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Abstract:
Bringing about positive change and the wise use of rangelands is more about enabling landholders to enhance their knowledge and build their skills rather than bringing modern science to “teach”. Pastoralists across the South Australian Arid Lands (SAAL) Natural Resources Management (NRM) Region, have embraced the Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU)™ approach because it values and blends their local knowledge with scientific expertise in a conducive environment. Through participating in the EMU™ Projects, land managers have shifted their focus from trying to resurrect dysfunctional landscapes typified by exacerbated landscape droughting to key problems jeopardising their most productive and healthy country. This is a very different approach to that conventionally used in the Decade of Landcare and promoted by administration bodies at the time. Here we present a succinct and general review of EMU™ in South Australia from 2009 to today.
