ALM Group Publications

ALM Group Titles

ALM Group Caring for Country Review May 2011 (88 KB)
In May 2011 the ALM Group made this submission to the Federal Government review of the Caring for Country program (PDF 6 pages, 88KB).

ALMG submission on National Food Policy (140 KB)
ALMG's submission on the development of a National Food Policy, September 2012 (146 kb)

ALMS brochure (429 KB)
(2007) A 4-page brochure describes how ALMS works and its benefits (4 pages)

Benefit Based Instrument (148 KB)
A 2-page description of the features of CLM, a benefit based instrument. January 2013

Better Managing Our Environmental Impacts (396 KB)
A paper describing how to better manage our environmental impacts by injecting environmental considerations into our decisions on mainstream land management activities. (5 pages, 396 kb)

CLM Biodiversity Monitoring Framework (810 KB)
A guide to a concise, user-friendly biodiversity monitoring framework, which ALMGroup members can apply to demonstrate performance against biodiversity objectives under the Certified Land Management System. (June 2012, PDF 811 kb)

CLM Brochure (472 KB)
An introduction to the ALMG Certified Land Management System and description of the certification process. (4 pages)

CLM Muster presentation (156 KB)
Presentation about CLM and benefits of certification (PDF, 5 pages)

Environment Management Systems in Rural Australia: practice and policy lessons from implementing the (618 KB)
(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)

Growing Need for Recognition of Verification of Environmental Performance (106 KB)
A one page summary of recognition by various organisations and agencies of the need a system for verifying environmental performance. (PDF, 1 page)

Guide to Australian Landcare Management System (507 KB)
(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)

PROVE YOU ARE SPECIAL BROCHURE (211 KB)
DL size brochure summarising ALM-CS

Reference Panel Meeting Setember 2011 (1129 KB)
A paper outlining outcomes from a meeting of industry and government representatives in September 2011 organised by the ALM Group endorsing the need for a system to verify environmental and animal welfare performance.Includes meeting agenda and list of participants. (6 pages, 1.1 Mb)

Submission to Productivity Commission into RDC Model (473 KB)
(2010) The ALM Group has drawn on a wealth of experience in working across industries to contribute to the Productivity Commission enquiry into the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporations. In the submission we focus on improving land management and on the need for creativity and whole-of-farm landscape linked approaches.

The Role of the Australian Landcare Management System in Natural Resource Management (199 KB)
(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)

Why invest in the Australian Land Management Certification System (91 KB)
(2009) 2-page factsheet describing the benefits of investing in the Australian Land Management Certification System

ALM Facts

CLM Brochure (472 KB)
An introduction to the ALMG Certified Land Management System and description of the certification process. (4 pages)