International Conference of Landcare Studies Global Resilience through Local Self-reliance - the Landcare Model
NAGOYA, JAPAN
5-8 NOVEMBER 2017.
The Abstracts are now available can be downloaded in pdf format
This was the first world gathering of landcare academics and practitioners to discuss the theories, practice and pragmatics of the ‘landcare field’ and the role of landcare, localism, self-reliance, sustainability, rural and regional resilience and post-emergency and disaster recovery, for application globally.
The conference was organised by Nanzan University Institute for Social Ethics, and co-hosted by Australian Landcare International.
Hosted in Nagoya, Japan it was timed to coincide with World Tsunami Awareness Day following a tour of affected areas in 2016 where community activities post disaster were identified as being very ‘landcare’ in their approach.
Speakers included: Dr Joseph Runzo-Inada, Dr Tomomi Maekawa, Dr Kazuki Kagohashi (Japan); Prof Yvonne Everett (USA); Joseph Tanui (Kenya); Dr Nick Edgar (NZ); Dr Andrés Arnalds (Iceland); Prof Andrew Campbell, Dr Lisa Robins, Prof Stewart Lockie, Rob Youl OAM, Andrea Mason, Dr Ross Colliver, Megan Rowlatt, (Australia) and other key thinkers. The lineup brought together a forum with an incredible depth of expertise on Landcare. They were able to share knowledge, to ensure the continued development of Landcare as a global model, and able to assist with the growing challenges that are required by communities across the globe.
There were pre- and post-conference tours to sites, with discussions and guidance from community leaders working on a range of post-disaster and more ‘regular’ Landcare activities.
Contact:
Secretariat of the International Conference of Landcare Studies 2017, info.landcare2017@gmail.com, , http://resiliencestudies.com/landcare-conference2017/
….with support from 
Building Global Sustainability Through Local Self-Reliance: Lessons From Landcare 0n August 22, 2022 in Sydney.
This book has been published by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) with support from James Cook University.
The book aims to showcase practical capacity building in action globally – building livelihoods, restoring landscapes, taking practical action on climate change. It contains the papers from the 2017 Nagoya Landcare Conference at Nanzan University in partnership with Australian Landcare International and potently demonstrates community partnership in action. An important element is the tribute to Professor Michael Seigel originally from regional Victoria (a great friend of Global Landcare and instigator of the Nagoya Conference) who believed passionately in subsidiarity and the power of partnerships to build momentum for and achieve change.
Thank you to our launch sponsors
Queensland Water And Land Carers, FutureAg Queensland and New Zealand Landcare Trust.
You can get a copy of the book from https://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/MN219-lessons-landcare
