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Last year, our Regional Agriculture Landcare Facilitator, Peter Clifton (who has since been promoted to Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager!), brought together a group of eight beef farmers interested in understanding the carbon footprint of their operations. They received funding from Landcare Australia to produce individual carbon accounts, which broke...
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Do you worry about your pet cat being hurt or getting lost when it is outside the home? Want to help protect native wildlife from cat attacks? If so, come along to South West Catchment Council (SWCC)’s Cat Enclosure Market Day on Sunday 18th September to learn all about...
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South West Catchments Council is one of 54 Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations across Australia who are responsible for regional environmental planning and delivery of programs to support healthy and productive country, viable communities and sustainable industries. This year’s Regional NRM CEO’s Forum took place in Canberra on 19th...
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The team at SWCC would like to thank volunteers who braved the rain at our community planting days at Manea Park and Treendale Reserve throughout June. Forty-five volunteers from the local community and Bunbury Regional Community College planted over 1,000 seedlings at the reserves to enhance habitat for the...
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As a founding member of the Australian Government’s Carbon + Biodiversity Pilot, the SWCC team has been busy helping landholders to navigate the world of carbon farming. The aim of the Carbon + Biodiversity (C+B) Pilot is simple: ensure that landholders who plant trees for carbon credits build in...
Regenerative agriculture is in Mitchell East’s blood. Before he was born, his parents Garry and Tracey had already revegetated eroded land and spent years trying to improve soil with carbon-based inputs and less chemicals. Their experiences were not without mishaps. So, when he came home to farm passionfruit under...
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This spring, a national conference dedicated to natural resource management, sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation will be hosted in Margaret River, showcasing the stunning natural wonders and scientific innovation of the region. NRM Regions Australia’s ‘2022 National Natural Resource Management Knowledge Conference’ will be co-hosted by Bunbury-based South West...
Explaining how to build soil carbon, while at the same time promoting soil biology that respires carbon back into the atmosphere, is not a simple task. However, it was made simple by consultant David Hardwick from Soil Land Food who presented at the recent Soils Alive event in the...
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Across millions of hectares of Australia’s forests and woodlands once teeming with native fauna, wildlife is disappearing. The number of species listed as vulnerable or critically endangered increases every year. Huge swathes of land have been cleared for agriculture and introduced herbivores such as rabbits have dramatically changed the...
An initiative by a South West Landcare group more than ten years ago has stimulated significant change in both the avocado and dairy industries. In 2010, Kathy Dawson of Southern Forests Community Landcare (SFCL, then Warren Catchments Council) held a workshop featuring Dr Syd Shea, who was with the...
