Rebuilding Landcare - Greens Landcare policy
18th Mar 2015Landcare NSW is pleased to see the Greens release a comprehensive policy that would see the creation of a Landcare Trust generating $7.5m per year to fund local coordinators and infrastructure support so volunteers and landholders can focus on projects and activities at the local level.
The Landcare Trust would fund approximately 40 paid coordinators embedded in district Landcare networks; a statewide coordinator and executive; and Aboriginal Landcare Coordinator. The goal is that this Fund would provide a sustainable funding source for the core support the volunteer Landcare movement needs.
The Greens' policy also calls for a parliamentary inquiry to build cross party support for a new Landcare model to ensure ongoing sustainability.
This inquiry would examine:
- restructuring Landcare as a stand alone self-managed organisation reporting directly to the Ministers for the Environment and Agriculture
- creating a position for the Chair of Landcare NSW to sit on the Local Land Services Board of Chairs
- the amount of federal funding to Local Land Services which should be directly made available to Landcare.
We are very pleased to see the major parties coming out with strong Landcare policies and look forward to seeing the ALP’s policy before the election.
» Landcare NSW Press Release Welcomes Greens Policy
