Government delivers balanced response to APVMA reviews
The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes the Federal Government’s detailed response today to the report on the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA) structure and governance and other reviews. The response addresses over 100 recommendations from three reviews of the APVMA and Australia’s agricultural and veterinary chemicals (agvet chemicals) regulatory system. NFF President David Jochinke […]
Nature Repair Committee Outline of the Biodiversity Assessment Instrument
This entire document ignores farmers’ knowledge and understanding of the landscape as it delegates significant influence to outside groups with regards to the assessment process. It is important to recognise and codify that the sustainable management of Australia’s landscape by successive generations of farming families have resulted in an expert understanding and knowledge of nature, […]
Ecological Knowledge System (EKS)
The NFF supports the development of a transparent information source and biodiversity assessment capability for the Nature Repair Market that is aligned to support a range of market methodologies. It is essential that the Nature Repair Committee maintain a priority focus on undertaking work to deliver EKS coverage across all of Australia. This will ensure […]
Nature Repair (Replanting Native Forest and Woodand Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2024
In recognition that more options are a positive outcome for landholders, the NFF expresses our in-principle support for the development of a methodology for the replanting of native forest and woodland ecosystems. This proposed methodology falls far short of Government’s intended vision and aspiration of a Nature Repair Market. This methodology appears to be more […]