THE CHALLENGE

The challenge for this century is for communities, worldwide, to achieve a balance between ever-spiralling production demands and the knowledge that the planet Earth is a finite resource. If we are to survive, this balance must be thoroughly understood and acted upon. For this to happen, we need to be better trained and educated and prepared to take action.

A GLOBAL DILEMMA

Achieving desired environmental outcomes is as much about social technologies - engaging people and organisations in change processes, learning, planning and strategic action - as it is about the technical aspects of, for example, catchment hydrology or biodiversity conservation.

THE SOLUTION

Landcare in Australia is a highly successful, "whole of community" program. It is about the future: clean food, water, air and biodiversity; about how people manage their affairs in harmony with the environment. The diversity, scale and breadth of environmental problems in Australia represent a global microcosm. From horticulture in the wet tropics to cereal cropping in Mediterranean climates, to pastoralism in semi-arid rangeland and broad-acre, dryland farming, leading-edge management through the Landcare structure is addressing those problems.

SILC - THE AGENT OF CHANGE

The Secretariat for International Landcare (SILC) Inc. provides the gateway for international understanding and advancement of Landcare philosophy by bringing delegations to Australia to experience Landcare.