Events

Landcare Farming Program webinar

7 September 2023 - 11am
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Topic: All you need to know about Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting

Farm-scale natural capital accounts pave the way for rewarding farmers for nature-positive actions and sharing the cost-burden (above the production benefits) of maintaining or improving natural ecosystems on their farms.

In this webinar, our expert speakers will introduce the accounts and step through their development and the data contained within them. They will demonstrate the potential of the accounts to:

• Inform farm management – the accounts contain data that can inform strategic decisions about land-use and on-ground management and track environmental performance.
• Demonstrate environmental performance – the accounts are a valuable tool for farmers to demonstrate their environmental credentials (e.g. GHG emissions, resource use, land cover change, habitat condition change) to a range of stakeholders – banks and investors, insurers, buyers, markets.
• Document transparency in the supply chain – by allowing environmental performance to be tracked from source to product.

Facilitator: Angela Hammond, Landcare Farming Project Manager

Speaker(s): Dr Jim Radford (La Trobe University), Danny O’Brien (Integrated Futures), Angela Hawdon (Bush Heritage Australia)

Supported by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, the Landcare Farming Webinar Series is managed in partnership by Landcare Australia and the National Landcare Network.

Storymap: Protecting the Peatlands Together

Earlier this year, Parks Victoria facilitated the gathering in the Victorian Alps, extending invites to members of the Victorian Alpine Peatlands Project Coordinating Committee (VAPPCC), Traditional Owner groups, and others working in Alpine Conservation. The gathering brought together people with diverse skills such as specialist alpine scientists and researchers, field teams who spend their 9-5 work days physically protecting alpine peatlands from threats like weeds, deer and fire, as well as Australian Government and Catchment Management Authority staff, who manage the Alpine Peatlands Project in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

The focus of the gathering was to form connections with one another, learn from each other's experiences, celebrate progress, and identify ways to coordinate more effectively to care for peatlands especially in a changing climate.

Read more at this Storymap at Protecting the Peatlands Together (arcgis.com)

Join the Great Glossy Count

9 and 10 September 2023
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Join the Great Glossy Count this Spring!

 Calling citizen scientists in eastern Australia: support the conservation of Glossy Black-Cockatoos!
 Register to join us in the Great Glossy Count on 9 & 10 September

The Great Glossy Count is a citizen science event led by BirdLife Australia, which collects data across the entire distribution of the Vulnerable South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo - (south-eastern Qld, eastern NSW, the ACT & eastern Vic). 

You can view the complete collection of Great Glossy Count resources here: https://bit.ly/GBCresources

You can join us in the Great Glossy Count if you: 

👉 Are within South-eastern Glossy distribution during the Count weekend. 

👉 Can safely collect data at your selected survey site(s) for one hour (or more) on one or both days. 

👉 Register to our Birdata bird survey tool. 

👉 Watch our pre-recorded training video, join a regional workshop, or read our resources and complete a short and informative quiz! 
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Disaster funding supports flood damage repair to Hodgson and Burgoigee Creeks

CHANNEL control structures damaged by flooding in December 2018 in Hodgson Creek and adjoining catchments on the Beechworth Plateau will be replaced and repaired with funding received from the Australian Government.

The North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received $210,325 from the inaugural round of the Australian Government’s Disaster Ready Fund to address damage from isolated thunderstorms that delivered more than 200mm in rainfall in less than 24 hours. The funding is matching co-contributions by the Victorian Government and North East CMA.

Understanding Carbon - Corryong

Tuesday 12 September 2023

9.30am to 3pm - FREE

Upper Murray Events Centre, 1 Strezlecki Way, Corryong

Register at https://events.humanitix.com/understanding-carbon-with-cam-nicholson

Agricultural consultant Cam Nicholson will provide an overview of where carbon requirements are heading, the evolution of possible emission reduction technologies, and explore options farmers have to maintain business flexibility while starting to participate in the carbon space.

Program topics:

• The continuing evolution of greenhouse gas mitigation – in Australia and globally
• Possible actions to reduce emissions and sequester carbon – now and in the future
• Calculating your farm's carbon emissions and emissions intensity

This event is supported by the North East CMA, Upper Murray Landcare Network and Agriculture Victoria, with funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program.

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