Abstract
It is recognised that in order to maintain the satoyama in Japan, the establishment of a partnership amongst groups and activities caring for the environment will be necessary. This study focuses on Landcare, a nation-wide movement of community based natural resource management in Australia. Landcare has been tackling Australia's serious environmental issues through building partnerships and networking among individuals, local groups, schools, business corporations, and the various levels of governments since 1986. Through the research, which included observations and interviews with people engaged in Landcare, this study shows that designing and implementing local activities have contributed to cultivating a sense of caring for the local environment, and further, that Landcare has a structure of multi-party networking and partnership with systems of natural resource management that facilitates collaboration . These two aspects of Landcare movement have an educational impact and can be considered the educational approach of Landcare.
