What is landscape rehydration?

Farmers, ecologists and educators with TMI staff having a lively brainstorm at the Homestead.

In recent months, TMI has taken some exciting steps towards advancing landscape rehydration education in Australia. 

The ‘Landscape Rehydration Capacity Building’ project intends to develop learning resources and professional training programs suited to students, landowners and professionals. It has been made possible by an Environmental Education grant awarded to TMI by the NSW Environmental Trust in 2020.

In February, we took a deep dive into the fundamentals of landscape rehydration by hosting a two-day ‘education blitz’. An experienced group of farmers, ecologists and educators joined members of the TMI team for a lively brainstorm around what the curriculum might contain and how it should be delivered. 

Among this group were representatives from two catchment communities in NSW: the Capertee Valley and Holbrook. Both communities are keen to explore how landscape rehydration can achieve good outcomes for farming, biodiversity and water quality in their local landscapes. 

In the next phase of the project we will work closely with these communities to pilot aspects of the curriculum and to support collaborative approaches to improving water cycling in their catchments. More news on this project in the coming months!