World Rivers Day 30 September 2012
World Rivers Day is celebrated annually on the last Sunday in September. In 2011, and estimated several million people across more than 60 countries celebrated the many values of our waterways.
Tag: Rivers
Australia’s lost urban waterways – sites for the daylighting urban streams map?
Sydney’s Tank Stream is significant in Australia’s colonial history, but is now buried in stormwater drains. It is one of many lost waterways around the world that have been buried beneath our urban areas. There are substantial economic, social and …
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RipRap magazine is back! Edition 34 ‘bringing back native fish’
After a brief lapse, the well-known RipRap magazine is back with a new look and approach to sharing knowledge. The latest edition is on ‘bringing back native fish’. RipRap started in 1997 and collates and synthesises science and practice around …
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6th Australian Stream Management Conference 6-8 February 2012
The River Basin Management Society, in association with the Catchments Australia Foundation, will be hosting the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference (6ASM) in Canberra over 3 days from the 6th to 8th February 2012. Over the past 10 years most …
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Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Program (HNRRP) final e-news September 2011
After just over two years of very intensive activity, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery Program (HNRRP) is coming to an end, having successfully delivered its intended outcomes on time and under budget. The final edition of HNRRP e-news reflects on some …
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14th International Riversymposium Brisbane Australia 26-29 September 2011
Attended by leading scientists, community groups, government agencies and corporate leaders from over 25 nations, the 14th International Riversymposium will explore the multiple reasons that rivers are valuable ranging from economics through to cultural and spiritual values. This year’s program …
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Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas (URSULA)
The UK-based Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas (URSULA) project is tackling river corridor issues holistically by treating the river and its urban setting as a system. Throughout the project, URSULA is developing innovations, tools and knowledge to help …
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Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Program (HNRRP) e-news June 2011
The last edition of HNRRP e-news discussed how the Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery Program is meeting one of its key objectives – the prevention of an estimated 48.2 tonnes of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) entering the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system each year. …
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CCS seminar: The Social Life of Pesticides: the Future of Urban Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River 15 June 2011 Sydney
The CCS seminar: The Social Life of Pesticides: the Future of Urban Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River addresses the ‘social life’ of pesticides in the Hawkesbury region at Sydney’s western fringe, where land use is dominated by small-scale …
Source to Sea: the river and farms on the fringe of Australia’s biggest city
“Source to Sea” is an ABC Landline story about balancing urban sprawl with food production in some of the nation’s most fertile farming areas. Much of the debate in the Sydney basin focuses on the demand for new residential developments. …
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