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  • Re-thinking Sustainable Solutions – Innovation Inspired by Nature

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    Palousis, N
    Hargroves, K
    Smith, M
    Paten, C
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    Desha, Cheryl J.
    Year published
    2006
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    Australian rural landscapes are facing a crisis from land degradation due to rising salinity levels, soil acidification and soil erosion. There is growing consensus amongst the businesses community, government departments and research organisations that the real solution to these problems and the broader sustainability dilemma comes by taking a 'whole of system' approach to agricultural and rangelands management. This article introduces two cutting-edge concepts - Biomimicry and Natural Sequence Farming - to illustrate how whole-system thinking can effectively and profitably address the challenges facing agriculture and rangelands.Australian rural landscapes are facing a crisis from land degradation due to rising salinity levels, soil acidification and soil erosion. There is growing consensus amongst the businesses community, government departments and research organisations that the real solution to these problems and the broader sustainability dilemma comes by taking a 'whole of system' approach to agricultural and rangelands management. This article introduces two cutting-edge concepts - Biomimicry and Natural Sequence Farming - to illustrate how whole-system thinking can effectively and profitably address the challenges facing agriculture and rangelands.
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    Conference Title
    Proceedings of the Australian Rangelands Society: 14th Biennial Conference
    Publisher URI
    http://www.austrangesoc.com.au/site/
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    © 2006 Australian Rangeland Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. It is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the conference's website or contact the authors.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35961
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