Lisa Yorkston
Regional Coordinator - Organisational Development & Community Engagement, Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
- Toowoomba, Queensland
- Australia
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Re: Advice needed - how to reach small rural populations w an intervention
2014-09-15 19:27:24 UTC
Hi Kelley
Something that we have in Australia is Land for Wildlife. In some states, this is run by not-for-profits (http://www.qmdc.org.au/biodiversity-pests/land-for-wildlife.html) and in others, it's a government initiative (http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife/community-programs/land-for-wildlife, http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/off-reserve-conservation/land-for-wildlife). In all cases, it's a non-binding "membership" whereby the land owners agree to manage for biodiversity values (including protecting vegetation) and they become part of a community that receives a sign for their front gate, regular newsletters and (depending on the organisation in their areas) events etc. They also get an assessment of what's on their properties and free advice on possible management actions. Again, depending on their local organisation, there can be a "next step" where the organisation can help fund part of projects to fence off sensitive areas etc.
My organisation finds it works well as there are many people - farmers, graziers, those on lifestyle acreage - who do want to protect vegetation, they just don't want something binding that might impact on sales price. However, speaking for QMDC, if we put money toward, for example, a fencing project, that comes with maintenance requirements.
Good luck.
Lisa Yorkston
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Australia
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Re: Looking for International (outside of the U.S.) NGOs and Others who Promote all Aspects of Sustainability
2013-11-12 19:10:22 UTC
In Australia we have natural resource management groups (some NGOs and some statutory boards etc) that work across the country to promote sustainability in everything from farming to home energy efficiency to school recycling. It just depends on the groups and the interests of members. A list of Queensland NRM groups can be found here: http://www.qmdc.org.au/links.html. For casestudies of what the various groups do, there's a 2012 booklet available online - http://www.territorynrm.org.au/communications/story-theres-lot-happening-our-backyard.
Additionally, the Landcare movement started in Australia. Landcare Australia can be found here: http://www.landcareonline.com.au/. There are also state Landcare organisations, for example - http://landcare.org.au/.
Lisa Yorkston
Regional Coordinator - Organisational Development & Community Engagement
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Australia
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