Landcare ACT made a submission to the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services inquiry into the value of the natural environment to an urbanising Canberra.
Landcare ACT will be appearing before the inquiry on Wednesday 27 March from 4.10pm to 4.50 pm.
Landcare ACT (LACT) is the Territory’s peak non-government organisation for landcare, the stewardship of the land by the people. LACT is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and represents the ACT on the National Landcare Network (NLN)
The 2017 LACT workshop for Territory farmers, rural land-holders, land managers and community members considered land use at the urban-rural interface. Based on workshop findings, this position statement has been prepared by the LACT Board.
On 2 June, Mick Gentleman MLA announced that the ACT Government’s 2018-19 Budget will provide funding of $352,000 over one year to support the three Landcare catchment groups to continue to undertake catchment management in the ACT.
Landcare ACT, the ACT’s peak body for land stewardship groups, is this week holding a forum to discuss the future of the ACT region’s non-urban land.
The ACT Catchment Groups are coordinating an Aboriginal Green Army team, running from 16 March for 23 weeks. This team will have up to nine young people aged 17-24, working on important natural and cultural sites the ACT Region.
