Two Sunshine Coast residents will join more than 60 speakers from around the country in an online conference that will provide awareness and information about land management and conservation.
Sue Brieschki from Hinterland Bush Links in Maleny and Phillip Moran from Noosa & District Landcare Group will take part in the free event on August 5 and 6.
It is aimed at giving Australians an opportunity to learn more about landcare and find out how they can get involved in their local community to care for their local environment.
Landcare ambassador and conference MC, Costa Georgiadis, said it was a great opportunity for the Landcare community to come together.
“The National Landcare Conference is a timely opportunity for people interested in sustainable land management and conservation activities on their farm or land, in an urban environment, along the coast or in their backyard, to come together to share ideas and experiences in an inspiring forum,” he said.
“Landcare has never been more important and relevant as we manage and plan for the future during uncertain times. It really is an honour to MC this event and I look forward to talking to all the speakers and delegates online.”
All speakers will be live streamed and recorded and there will be a diverse range of topics, from mental health and wellbeing, and bushfire recovery and resilience, empowering rural women and meeting the challenges of climate change.
Special guest speakers will include former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, who will deliver the keynote address, Indigenous activist and climate action campaigner Dhani Gilbert and ANU scientist and academic Professor David Lindenmayer.
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Author, filmmaker and Indigenous fire practitioner, Victor Steffensen will also lead a panel on integrating Indigenous perspectives for better land management, and the benefits cultural burn methods can bring for landcare groups, landowners and farmers.
The Cultural Land Management panel has been scheduled for Friday afternoon, to close the conference, along with young landcare leader and Kalari Wiradjjuri woman, Dhani Gilbert.
A highlight of the conference program is the 2021 National Landcare Awards Gala Dinner to celebrate the 69 finalists from the 2019 State & Territory Landcare Awards, where winners of the nine National Landcare Awards categories will be announced.
The winners of the Bob Hawke Landcare Award and the General Jeffery Soil Health Award will also be announced.
For more information about the conference program and to register please visit http://nationallandcareconference.org.au/
