03 October 2024

POLICY BRIEF: Supporting Farmer Mental Health and Environmental Sustainability in Agriculture

Research from the Sustainable Farms initiative highlights both the importance and complexity of farmers engaging in natural resource management (NRM) practices on their mental health.

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03 October 2024

POLICY BRIEF: Public and Private Benefits of Improving Natural Assets in Farming Landscapes

Improving natural assets on farms delivers valuable public benefits, such as biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, and enhanced ecosystem health. However, the private benefits of improving natural assets on farms, such as improved productivity and ecosystem services, are unevenly distributed.

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23 September 2024

PhD Opportunity: Cultural burning

The ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society are seeking a PhD student to work on a new cross-cultural project focused on supporting the re-emergence of cultural burning in south-eastern Australia.

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22 July 2024

New research publication on the benefits of enhancing farm dams

A new scientific research article on farm dams has been published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.

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01 November 2022

The future of farming and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Shared values presenting collaborative opportunities for the Muttama Creek Catchment Area.

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26 October 2022

Sustainable Farms wins NSW Sustainability Award

The Sustainable Farms team from The Australian National University has been named the Biodiversity Award Winner for the NSW Sustainability Awards 2022.

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01 September 2022

Bird protection tool nets Sustainable Farms a Eureka Prize

The Sustainable Farms team from The Australian National University has taken out one of the country’s top science prizes for our work on a powerful tool that helps farmers predict how what they do on their farms could impact different bird species.

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04 August 2022

Bombay Field Day on the benefits of biodiversity on farms

Corben Hart and Erin Brinkley from Upper Shoalhaven Landcare Council wrote this article about a recent field day held in collaboration with Sustainable Farms.

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Ecologist using tablet in the field

28 July 2022

Bird prediction tool takes flight in national science prizes

The Sustainable Farms team, creators of a powerful tool that helps farmers identify management actions that could support threatened birds on their properties, is in the running for Australia’s top science prize, the Eureka Prize.

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27 May 2022

Collaborative research finds fencing farm dams halves methane emissions

Studies undertaken by Deakin’s Blue Carbon Lab on Sustainable Farms farm dam sites in north east Victoria and NSW reveal that dam enhancement leads to reduced greenhouse gas emissions

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