In 1999 a group of Australian landholders began designing a land management system to improve environmental outcomes and give recognition to landholders and their support agencies. We used a simple principle to guide us as we were developing our system. We wanted:

"...a system that would be attractive to landholders, that would take account of their capabilities and aspirations, that would enable creativity and sustained commitment, and would meet the legitimate community requirement to have measurable improvement in environmental performance."

The system we developed, the Australian Land Management Certification System, is maintained and promoted by landholders operating through the not-for-profit company the ALM Group.

With the Australian Land Management Certification System you can certify all your land management activities with the one system.

Our system is designed for land managers, natural resource management organisations and industries. It is Australia's only whole-of-farm, catchment-linked national certification system for land management. It improves environmental outcomes in ways that enable your achievements and those of your support agencies to be recognised and rewarded.

OUR BOARD

The six ALM Group board directors are experienced and highly committed to the Australian Land Management Certification System.

Nelson Quinn - Chairman

Nelson has many years experience in developing and managing environmental policies and programs in Australia and overseas. He has particular expertise in law, science-user interaction and strategic planning. He how owns a small property near Canberra, where he grows sheep, cattle and olives. He is also director of Southern Tablelands Olives Pty Ltd and president of the New South Wales Olive Council. He is heavily involved in landcare activities, including as chair of the Murrumbidgee Landcare Association. He was awarded a Centenary Medal for "service to the environment and conservation through landcare".

Jock Douglas, AO, Inaugural Chair of the ALM Group

Jock Douglas produces desert limes and beef cattle near Roma, Queensland. He has an enduring interest in the sustainability of natural resources and the wellbeing of rural communities. Jock is a landcare member and President of the Roma Bush Gardens Association. He was involved in the genesis of landcare and was Chairman of the Queensland Landcare Council from 1992-96.  He has been President of the Cattlemen's Union of Australia and an executive member of the National Farmers Federation and the Cattle Council of Australia. In 1996 Jock was awarded the McKell Medal for outstanding contribution to soil and land conservation and in 1997 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for ‘service to primary industry and to conservation’.

Tony Gleeson - Chief Executive Officer

Tony has over 35 years experience in research, policy and political analysis. With his partner Liz he has managed their beef property in northern NSW since 1981. In 1990 Tony established Synapse, a Brisbane based company specialising in policy and strategic analysis. Tony is an Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Law, University of New England and a member of the Advisory Board to the Centre for Rural and Regional In­novation, University of Queensland. He has been a director of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and the Queensland Abattoir Corporation. Tony’s studies on motivation, crea­tivity and innovation have influenced the design of ALMS.

Bruce Munday - Board director

Bruce and his partner Kristin have a cattle property in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia where he also works as a communications consultant in natural resources management. He has 20 years of experience with the landcare movement, much of it in leadership roles. He is the Immediate Past President of the Landcare Association of South Australia and currently chairs the Ranges to River NRM Group for the SA Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board and is a member of the Native Vegetation Council.

Geoff Penton - Board director

Geoff is an Agricultural Science graduate from the University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury) who has been working in landcare since 1989. He is one of four regional landcare facilitators employed by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, and has had a continuous involvement in landcare for sixteen years. Geoff now works as manager of planning and implementation for the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee. He has a key role in natural resource management, including involvement in the landcare program in the region, and is chairman of the Queensland Landcare Foundation, a non-profit fundraising company dedicated to supporting the landcare movement across the State.

Darren Marshall

Darren Marshall is a specialist in landscape scale environmental management and environmental management systems. He is currently the Feral Animal and Weed Management Regional Coordinator with the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee, an organisation he joined in 2005 as a Property Planning Officer.  He is also the ALM Group principal Trainer/ Auditor. Darren has also worked with Inglewood Shire Landcare, (the then) Queensland Department of Natural Resources, the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Australian Army.

Darren’s interests lie in improving environmental management through working with land managers to address issues that can only be addressed at a landscape scale, particularly linking good research with on ground outcomes.