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Graziers, Post-Graduate Students And Land Management In Semi-Arid NSW: The Experience Of A Decade Of Interactive Teaching Field Trips
Author
Fanning, P.
Pickard, J.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2004
Body

Understanding the challenges facing land managers in the rangelands of New South Wales is theprimary objective of `Semi -arid Land Management', a unit of study we run in the postgraduateEnvironmental Management coursework program at Macquarie University.Teaching about landmanagement in remote, regional and rural Australia to urban dwelling students is unrealistic withouttalking to the land managers themselves. So we take the students out of their comfort zone and putthem literallyface -to -face with the land and itspeople, allowing them tore- examine theirpreconceptions with the help of those who live and work there. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs
Keywords
rural areas
New South Wales