Mark Paine, Kate Roberts, Ruth Nettle (2004) Guidelines for the Design and Evaluation of Continuous Business Improvement Projects, Dairy Australia, Melbourne.

Recent publications, reports and conference proceedings (2000-2004)

Barlow, Roger, David Clark, Anne Crawford, Mark Paine, Gavin Sheath and Jane Weatherley (2002). Guidelines for Farming Systems Research and Learning. Dairy Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne.

Beilin, Ruth (2000). Sustaining the Vision: recognising landscape futures The International Landcare 2000 Conference, Melbourne, March.

Beilin, Ruth (2001). The Brave New Order: Power, Visibility and the Everyday Landscapes of Australian Farmers. Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management: theoretical perspectives. V. Higgins, S. Lockie and G. Lawrence, Eds. Edward Elgar, U.K.

Beilin, Ruth (2001). Underlying it All: faceless landscapes and commodified views. Rural Society 11(3): 147-162.

Beilin, Ruth (2002). Landcare. Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. R. Aitken and M. Looker, Eds. Oxford Press, Melbourne.

Beilin, Ruth and S. Andreata (2001). After the Group: extending the farmer. Journal of Agricultural Extension Education 8(2): 43-52.

Beilin, Ruth and Lucia Boxelaar (2001). Rethinking Action Research: theory and practice Australasia-Pacific Extension Network 2001 International Conference: Exploring the boundaries of extension and paving the way for a positive future for regional communities, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 3-5 October. link

Beilin, Ruth, Lucia Boxelaar, Katie Warner and Heather Shaw (2003). Capacity Building, Extension Services, and the Recognition of 'Sliding Doors' 19th Annual Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, 8-12 April.

Beilin, Ruth, Mark Paine and Rebekah Pryor (2003). Reconceptualising Extension to Deliver Triple Bottom Line Outcomes : a report for the Cooperative Venture for Capacity Building for Innovation in Rural Industries. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton: 60. link

Beilin, Ruth, Rebekah Pryor and Mark Paine (2003). Social Cohesion and Civic Space: Underlining Social Policy Obligation in Production Landscapes. B. Pritchard, A. Curtin, J. Spriggs and R. Le Heron, Eds. Social Dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line in Rural Australia, Bureau of Rural Science, Canberra.

Boxelaar, Lucia, Mark Paine and Ruth Beilin (2003). Building Social Capability: a struggle to be different 4th European Conference on Organisational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities, Barcelona, Spain, 13-14 April.

Boxelaar, Lucia, Mark Paine and Ruth Beilin (2003). Identity Construction and Social Capability Association of American Geographers 99th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 5-8 March.

Boxelaar, Lucia, Mark Paine, Heather Shaw and Chris Linehan (2003). Solutions for the Environment - But What are the Problems? An Exploration of Approaches to Deal with Issues of the Environment 11th Australian Agronomy Conference, Geelong, Australia, 2-6 February.

Boxelaar, Lucia, Katie Warner, Ruth Beilin and Heather Shaw (2003). Through the Looking Glass: Organisational Alignment for Sustainable Communities. B. P. Wilson and A. Curtis, Eds. Agriculture for the Australian Environment. Proceedings of the 2002 Australian Academy of Science Fenner Conference on the Environment, Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, Albury.

Cary, J. W. and Kathryn J. H. Williams (2000). The Value of Native Vegetation: Urban and rural perspectives. National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management and Conservation of Remnant Vegetation, Research Report RR 3/00. Land and Water Resources R&D Corporation, Canberra.

Crawford, Anne, Ruth Nettle, Daniel P. Armstrong and Mark Paine (2002). A Framework for Aligning Social and Technical Orientations to Farming Systems Research, Development and Extension: an Australasian experience International Farming Systems Association Conference, Orlando, Florida, 17-20 November. link

Crawford, Anne, Mark Paine, R. Barlow and J. M. Weatherley (2003). Making Farming Systems Projects Work: a national approach to meet the challenge for the Australian dairy industry. R. Brett and C. King, Eds. 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, Queensland, 7-11 September. link

Crawford, Anne, Mark S. Paine and J. M. Weatherley (2002). Developing Capacity for Farming Systems RD&E in the Australian Dairy Sector. J. Manners, Ed. Facing the Challenges of the Supply Chain 2010, Shepparton, Victoria, April.

Ho, Elvin and Kate Roberts (2003). Business Improvement Policy. Roberts Research and Evaluation Pty Ltd, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Kenny, Sean and Mark Paine (2001). A Process for Practice: : Learning for Action in Dairy Extension Australasia-Pacific Extension Network 2001 International Conference: Exploring the boundaries of extension and paving the way for a positive future for regional communities, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 3-5 October. link

Love, Sonya, Paine Mark, Anna Ridley and Viv Burnett (2003). Integration of Environmental Management Systems with Standards for Organic Agriculture 3rd National Conference on Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture. Agriculture, Business and the Environment - Advancing the EMS Debate, Tanunda, 10-13 November.

May, A., Heather Shaw, Y. Orlando and Lucia Boxelaar (2003). Extension: Finding Solutions or Co-creating Pathways for Change Australasia Pacific Extension Network 2003 Forum: Extending Extension: Beyond Traditional Boundaries, Methods and Ways of Thinking, Hobart, Tasmania, 26-28 November.

Nettle, Ruth (2001). Dairy Farm Employment and Support for Change. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Nettle, Ruth (2002). Agricultural Extension and Threatened Species: the issues and opportunities.

Nettle, Ruth (2000). Self-managing Groups - What Does it Take? Extension Net: Journal of the Australian Pacific Extension Network 8(1-3).

Nettle, Ruth (2003). The Development of a National Dairy Extension Strategy : A Literature Review. Institute of Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne, Parkville: 77.

Nettle, Ruth (2003). Employment Relationships Under the Microscope. Dairy Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne.

Nettle, Ruth and Mark Paine (2003). Effective Adviser-Client Relationships : Findings from the Learning Plans Project for Farm Advisers. University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Nettle, Ruth, Mark Paine and J. Petheram (2001). Dairy Farm Employment - a vital link in the supply chain. J. Manners, Ed. Facing the Challenges of the Supply Chain in 2010, Shepparton, Victoria, April.

Nettle, Ruth, Mark S. Paine and R. J. Petheram (2000). Critical Transition Points Involving Family and Labour on Expending Dairy Farms 10th World Conference of Rural Sociology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 July-5 August.

Nettle, Ruth, Mark Paine and R. J. Petheram (2000). Dairy Farm Employees Determining Their Future - Cases from the Australian Dairy Industry 10th World Conference of Rural Sociology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 July-5 August.

Nettle, Ruth, Peter G. H. Beek, Mark Paine and Sandra Jefford (2000). Towards self-managed, interest-specific, farmer learning groups: a case study, action research project in the dairy industry Fifth World Congress on Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management, University of Ballarat, Victoria, 11-13 September. link

Nettle, Ruth and Mark Paine (2003). Respect for Extension in Farming Systems Research: Findings from the Dairy Industry. R. Brett and C. King, Eds. 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 7-11 September. link

Nettle, Ruth and Mark Paine (2004). Learning from Change: a method to support learning and evaluation within systems projects European Farming Systems Conference, Vila Real, Portugal, 3-8 April. link

Nettle, Ruth, Mark Paine and John Petheram (2001). Dairy farm employment relationships and the challenge to the "work" of extension Australasia-Pacific Extension Network 2001 International Conference: Exploring the boundaries of extension and paving the way for a positive future for regional communities, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 3-5 October. link

Nettle, Ruth, Mark S. Paine and Stephen Coats (2003). Countering Knowledge Markets in Agri-systems Organisational Knowledge and Learning Conference, Austria, April.

Nettle, Ruth, Jane Weatherley and Mark Paine (2003). Groups or one to one? Rethinking extension delivery - learning's from the dairy industry Australasian Pacific Extension Network 2003 Forum, Hobart, 26-28 November. link

Paine, Mark and Ruth Beilin (2002). Changing Practice or Practicing Change? Defining Landscapes of Practice Resource Management OECD Co-operative Research Workshop: Agriculture and Ecosystems Management, Ballina, Australia, 11-15 November.

Paine, M., Burke, C. R., Verkerk, G. A. and Jolly, P. J. (2000) Learning together about dairy cow fertility technologies in relation to farming systems in New Zealand Cow Up a Tree - Knowing and Learning for Change in Agriculture, Case Studies from Industrialised Countries, p. 163-174 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris.

Paine, Mark and S. Kenny (2002). Intentional Learning: interplay between farmers and service providers Fifth IFSA European Symposium - Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension: Local Identities and Globalisation, Florence, Italy, 8-11 April.

Paine, Mark and Sean Kenny (2002). The Learning Plans Project UM10733. The University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Paine, Mark and Kate Roberts (2002). Review of CI&I in Dairying Better n' Better.

Paine, Mark and Ruth Beilin (2003). Landscapes of Practice: Action Research in Resource Management EGOS, Copenhagen, 3-5 July.

Paine, Mark and J. Weatherley (2002). Farmlets as learning platforms: a national approach to Farming Systems Research, Development and Extension in the Australian Dairy Sector 5th IFSA European Symposium - Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension: Local Identities and Globalisation, Florence, Italy, 8-11 April.

Petheram, John R. and B. Kok (2003). Plants of the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Perth.

Petheram, John R., P. Stephen and D. Gilmour (2004 - in press). Collaborative Forest Management - a review. Australian Forestry 67.

Petheram, John R., Kathryn J. H. Williams, Ruth A. Nettle, A. Patterson and B. Jenkin (2000). Socio-economic Impact of Changing Land-use in South West Victoria: main report to Steering Committee. Institute of Food and Land Resources, University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Petheram, R. John and B. Baput (2003). 'Description' in Farming Systems Research- bush-fallow-gardening, Lihir Islands, PNG 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 7-11 September. link

Petheram, R. John, P Stephen and F. Miadment (2003). From Engaging the Public to supporting citizens in collaborative partnerships. Insights from community forestry Australasian Pacific Extension Network 2003 Forum, Hobart, 26-28 November.

Petheram, R. John, P. Stephen and D. Gilmour (2002). Collaborative Forest Management - A Review. School of Resource Management, University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Pryor, Rebecca, Ruth Beilin and Mark Paine (2003). Re-examining an Extension Practice Case Study Using 'Triple Bottom Line' and 'Farming Systems' as Concepts of Sustainability 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 4-6 September. link

Roberts, Kate, Mark Paine and Ruth Nettle (2003). Guidelines for the Design and Evaluation of Continuous Business Improvement Projects. Dairy Australia, Melbourne: 27.

Roberts, Kate, Mark Paine and Michelle Rawlings (2002). Literature Review for Final Report: Continuous Improvement in the Dairy Industry UM 10837. Dairy Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne.

Rose, Maria Veronika (2001). Dairy Farmers Constructing Knowledge: a case study of continuous business improvement and water use efficiency. J. Manners, Ed. Facing the Challenges of the Supply Chain in 2010, Shepparton, Victoria, April.

Rose, Maria Veronika, Ruth I. Beilin and Mark S. Paine (2003). Fostering Collective Action in Water Use Efficiency 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 7-11 September. link

Todd, Helen L., Tom Cowan and Mark S. Paine (2003). Sustainable Dairy Farm Systems for Profit - Social Implications of Intensification of Family Dairy Farms 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 7-11 September. link

Weatherley, Jane M., Mark S. Paine, Anne E. Crawford, David F. Chapman and Ian R. Johnson (2003). Negotiating the Role of Modelling for Australian Dairy Farming Systems Research, Development and Learning (FSRD&L) Projects 1st Australian Farming Systems Conference, Toowoomba, 7-11 September. link

Weatherley, Jane, Amabel Fulton, Mark Paine, Scott Champion and Anne Crawford (2001). Australian dairy research farmlets making the transition into farming systems research and extension: the challenges for extension Exploring the boundaries of extension: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network 2001 International Conference, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 3-5 October. link

Webb, H. and Kathryn J. H. Williams (2002). Social Carrying Capacity at the 12 Apostles, Port Campbell National Park. University of Melbourne, Parkville.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. (2001). Social Research Priorities for Forest Management. TasForests 13(2): 303-307.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. (2002). Beliefs About Natural Forest Systems. Australian Forestry 65(2): 81-86.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. (2002). Exploring Resident Preference for Street Trees in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Arboriculture 28(4): 161-170.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. (2003). The Biodiversity We Want to Maintain and the Reasons We Want to Maintain It. J. Crosthwaite, Q. Farmer-Bowers and C. Hollier, Eds. Land Use Change - YES! - But will biodiversity be OK? Conference held at Attwood, Victoria, Melbourne, August 2002.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. and J. W. Cary (2001). Perceptions of Native Grassland in South Eastern Australia. Ecological Restoration and Management 2(2): 139-144.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. and J. W. Cary (2002). Landscape Preference, Ecological Quality and Biodiversity Protection. Environment and Behavior 34(2): 258-275.

Williams, Kathryn J. H., J. W. Cary and T. Webb (2001). Social Assessment of Forest Management Systems. A report prepared for Forestry Tasmania. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.

Williams, Kathryn J. H. and D. H. P. Harvey (2001). Transcendent Experience in Forest Environments. Journal of Environmental Psychology 21(3): 249-260.

Williams, Kathryn, R. A. Nettle, R. John Petheram and B. Jenkin (2002). Blue Gums and Rapid Rural Change. Agricultural Science New Series 14: 35-38.

Williams, Kathryn, Ruth Nettle and John Petheram (2003). Public Response to Plantation Forestry on Farms in south-western Victoria. Australian Forestry 66(1): 901-907.