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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
The 2nd Annual Ethical Leadership and Governance
The Public Sectors’ focus on ethics and governance has increased significantly in recent years. However, while good governance and an ethical culture are something all organisations want, it can be challenging to turn this aspiration into a reality. This 2nd annual conference will feature a series of presentations to assist you in enhancing your governance frameworks, promoting and embedding values and the Code of Conduct to build accountability in your organisation.
National Volunteers Week
The theme for National Volunteer Week is “Volunteers change our world”. Events will be held around Australia.
Spatially Enabled Government 2008
SEGS ’08 will focus on:
- Maximising the Value of Geospatial Data in Government to Enhance Service Delivery and Evidence Based Policy
- Learning Strategies to Overcome the Challenges of:
- Expanding interoperability between government departments.
- Ensuring the amount of spatial data collected and owned by each department is maximised.
- Making sure this data is fully used to enhance service delivery and evidence based policy decisions.
Scinema: festival of science film
Scinema is an bi-annual science film festival which screens across Australia during National Science Week. It takes science and science films to regional and remote communities, city art galleries and museums. It aims to increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the role of science, technology and innovation in maintaining and improving our society, economy and the environment.
Coastcare Week
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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!
National Water Week
National Water Week (NWW) was first held in 1993. The initiative is designed to assist the community to understand and take action to protect and conserve our precious water resources and habitats. NWW creates a large scale local awareness of community initiatives that generate long-term behaviour change for the protection, rehabilitation and improvement of streams, wetlands, waterways, beaches, and estuaries. In addition, water conservation campaigns are launched, highlighted or reinforced during the week to promote water saving in the community. During NWW Australians are encouraged to "Protect, Conserve and Get Involved" in water-related activities and celebrations around the country. The third week in October is designated as 'National Water Week' each year.
Earth Science Week
This annual event promotes awareness of and an opportunity to celebrate the earth sciences. In recognition of Earth Science Week 2008, Geoscience Australia is hosting the Geologi 08. All Australian secondary school students are invited to take part by submitting a short science film.
