Season 3 of Big Sky Country features 2022 National Landcare Award winner Sylvia Leighton, farmer, scientist and landcarer. In this episode learn about the ecological richness of the landscapes of Southwest Western Australia. Hear how Gondwana Link CEO Keith Bradby, and others – including Bush Heritage – are restoring a 1000km stretch of bushland in this global biodiversity hotspot, shaped over millions of years by glacial shifts and evolution.
For Noongar Elder Lester Coyne it is a place where his people prospered long before the disruptive forces of colonisation. Today it is surrounded by monotonal agricultural properties. But that doesn't mean farmers like Sylvia Leighton don't also feel a deep love for nature. 🌱 The question is how to balance the need to feed and resource our planet, while preserving biodiversity: our biggest natural defence against climate change.
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Maryam
[City] NSW
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