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Small Landholder
Small landholders play an important role in improving the health of the land and the overall environment in which their property is located.
Implementing sustainable land management practices on your small property can have considerable benefits to the health of your soil, vegetation, livestock, waterways, sustainability and general environmental health. Therefore, even small properties can play an important role in ecosystem and landscape health.
To achieve larger scale landscape rehabilitation, it is important to increase the uptake of sustainable land management practices on both small and large properties which will help improve landscape health and connectivity.
Getting started with managing and/or implementing new practices on a small rural property to become sustainable and regenerative can be overwhelming. Below are some resources to help get you started on a regenerative pathway for your small property.
Head to our Events page, and read about our small landholder project, ‘Make Your Hectare Count,’ to stay up-to-date with opportunities to get involved.
Resources for Small Landholders
We’ve been busy updating 25 of DPIRD’s existing Small Landholder Information Service Factsheets, set to be published early 2026. These factsheets cover topics such as erosion, property plans, wind breaks, livestock management, waterwise irrigation, fire wise properties, and more! Sign up to the RegenWA newsletter to be the first to know when they’re released.
RegenWA and Perth NRM small landholder resources:
- Tim Thompson x RegenWA: Make Your Hectare Count video series
- Erosion management fundamentals (video)
- Cover cropping on small properties (video)
- Regenerative management of equine properties (video)
- Pasture Management for Horse Owners (factsheet)
- Purchasing a small rural property for keeping livestock (factsheet)
- Phytophthora Dieback in Bushland – Small Landholder information (factsheet)
- ReWild Perth for Small Landholders (factsheet)
DPIRD small landholder resources:
- Stocking rate guidelines for small rural landholdings
- A national guide for small landholder livestock producers
- The land is in your hands – a practical guide for owners of small rural landholdings in Western Australia
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