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Dr Anne Jensen is an environmental consultant with a passionate interest in sustainable management of our natural resources, particularly the River Murray and wetland environments. She is particularly interested in using photographs and stories to explain issues around water and protecting natural ecosystems in terms that are understood by the wider community, so that we can manage our environment sustainably for our common future.
Category Archives: soil conservation
A POSITIVE VISION FOR AUSTRALIA IN 2050
At the opening session of the ‘Water on the Horizon’ virtual workshop on 1-2 December 2020, hosted by the Institute for Water Futures at ANU, participants were asked to imagine what they think 2050 would look like. We were urged … Continue reading
Posted in bushfires, caring for our planet, climate change, community engagement, conservation, disturbance, drought, environment, floods, Murray-Darling Basin, native vegetation, rainfall, recovery, regeneration, soil conservation, sustainable natural resources management, water conservation
Tagged biodiversity credits, drought, First Nations, natural resources management, rainfall, regenerative agriculture, sustainability, water futures
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A Positive Initiative to Solve Two Problems at once!
Let’s get people who need a job helping nature to recover from recent disasters! What a good idea! Nature Foundation SA is part of a coalition of more than 80 landcare, environmental, farming and conservation groups which is proposing the … Continue reading
Posted in bushfires, caring for our planet, community engagement, conservation, drought, environment, native vegetation, regeneration, soil conservation, sustainable natural resources management
Tagged landcare, migration corridors, recovery, remnant vegetation, soil moisture
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WE ARE MAKING THE DRIEST INHABITED CONTINENT DRIER AND HOTTER THOUGH OUR FARMING METHODS AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDSCAPES – IT’S NOT JUST CLIMATE CHANGE
Australia can’t be drought-proofed and we can’t just keep trying to get more water from other sources to grow unsustainable crops – we need to live within our natural means and get a whole lot smarter about how we use … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conservation, drought, environment, farming methods, recovery, regeneration, sustainability, water, weather
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More dams are not the answer!
As towns in mid-west New South Wales face the prospect of running out of water, the response predictably is ‘we need to build more dams!’ More dams will not solve the problem, because they don’t make more water, they just … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conservation, dams, drought, ecology, environment, sustainability, water
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Conserving soils just as important as conserving water and vegetation
Former Governor-General and National Soil Advocate, Michael Jeffery, has completed a milestone report which recommends that Australia’s soil, water and vegetation should be declared national strategic assets. “The emerging concept of ‘soil security’ also underpins the world’s six existential challenges: … Continue reading
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