GRASSROOTS INPUT TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATES
Kachana Pastoral Company focuses on the practical aspects of producing better landscape outcomes. We share our experience onsite at our workshops. We share information with other land managers.
What we achieve on Kachana can only be considered successful if we are able to export a working knowledge of rangeland revitalisation. Fortunately Australians recognise the value of free speech. It is also fortunate that although many of our policies emanating from our bureaucratic systems are fundamentally flawed, people in this country have the integrity to admit failures and to search for better ways. In our experience with local departments we have been given much support over the years from individuals within those departments, despite the prevailing official "flat earth" stance. We are grateful for this.
Below are links to our contributions to local debates. Any provocation is meant to provoke thought and discussion, not conflict. As these issues are beyond party politics and racism, we enjoy the freedom of not being hamstrung by "political correctness". We believe that all Australians need healthy environments capable of supporting healthy vibrant human communities. We also believe that all Australians want healthy environments, even if many may not wish to be directly associated with their management.
Latest Update:
Existing Inputs:
- Reflections at the end of 2016
- Reporting on "Carbon" after a week in the ACT - March 2014
- Input to Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper February 2014
- Is "Global Warming" the real issue - December 2007
- Hot Air in Northern Australia - August 2006
- Hot Air in Northern Australia - August 2006
- Fire in the Kimberley - November 2005
- Looking beyond conventional Pastoralism (February 2005)
- Kimberley NRM, January 2005
- Dunham River update late 2004
- Sustaining Natural Resources in the Kimberley
- Local Pastoralists invite Jim Lindsay (LSS) April 2004
- WA Greenhouse Debate March 2004
- The Gascoyne Muster II - comment from the grass roots
- Dunham River water catchment update: late dry season 2003
- Vision for the WA rangelands
- What we so often forget about Australian landscapes January 2003
- Donkey Issue, September 2002
- Grass roots input to Pastoral Industry Forum, Carnarvon May 2002
- The Dunham River in “The year of the Out-Back”
- Letter to Healthy Country Committee
- Grass roots member input to Broome PGA gathering April 2002
- Input to Kimberley Waterways paper
- Smoke signals from the bush
- Land-clearing Kimberley style
- Identifying trends in our landscapes November 2002
- What you eat is what you are?
- Eight paradigms... 2001
- Some questions... 2000
- Ord Bonaparte program 2000
- A job description for farmers 2000
- Interview about biodiversity August 2000
- Native Title, Kachana and the Wanjina Claim 2000
- Letter to the Editor of “Savanna Links” 2000