RCA has recently made submissions on state legislation governing public lands, and the clearing of native vegetation. On public lands, our view is that the …
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Systems analysis: community fire management
Systems analysis in community work: Little Dip Conservation Park Community challenges are always multi-dimensional. Although we would like them to be simple in structure and …
Read More »Climate-informed conservation
Mapping key areas for conservation could help plants and animals survive climate change Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta People have spent most of the past …
Read More »Evidence of return migration to regional areas
Here is a preliminary study which indicates an interesting trend of return migration to rural areas. The study draws on ABS 2011 statistics of in- …
Read More »Paying the poor a stipend
Here’s an interesting case study from the US. It follows a group of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, who were living below the poverty line. …
Read More »Independent advocacy: talk
Here is a presentation on a number of different aspects of independent advocacy given by David Donnison, one of the foremost international researchers, practitioners and …
Read More »Rural sourcing: US approaches to supporting rural youth
US country towns are nothing if not entrepreneurial in their approach to supporting their young people economically. Here is a report on a range of …
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