ALM GROUP LIBRARY

The ALM library has two areas where you can browse titles on:

Development of ALMCS. References explaining the thinking behind the development of ALMCS

ALM titles

ALMS brochure (2007) A 4-page brochure describes how ALMS works and its benefits (4 pages, 430 KB)

Capturing the benefits from improving environmental outcomes (2009) 3-page factsheet summarising the benefits of improving environmental outcomes using Australian Land Management Certification System

Why invest in the Australian Land Management Certification System (2009) 2-page factsheet describing the benefits of investing in the Australian Land Management Certification System

Guide to Australian Landcare Management System (2006) Describes how ALMS works, benefits and membership, as well as containing a comprehensive glossary to terms used in land management and certification (19 pages, 860 KB)

Environment Management Systems in Rural Australia: practice and policy lessons from implementing the Australian Landcare Management System (2006) Summarises the results of a trial conducted between 2003 and 2006 implementing the ALMS system on farms in South Australia and Victoria (48 pages, 620 KB)

The Role of the Australian Landcare Management System in Natural Resource Management (2007) A paper describing the role that ALMS and play in natural resource management in Australia and what needs to be in place for this to happen (13 pages, 205 KB)

Development of ALMCS

Alliances to Assist Implementation of Environmental Systems (2006) Reports on a project, funded by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, exploring the constraints and possibilities faced by a new player in EMS (ALMS) when looking to establish alliances with organisation with similar charters (26 pages, 308 KB)

ALMS Critique of NRM Ministerial Council Framework for NRM Programmes (2007) A short paper by ALMS in response to framework for future NRM programmes endorsed by the NRM Ministerial Council in November 2006 (3 pages, 95 KB)

Australian Values - rural policies: symposium proceedings (2006) edited by Tony Gleeson, Cate Turner and John Drinan. This an extract from a report on a major examination of the beliefs and values underpinning Australian institutions for rural Australia concluding that these institutions need major reform so that they reflect more contemporary and wider sets of beliefs and values than is currently the case. The complete report (279 pages) is available as a CD. For a copy contact the ALMS office

Australia's National Framework for Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture (2002). Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council. A paper outlining the policy of Australian governments about the nature and application of environmental systems in agriculture. The ALMS Group contributed to the development of this paper and endorsed it except in relation to the specificaiton of the roles of interestd parties. (56 pages, 513 KB)

Capturing Market and Other Benefits from Improved Land Management (2006) Details the results of project to identify how to improve land management in Australia by strengthening the links between land managers, the suppliers of inputs and customers. Also describes in details plans for implementing certification for land management and labelling products according to a certified land management system (64 pages, 883 KB)

Environmental Practice in Rural Australia in 2030 (2007) A paper written and presented by Tony Gleeson to an EMS conference held in Toowoomba in May 2007. Tony looks into the crystal ball and speculates about the practice of environmental management in rural Australia in 2030. His key proposition is that changes will largely depend on institutional changes (5 pages, 130 KB)

The Green Dollars Forum: driving agricultural profitability down environmental highways (2007) Report on a forum to identify opportunities for Australian agribusiness to benefit from international developments in environmentally-based differentiation of food and fibre products, and how best to respond to these opportunities (5 pages, 127 KB)

Improving Land Management. (2008) A paper by Tony Gleeson identifying that a lack of motivation is the main constraint to landholders implementing land-based certification (3 pages, 119 KB)

Integrating Land-based Management Systems: five easy steps (2007) A conference paper written by Tony Gleeson and Chris Reid advocating a holistic approach to land management and describing five easy steps to implementing an integrated land management system in Australia (5 pages, 156 KB)

Landscapes and Mindscapes: making space for creative thinking (2001) This paper explores some of the constraints we place on ourselves in dealing with environmental management in rural AUstralia, and how we might remove these constraints. The central theme is that our mindscapes, the pictures we have of rural Australia, blind us so that we end up looking down familiar pathways searching for solutions from the institutions that are part of the problem (29 pages, 410 KB)

Making Use of Environmental Management Systems in Rural Australia (2007) A short paper examining what the next steps should be in capitalising on programmes that have increased the capacity of rural Australia to improve environmental outcomes using environmental management systems. Focuses particualrly on what the role of government should and should not be (5 pages, 112 KB)

A New Start for Landcare: adapting to a changing environment (2008) A paper presented by Tony Gleeson to the Queensland Landcare Conference, September 2008, calling for leadership and a new way of looking at land management in Australia (7 pages, 145 KB)

Submission to drought support inquiry (2008) The ALM Group submission to the Federal Government inquiry into drought support (10 pages, 160 KB)

Australian Land Management Group Submission to the Inquiry into a New Regional Development Funding Program (2008) The ALM Group submission to this Commonwealth Government Inquiry (4 pages, 104 KB)

A Voluntary Australian Land Management Certification System (2006) Reports on a forum convened by the ALMS Group to consider the need for, nature of and steps for implementation of a national land management certification system (49 pages, 428.6 KB)

Using Land Managers to Care for Country (2008) Presentation to the ALMS-NECMA Landholder Forum held at Wodonga, Victoria March 2008. An ALMS view of how to encourage land managers to care for their country (5 pages, 144 KB)

Wool - Leading the Way Environmentally (2008) Reports on a successful project to implement ALMS in the wool industry (22 pages 308 KB)