Sheep Farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’

Published in The Guardian on Saturday 21st December, 2024

When Tasmania’s lowland native grasslands were first recommended for national listing as a critically endangered ecosystem in 2007, mistrust between farmers and conservationists was high.

If you’d like to know more about the Midlands Conservation Partnership, here are some useful links, including an excellent 2021 research paper titled: Tasmanian Midlands: A case study of increasing sophistication in conservation planning and action over four decades