World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. 2013 has been declared as the United Nations International Year of …
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The State of Australian Cities 2012 report was launched by the Australian Government on 4 December 2012. The report brings together current research and data including available data from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing to present a comprehensive …
Brisbane City Council has released the draft new City Plan (ePlan) for the future development of Brisbane. It guides how land in Brisbane can be used and developed, and helps Council plan for infrastructure to support growth and create a …
The final NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan has been released, setting a direction for transport in NSW for the next 20 years and covering all modes of transport and all regions of the state. The NSW Government has also …
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The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO) is a global assessment of the links between urbanisation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Drawing on contributions from more than 120 scientists and policy-makers from around the world, it summarizes how urbanisation affects biodiversity and …
One Land – Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment provides an overarching framework of the Australian Government’s priorities for funding biodiversity conservation and improving natural resource management in 2013–14. It articulates the places (target areas), national priorities (investment themes) and the …
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Back in 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the …
New book – Resilience Practice, Engaging the Sources of Our Sustainability Read more »
Cloud-free images from a new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite provide an unprecedented new look at our planet at night, with a global composite image showing the glow of global human settlement. The videos and images …
New NASA-NOAA satellite night views reveal scale and extent of global human settlement Read more »
The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has published the Southern Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2012-13 and Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Assessment 2012. The CRC also provides a map of Current Fire Locations, and below the map there are links to …
Tropical cyclones are low pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters and have gale force winds near the centre. They are dangerous because they produce destructive winds, heavy rainfall with flooding and damaging storm surges that can cause inundation …