Australian Academy of Science's Fenner Conference

Agriculture for the Australian Environment.  Proceedings of the 2002 Fenner Conference on the Environment.

B.P. Wilson and A. Curtis editors

Published by the Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, Albury 2003

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Conference workshop outcomes

A framework for an Australian system of agriculture: outcomes of the workshop sessions of the 2002 Fenner Conference on the Environment.

Ben Wilson

pp. 1-8

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Models and principles with broad scale application

Social principles to inform agriculture

Frank Vanclay

pp. 9-24

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Fragility, health and design: Conceptual challenges for Australian agriculture

Ted Lefroy

pp. 25-33

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Yeomans’ Keyline Design for Sustainable Soil, Water, Agroecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation: A Personal Social Ecology Analysis

Stuart Hill

pp. 34-48

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Sustainable resource use may impose costs on future as well as present generations

John Mullen

pp.  49-67

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Rights, institutions and sustainability. How can we make it work?

Paul Martin and Miriam Verbeek

pp. 69-94

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Conceptual framework for planned landscape change

Stefan Hajkowicz, Tom Hatton, Wayne Meyer, Jim McLeod and Mike Young

pp. 95-108

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Models and principles with national scale application

Educating natural resource professionals for the 21st century.

Peter Cullen

pp. 109-118

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Sustaining local organisations: reflecting on the Landcare experience

Allan Curtis, Bruce Shindler and Ian Byron

pp. 119-132

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Achieving sustainable relationships between Australian landholders and landscapes

David Mitchell

pp. 133-140

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Through the looking glass: organisational alignment for sustainable communities

Lucia Boxelaar, Katie Warner, Ruth Beilin and Heather Shaw

pp.  141-149

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The viability of a phase rotation in salinity control

Phil Ward and S. Asseng

pp. 150-158

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 Models and principles with regional scale application

Adaptive management at the regional scale: breakthrough innovation or mission impossible? A report on an American experience.

George Stankey

pp. 159-177

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Regional scale adaptive management: lessons from the North East Salinity Strategy (NESS)

Catherine Allan and Allan Curtis

pp. 178-189

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Farmer and landholder contributions to Australia’s commercial plantations.

Nick Stephens, Melissa Wood, Belinda Allison and Claire Howell

pp. 190-200

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Agriculture for the Australian Environment–Learning from Existing Practice.  Reflections on Developing a Water Sharing Plan.

Kathleen Bowmer

pp. 201-222

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Native pastures – Research and Development directions with respect to the mitigation of dryland salinity

Jim Virgona, Meredith Mitchell and Anna Ridley

pp. 223-234

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Redisigning grazed landscapes – some principles and challenges for sustainable use.

Neil McLeod and J.G. McIvor

pp. 235-254

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Integrating biodiversity and productivity on intensive farms: a potential role for shelter-belts in the Victorian Riverina.

Isa Yunusa, Raelene Kwong, Geoff Brown, Geoff Ronnfeldt, Tony Slater, Alan Crouch and Murray Unkovich

pp. 255-277

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Can salinity management enhance biodiversity and benefit agricultural production?

Geoff Hodgson and Tom Hatton

pp. 278-290

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 Models and principles with local scale application

Measuring whole farm sustainability and profitability at a credible scale.

Jim Scott

pp. 291-298

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Local realities versus national interest: Can landcare bridge the gap?

Max Kelly and Gabrielle Stannus

pp. 299-313

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Changing moods, changing focus. Perception of farm chemical use in the central Queensland region.

Sandy Paton abd Janet Norton

pp. 314-325

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Future roles for native woody species in Austra;ian agricultural landscapapes

Philip  Newton and Isa Yunusa

pp. 326-338

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