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Sustainable Resource Management Division

Sustainable Resource Management Division
Executive Manager, Ian Thompson
Ph: +61 2 6272 4623

The division provides policy advice and manages programs aimed at ensuring that agricultural production is undertaken sustainably, within the capacity of the landscape.  This includes encouraging landowners and managers to maintain and improve the natural resource base on which agricultural production relies—soil, vegetation, water and atmosphere. 

Australian Government Land and Coasts
General Managers
Landcare and Sustainable Agriculture: Rod Shaw +61 2 6272 4624
Finance and Community Grants: Tony Bartlett +61 2 6272 4620
Community Partnerships and Communications: Sally Troy +61 2 6272 5832

Australian Government Land and Coasts (AGLC) is a joint venture between two Australian Government departments—Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

AGLC provides program delivery, liaison with state and territory agencies and regional bodies, and administration of funding for the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative.

Caring for our Country plays a vital role in protecting and improving Australia’s unique biodiversity, the viability of its rural and regional communities, and the future of its agricultural industries.

AGLC also provides policy advice and manages programs on a range of sustainable agriculture initiatives including landcare, environmental management systems, biodiversity and native vegetation, management of weeds and pest animals and market-based alternatives to regulation.

Domestic Fisheries and Aquaculture
General Manager, Roland Pittar +61 2 6272 5863

DAFF develops and implements policies and programs to ensure Australia’s fisheries are competitive, profitable and sustainable.