The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is supporting the Landcare community to develop an Australian Framework for Landcare to guide Landcare over the next 20 years. The development of the Australian Framework for Landcare is …
Community Action Grants are the small grants component of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative that aims to help community groups take action to conserve and protect their natural environment. The Community Action Grants 2010-11 round is now …
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In March 2010, the Water Services Association of Australia and Melbourne Water co-hosted a Cities of the Future workshop at the Ozwater 2010 conference to enable over 150 water and non-water sector professionals to determine the challenges and opportunities for …
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The Community of Practice for Environmental Water Managers has been established to support those active in the field of environmental water management, whether their involvement is through practice, management, policy development or research.
What impact will the debate over sustainable population for Australia have on our existing cities? The 3rd Annual Urban Design Conference will examine how our new cities are conceived and our existing ones are adapted, re-designed and managed.
A combination of climate change and urban growth will push temperatures higher in cities worldwide, say researchers. Dr Richard Betts, a climate scientist at the UK’s Met Office, and colleagues, report their findings in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The NSW Government has announced the start of new environmental flows for the Hawkesbury-Nepean River following the completion of a $39 million upgrade to dams and weirs across the system.
On 5 March 2010, the Australian Government launched the State of Australian Cities 2010 report. The report draws together existing data and information across a range of economic, social and environmental parameters to provide a national snapshot of the 17 …
Cities poses novel challenges to wildlife, but some animals are finding they’re suited to city life and are undergoing rapid evolution in their new ecological niche. Read more in this COSMOS Magazine article.
The Fact Sheet: China Emerging as New Leader in Clean Energy Policies details how, in the last two years, China has implemented a series of ambitious clean energy policies that will help to dramatically reduce the growth of the country’s …
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