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Landcare Networks in Australia: State-sponsored Participation Through Local Organizations

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  • Allan Curtis
  • Andrew Britton
  • Jonathan Sobels

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Landcare is an Australian success story and an important example of the potential of state-sponsored community participation. An important trend encouraged by the lead agencies is for Landcare groups to be linked through so-called networks. Linking together may appeal to groups as a way of increasing their capacity to compete for scarce resources and enhance their impact on agencies, regional catchment committees and government. Network formation is also driven by government and agency demands for efficiency, accountability and effective regional planning. In this paper the authors draw on their 1997 study of the Ovens Valley Landcare Network in Victoria. This research suggested networks are important local organisations and enhance the impact of groups by improving inter-group communication and 'pulling down' resources. Network processes also contributed to robust, productive, agency-community partnerships and suggested participation can increase community influence on decision making and be compatible with adaptive management.

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  • Allan Curtis & Andrew Britton & Jonathan Sobels, 1999. "Landcare Networks in Australia: State-sponsored Participation Through Local Organizations," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 5-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:42:y:1999:i:1:p:5-21
    DOI: 10.1080/09640569911271
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    1. Allan Curtis & Marike Van Nouhuys, 1999. "Landcare particpation in Australia: the volunteer perspective," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(2), pages 98-111.

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