Events
Learn how to sample your soil!
April 20 and 21 - Webinar
Would you like to be able to assess your soil, know how to sample it, and understand its potential? Two free interactive webinars presented by our experienced Soils Officer Dr Rebecca Tonkin will show how regular assessment helps understand the health of your soil, and demonstrate best practice testing methods. You’ll also be able to ask your own questions at the webinar.
Register now-two dates are available
Tuesday 20 April
Wednesday 21 April
This Healthy Soils Healthy Landscapes webinar is presented by the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board, supported by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
Climate Smart Farming Forum
May 6 - Encounter Bay
With a focus on graziers, this forum will feature local farmers plus experts discussing how you can farm smarter in the future. You'll learn about sustainable livestock production in a changing climate, soil health, regenerative agriculture in action, water and weather, as well as biodiversity and ecosystem services on-farm. A free bus and ferry are available for farmers from Kangaroo Island who'd like to attend to forum.
This project is supported by the Hills and Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island Landscape Boards through the landscape levies, and through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The forum is also supported by Fleurieu Farming Systems Incorporated.
Landcare Webinar Series
Covid-19 has radically changed possibilities for sharing and engaging within communities and organisations. The pandemic demands new ways of communicating and bringing people together. To ensure you still have access to the wealth of knowledge that exists in the landcare community, Landcare Australia is continuing their successful webinar series in 2021. Hosted on the online community platform Landcarer, here is a sample of the exciting talks that are scheduled with more to be added to the program:
Landcare outside Australia – what’s been achieved, and what can we learn? | May 6, 2pm AEST
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Facilitator: Andrea Mason, Chair Global Landcare
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Speaker(s): Rob Youl, Vice Chair Global Landcare | Tony Bartlett, former Forestry Research Program Manager
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Description: Rob and Tony will share the incredible work occurring in landcare outside of Australian borders, what we can learn from it, and where it is all headed.
Natural resource management – from traditional methods to modern innovation | June 24, at 2pm AEST
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Facilitator: James Walsh, Head of Landcare Services for Landcare Australia
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Speaker(s): Tein McDonald, Bureau of Meteorology | Amy Lepinay, Sunbirds Aero
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Description: Coming up in this webinar is a fascinating discussion with Tein who will provide a history of the bush regeneration movement in Sydney. Amy will introduce how technology has impacted our resource management methodology by using drones for weed spotting.
To register for the Landcare Webinar Series, or watch the recordings of previous webinars please visit this page.
2021 National Landcare Conference
August 4-6 - International Convention Centre, Sydney
Major themes include sustainable agriculture, environment and climate change, community partnerships in action and landcare impact
Early Bird delegate registrations will close on May 1.
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