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2011 - News from our Chairman |
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It has been a busy and productive year from NED in 2011. We have seen new faces and new challenges. We extend our sincere best wishes to you all and look forward to a productive and positive 2012. Please read our news from 2011 with an introduction from our Chairman, Graham Cooke. Please be patient while the PDF file loads.
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 North East Downs Landcare (or NED as we are affectionately known in the catchment area) was formed in 1994 as a management group for Landcare activities across the north- eastern Darling Downs area.NED is based at Oakey, 30 kilometres from Toowoomba. The NED region covers approximately 7000 square kilometres. NED has 450 members within their twelve sub-catchments. Our goals for the future are to work towards assisting people adapt to climate change and recognising opportunities to further enhance their lives for the better. One of our goals for 2009-10 is to update the catchment plans for our twelve subgroups taking in to account current climate change issues and adoption of improved land management practices. We are actively working with young Landcarers in schools to educate and encourage them to work with the environment to protect and improve it. We look forward to continuing this work in the future. NED will continue to work with Landholders to embrace and use new technologies such as improving soil carbon. We are now trying to enhance the capabilities of women in the Ned area and extend this invitation to the whole of the Murray-Darling Basin. We have not actively pursued this in the past and need to address this shortfall.
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Ausgrass is the largest and most comprehensive identification guide to a plant group ever published.Using either interactive or dichotomous keys, AusGrass enables quick and accurate identification of any of the 1323 species of grass, native or naturalised, growing wild in Australia. This powerful identification tool can be used with living plants or dry specimens, even when they are not in flower or fruit. |
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Zero Till on the Condamine |
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Zero till planters in the Condamine has been a very popular NED Landcare publication. Unfortunately we don’t have any hard copies left, but the book is available as a pdf file free of charge.
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Who Is The Carbon Coalition ? |
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They are an alliance of farmers, scientists, extension officers and soils enthusiasts who believe the farmer should be rewarded for building carbon levels in the soil. |
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