Global Landcare has a committee that meets regularly to plan our program. We also have a network of members who act as resource people for Global Landcare’s various activities.
Training in the Landcare Approach
Global Landcare is interested in improving Landcare practice in other countries and has delivered many training sessions that are appropriate for overseas groups.
Many of these activities have been undertaken by or in partnership with our founding organisations Australian Landcare International (ALI), Landcare International (LI) and Secretariat for International Landcare (SILC).
- Landcare Masterclass, Zambia, December 2016
- Study tour with Secretariat to Promote the Establishment of Landcare in Japan, November 2016
- Climate Change and Landcare, Sebato Catchment, Fiji
- Landcare Runnings – an Australian Landcare International project in Jamaica, 2015
- Training workshops involving local departmental staff have been given to villagers in Tonga in 2013 and 2014.
- ALI members were actively involved in a further Master Class in Uganda in 2013
- ALI members gave workshops at the 2012 New Zealand Landcare Trust Conference
- African Landcare Master Class in Kenya in 2012.
- Landcare training workshops for international participants to the September 2011 World Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Brisbane, Australia.
- We also organised a short study tour for Thai officials who visited Victoria in July 2011 to look at the community impacts and actions resulting from soil and water salinity.
- Japanese university students interested in landscape management have visited Australian several occasions in recent years and were introduced to Landcare groups and projects by ALI.
Global Landcare Program
Our Global Landcare Program (GLP) manages global landcare projects according to our priorities. The GLP is the central and overarching guide to actions undertaken by Global Landcare as a whole.
One part of our overall operations is the Small Grants Program for projects carried out by established and new Landcare groups in developing countries. The Global Landcare Program small grants are funded via a public fund called the ALI Fund. It provides small grants for projects carried out by established and new Landcare groups in developing countries. The program started in 2013 and we have supported projects in many countries to date. Donations to The ALI Fund often come from Landcare groups and networks in Australia along with private donors. Read more
Other Global Landcare Program priorities and projects require funds to be sourced from other funding bodies such as research programs, philanthropics, business, government grants etc.
The ALI Fund
Global Landcare Incorporated, (ABN 77 081 537 703) and its public fund The ALI Fund has been entered into the Register of Environmental Organisations and is entitled under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 item 6.1.1 of subsection 300-55910 to receive tax deductible donations for the specific purpose of supporting the environmental objects/purposes of Global Landcare.
The ALI Fund is administered as an entirely separate entity overseen by a separate committee of management appointed by Global Landcare, with a majority of members satisfying the Australian Tax Office’s “Degree of Responsibility” criteria.
The ALI Fund Committee of Management has 5 members and is chaired by Rob Youl.
We are providing advice and guidance to new Landcare projects
This is particularly helpful in developing countries where access to support and ideas is limited. Global Landcare members have made visits to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tonga, the Philippines, Fiji, South Korea and the United States to discuss the implementation of a Landcare approach to sustainable food production and environmental conservation. There are good opportunities for Landcare to be an accepted mechanism for rolling out extensive programs under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UMCCD), particularly in Africa and the Middle East.
We are the prime contact for international interest in Landcare in Australia and across the world.
Global Landcare members have had long experience in government, corporate and NGO organisations and are in a good position to best respond to overseas requests about Landcare. We are starting up a service for overseas requests for information about Landcare. Contact us here
We provide an effective way for international visitors to learn.
Global Landcare members welcome visitors to their regions who are interested in the Landcare approach. Global Landcare is often able to advise arrange for visitors to tap into the Australian Landcare experience at a personal level with farm and group visits.
Writing, editing and publishing
ALI members have written articles and edit books on Landcare history and practices in Australia and other countries. The most recent publication is Landcare: local action – global progress, produced with Landcare International. ALI members have written the official version of Landcare in Australia for each of the three International Landcare Conferences over the last 10 years.
