| Abstract: | Summary This article describes the context, evolution and structure of the Monaro Grassland Conservation Management Network, a loose framework of private and public land managers and their grassland properties located in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales. The Monaro region is characterized by lower rainfall, lower temperatures and less productive soils than other agricultural regions in south-eastern Australia containing natural temperate grasslands. As such, it offers important opportunities for conservation of natural temperate grasslands as a significant and functional component of the landscape, under a variety of land tenures and uses including pastoral agriculture. |
