas of land that are being managed for purposes other than agriculture. Catchment-linkage ensures that land management on individual properties actively conforms to relevant regional priorities and contributes to meeting Resource Condition Targets. It is also the only system that has succeeded in securing an actual market premium (rather than simply applied as risk management tool secure market access) with the The Merino Company - a textile business based in Melbourne paying a 3% premium to its growers who get themselves ALMS certified - An Australian first. I'm aware of only one other such system based in the UK where a premium is paid. Fair trade has a very different market mechanism - it fixes prices. I'm not a farmer and not employed by these guys but it is a very good system. Amanda
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