Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the week beginning 1 September 2008 is National Landcare Week, a week in which we celebrate the contributions made to Australia’s environment by many thousands of Australians who voluntarily give their time to local Landcare, Bushcare, Rivercare and Coastcare groups and in Indigenous Landcare groups who continue a long tradition of ‘caring for country’, and

(ii)

the theme of Landcare Week 2008 is to recognise our ‘landcare heroes’;

(b)

recognises the importance of Landcare groups and activities in promoting community activities, engendering community spirit and in fostering and promoting engagement, respect and concern for Australia’s precious and unique ecosystems and landscapes;

(c)

notes that details of the delivery of the 2008-09 to 2011-12 National Landcare Program remain uncertain; and

(d)

calls on the Government to provide continuity and certainty to community Landcare groups, and to ensure that the integration of local landcare activities into regional natural resource management planning frameworks is not lost.