About Us
The Australian Natural Landscapes Foundation (TANLF) enjoys a symbiotic & synergistic relationship with Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) groups, and The Australian Landscape Science (TALS) Institute (tals.org.au). We've also begun liaisons with The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (wentworthgroup.org) and Prof. Ian Plimer in relation to the Blueprint to Repair Australias Landscapes Part 1.
"Australia's landscape managers could lead the world in climate recovery, by following the blueprint available to us all, embedded in the Australian landscape." ~ Peter Andrews OAM, Chair - TALS Institute.
We assist TALS Institute to actively demonstrate, validate and share 'whole of landscape' rehydration, restoration & regenerative practices in order to create sustainable, profitable and resilient agricultural & environmental systems now and into the future.
We will also start undertaking the production and distribution of humidified compost to properties and landscapes suffering the scourge of pasture dieback in the near future. This inititiative is estimated to begin in early 2025.
Whole of Landscape Alliance
A new beginning for the Australian Landscape.
For many millions of years, the Australian landscape developed a highly productive and fully automated ecosystem, evolving a huge diversity of plants and animals that managed the landscape from catchment to estuary, with nearly 100% efficiency, despite enduring many cycles of extreme climatic conditions.
The ancient Australian landscape contains the blueprint we need for achieving the highest productivity, restoring biodiversity and a moderated climate, that will benefit all future generations.
The ‘Whole Of Landscape’ approach requires a ‘Whole Of Society’ effort. This special moment represents the greatest opportunity of our time.
A Shared Vision for
Restoring Australia
We believe that Australia now has an unprecedented opportunity to adopt a ‘Whole of Landscape’ restoration and management approach. TALS has submitted a "Blueprint For Thriving Landscapes" to the Minister for the Environment & Water - the Honourable Tanya Plibersek.
By working together with communities and following the blueprint of the Australian landscape, we will have restored Australia by 2030. We will have achieved maximum productivity, biodiversity and a moderated climate.
Please watch this short inspirational video (below) featuring Peter Andrews giving the short version explanation about the Blueprint of Australia's Landscape history...
Liaisions with the
Honourable Tanya Plibersek
Minister of Environment & Water
Minister Plibersek has successfully seen her Nature Repair Market bill now pass into law as of the 15th of December 2023, to become the Nature Repair Act 2023. As she declared before the parliament; "This bill will establish a new nature repair market in Australia—the first of its kind in the world." Also, we received a letter from Minister Plibersek commending and endorsing our organisation's work. Please view here.
It will make it easier for businesses, philanthropists and other Australians to invest in activities that repair and protect nature.
And it will reward landholders for the work they do in nurturing our natural environment.
It sets out the government’s commitment to reform Australia’s environmental laws to better protect, restore and manage our unique environment.
Our Work
We are a foundation that is committed to helping Australia become a drought-tolerate country enabling the farming community at large to thrive and effectively bolster a pressing issue in the world today – food security.
We believe that Australia now has an unprecedented opportunity to adopt a ‘Whole of Landscape’ restoration and management approach; by working together with communities and following the blueprint of the Australian landscape, we will have restored Australia by 2030. We will have achieved maximum productivity, biodiversity and a moderated climate.
Announcements
1. The Honourable Minister for Environment & Water - Tanya Plibersek's Nature Repair Act of 2023 became law as of the 15th December 2023. Her intention is to see; "that the government is determined to protect more of what's precious, to repair more of what's damaged, and to manage nature better for our kids and grandkids.
This legislation (The Nature Repair Bill) is about: connecting people who want to invest in nature repair, with the people who can do that work on the ground.
This is critical work. It's work we need to promote as a nation, in every state and territory, in every corner of our vast continent.
As the State of the Environment report made clear, Australia's environment is in a bad way, and it's getting worse.
We live in the extinction capital of the world—losing more mammals to extinction than any other continent.
These terrible extinctions have many causes, but chief amongst them is habitat destruction.
When we knock down trees, or pollute a waterway, or experience a natural disaster, and when we don't step in to repair nature or to replace the habitats we've lost, that's how we get into the position we're in now, where koalas are endangered across most of the East Coast, where our beautiful beaches are eroding before our eyes, where our soil is losing its fertility, becoming more vulnerable to drought, or simply blowing away with the wind, and where our fish, right now, are literally choking to death in our rivers, because they don't have enough oxygen to survive underwater.
When you look at these trends, when you look at the state of our environment, it is clear that we have to do more than just protect nature from future harm. We need to start restoring the places that we've damaged in the past. We need to start healing the land and the water..." (see complete reading here)
2. TANLF recently received a Donation Gift Recipient endorsement from the ATO and as a result we are now looking into ways to assist farmers who are in dire straits from drought, to approach Miles Research in aiding their plight with rain acquisition.
3. In recent years Pasture Dieback (a mysterious disease) has been on the increase and TANLF has joined the battle to assist property owners and local councils in the Northern NSW region with this problem by liaising with TALS, the Wentworth Group and the Department of Agriculture NSW in researching the causes and best solutions, as there is still much to learn about this phenonmena.
4. We are pleased to announce, thanks to The Mulloon Institute, that a new legislative iniative of the New South Wales Government, now has them leading the way in environmental governance reform. It allows for the construction of a "landscape rehydration infrastructure" (more commonly known as a leaky weir in Natural Sequence Farming circles) without having to embark on a convoluted exercise (comparable with developing a housing estate or a shopping centre) and has been introduced to the State Environmental Planning Policy.
This very significant legislation will result in immense improvements in the landscape amongst catchments throughout the state of NSW and has the potential to influence other states, helping it to become adopted on a Federal level via Minister Plibersek. (See the full story here)
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