The Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms (HSSF) Program was an Australian Government initiative funded through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF).

The project examined the suitability of Canada's Ecotrust 'conservation economy' model for enhancing sustainable development in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Australia.

conservation, sustainable use and management of Australia's land, water, vegetation and biological resources. The framework identifies three requirements for monitoring natural resource condition: 1.

This document is the product of a one month writing sabbatical undertaken in June and July 2005.