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Island Arks Symposium
Sustainable use of island ecosystems requires strong inter-disciplinary knowledge bases including terrestrial and marine ecology, coastal engineering, fire ecology, invasive species management, waste management, communication and marketing, and environmental economics.
The Island Arks Symposium aims to bring together practitioners in these disciplines to identify, discuss and resolve management challenges; identifying pathways for long-term conservation of island ecosystems including sustainable use.
Further information and registration is available on www.islandarks.com.au
| LandSmart |
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LandSmart is a site scale knowledge base and decision support tool for diagnosing soil management issues and identifying potential management options. Includes links to resources supporting implementation of the management options. Produced on DVD for the Upper Swan and Lower Avon catchments of of Western Australia. |
| AGMAPS - Lake Warden Catchment |
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A site scale knowledge base and decision support tool for diagnosing soil management issues and identifying potential management solutions. Includes links to resources supporting implementation of the management options. Produced on DVD. |
| Salinity Knowledge Base |
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The Salinity Knowledge Base has been developed for the SW region of WA to bring together regionally relevant knowledge for advisers, land owners and land managers undertaking property scale planning and management to address salinity and associated issues. Design of the site is intended to align to the decision trees and requirements of users. It links best practices for planning and managing salinity with resources to support on-ground action. Members of the community of practice can collaborate online enriching the technical information with local content. |
Queensland Landcare Conference 2009
Hosted by Desert Channels Queensland and six local Landcare groups, the Queensland Landcare Conference will showcase land and water management practices involving everything from water wise gardens, the control of woody and exotic weeds, to feral animal control and the rehabilitation of our natural water courses.
The Program consists of plenary sessions with keynote presentations by well known industry representatives, field trips and has an extensive social program designed to incorporate everything the conference theme entails: Legends, Larrikins and Landcare.
Salinity Exchange Conference
The salinity conversation will be re-invigorated and hotly debated when the Murray Catchment Management Authority hosts the “Salinity Exchange Conference” in Albury, NSW.
The conference, sponsored by the Murray Catchment Management Authority, the Murray Darling Basin Authority, Norske Skog and the Australian Government, will put the spotlight back on salinity and look at what has been learnt over the past 10 years and how to apply this knowledge to farming and natural resource management.
Over two days, eminent scientists, farmers and government agencies will exchange views on effective ways to reduce the impact of salinity, to give those in the field some practical ways to attack this problem.
Leading the speakers will be Dr. John Williams, Commissioner of the Natural Resources Commission of NSW. He will be joined by speakers from the Department of Environment & Climate Change, scientists from CSIRO, the Murray Darling Fresh Water Research Centre, the Bureau of Rural Sciences, Murray Irrigation Limited and landholders, to discuss salinity in both dryland and irrigation areas.
The Salinity Exchange Conference, to be held 19 & 20 February 2009 is expected to draw over 200 people from the scientific community, farmers and public land managers.
The conference program, speaker information, accommodation discounts, registration forms and other conference information is available on the Murray CMA website www.murray.cma.nsw.gov.au. Please contact Emily Brewer at the Murray CMA on 02 6051 2211 for further information.
10th Queensland Weeds Symposium
An opportunity to learn about practical management of weeds, network with experts and your peers and observe weed mangement programs around northern Queensland.
| NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool, Western Australia |
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The NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool focuses on providing locally relevant best planning practices for land use and development types in the Southern Region of Western Australia, and links to resources to support implementation of the best practices. Initially the focus is on rural residential/smallholding development and vineyards but will be expanded to other uses and development types over time. The support tool is based on a wiki or collaborative website which has been "seeded" with content through the a register or database of support material, together with hot links to live website with additional / current information and spatial products. This means that the content is easily updated and expanded. As it is a wiki, registered users can easily comment on the content and add suitable material where gaps may exist. |
| The Planning Institute of Australia |
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The Planning Institute of Australia is the peak body representing professions involved in planning Australia’s cities, towns, regions and places. The Institute brings together professionals and organisations with a shared interest in 'the community, and the education, research and practices relating to the planned use of land, its associated systems, and of the natural and built environmental, social and economic impacts and implications of the use of land'. |
| National Landcare Facilitator e-Newsletter - e-newsletter | A regular email newsletter, aimed at facilitators and coordinators, departmental, government and anyone involved in NRM programs, keeping you informed of national NRM programs, tools, contacts and events. To subcribe to the Landcare Facilitator eNewsletter please email your details to: national@landcarefacilitator.com.au
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