Community coordination for addressing local environmental challenges: application of the Australian Landcare model to Japan
by Tomomi Maekawa; David Aron
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 17, No. 3/4, 2016

Abstract: Australia has a community-based natural resource management, conservation, and regeneration movement called Landcare. Landcare has been changing the environmental landscape of Australia through promoting activities planned and implemented by groups of private citizens. In this study, we aim to show how networking within Landcare is promoted and also show the potential for implementation of a similar system in Japan. From this perspective, we will discuss what Japan can learn from Landcare, using a farming area-based network as an example. Through in-field research in Australia, we found that coordinators link information sources, human resources, funding, training, and also build networks of partnership within Landcare. We found that coordination with respect for the voices of stakeholders is the key for assisting stakeholders to collaborate.

Online publication date: Tue, 08-Nov-2016

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