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National Tree Day
National Tree Day, proudly sponsored by Toyota and the AMP Foundation, is Australia's biggest community tree-planting event. Since Tree Day started in 1996 more than 1.5 million volunteers have planted over 11.5 million native trees and shrubs!
World Habitat Day
The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat.
Landcare Week
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10th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL)
INTECOL's theme is: Ecology in a Changing Climate. Two Hemispheres - One Globe. The Congress will be hosted by the Ecological Society of Australia in partnership with the New Zealand Ecological Society. This is the first time that an International Congress of Ecology will have been held in the southern Hemisphere. Ecologists from around the world will explore how global climate change has impacted, and will further impact, ecosystems and their vital services to human communities. They will explore unique features of ecosystems in the southern and northern hemispheres but look for common elements in a search for solutions to this looming problem. Symposia will represent all scales of ecology from individual organisms to landscapes, and report on a diversity of ecosystems from marine to freshwater aquatic systems and terrestrial ecosystems from arid to rainforest and from polar to tropical. The meeting will bring expert ecological commentary on a range of vital processes including land and water use, sea level change, restoration of ecosystems, biotic invasions, changing water patterns, urban ecology and fire ecology. It will include discussions on long term monitoring of ecosystems, on incorporating ecological knowledge into policy, on integrating indigenous knowledge into conventional science, and on communicating ecological information to a broader community.
Enviro 08: Australasia's Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
Enviro 08 is the premier national conference in Australia dealing with Environmental and Sustainability issues. It is a major initiative of the Australian Water Association and the Waste Management Association of Australia designed specifically by industry for industry.
Since its inception in 2000, Enviro has been a platform for promoting change through ideas, the sharing of knowledge, information and practical resources to better equip those facing the challenges of climate change in all its manifestations.
There is no doubt that our leaders in government, industry and business together with water, waste, energy and sustainability practitioners are facing major challenges in their response to climate change and global warming.
| Good governance for NRM forum - Online discussion forum | Click on the 'learning circle' entitled Good Governance for NRM Forum. You will be directed to a login page. Click on 'create new account' link on the right hand side of the page. You will need to supply a username and password, your name, email address and country of location. Then click submit. Once online you can build a profile for yourself, and subscribe to various discussions. |
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| Private Forestry Development Committees - e-newsletter | The Private Forestry Development committees (PFDC's) have been established throughout Australia to enhance the economic development potential of regions by increasing the development of farm forestry and timer industries. A list of all PFDC's can be found at http://www.daff.gov.au/forestry/plantation-farm-forestry/pfdcs |
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| Peel-Harvey Decision Support System Biodiversity Toolbox |
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A decision support tool for biodiversity related issues. |
Veg Futures 08 - Australia's national vegetation conference
Greening Australia and Land & Water Australia invite you to Veg Futures 2008 – a comprehensive, practical conference about the nation’s most pressing challenges for vegetation management in regional and peri–urban landscapes.
Spotlight on vegetation management
Veg Futures 08 will tackle the big questions around vegetation management with a focus on biodiversity, water quality and landscape resilience in the face of climate change. The conference will also explore the policy environment for vegetation management, the potential role of carbon markets, the latest techniques for revegetation as well as specialist sessions on the role of art in the environment and communication for NRM practitioners.
Hot topics of the conference:
Landscape, regional and continental scale restoration and management
Climate change and biodiversity
Carbon markets and Market Based Instruments (MBIs)
Native seed and revegetation
Integrating biodiversity and production
Peri-urban challenges
Communication for the NRM sector
Australian and New Zealand Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis Conference 2008
To be held in the Finkel Lecture Theatre, Australian National University, the conference will address the interdisciplinary nature of risk by focussing on three key aspects of complex system management:
- Tools and methods;
- Policy and implementation; and
- Risk communication and social science.
The conference will be preceded by workshops on the 29th of September.