With approximately 19,372 agricultural and lifestyle properties located within the South West NRM Region, the link between SWCC and property managers is crucial.
SWCC has two experienced Regional Landcare Facilitators who provide a link between the Landcare community, SWCC and the Australian Government with the goal of increasing grassroots Landcare capacity and reconnecting with regional communities.
The Regional Landcare Facilitator Initiative was established by the Australian Government to promote sustainable farm and land management practices, and contribute to and support the uptake of sustainable practices and landscape scale conservation in rural and regional landscapes in a changing climate.
Kate Scott, based in Bunbury and Jill Richardson based in Katanning, form part of a wider national network of skilled and informed Landcare facilitators that link, and support, community Landcare and production groups participating in sustainable farm and land management practices and on and off-farm NRM.
While the primary focus of the Landcare facilitators will be working with community groups in rural landscapes their work can also extend into urban areas where this is linked to the overall objective of better landscape scale natural resource management.
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