UNESCO has commissioned Education for Sustainable Development: An Expert Review of Processes and Learning. UNESCO has put in place a three-phase monitoring and evaluation process that spans the life of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, …
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Held in the first and only ‘6 Star Green Star’ environmentally rated convention centre in the world, the 2-day Sustainable Building: does it measure up? conference will examine the tools, processes and products enhancing sustainability. Sustainable building: does it measure …
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Urban Design Forum (UDF) began in Melbourne in 1986 as a network of enthusiastic and creative people committed to making a significant contribution to improving the functioning and quality of our cities and towns. Since that time, the network has …
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment has completed the Report on the Investigation into the Government’s tree management practices and the renewal of Canberra’s urban forest. The final report was released on 30 March 2011.
The new North Sydney Draft Urban Forest Strategy is on public exhibition until 15 April 2011. The culmination of several years of research and mapping of the North Sydney Urban Forest; the Strategy provides an in-depth look at how the …
The Environmental weeds of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges garden escapee weeds brochure has been developed to raise greater awareness of common (and sometime popular) garden plants that have a strong ability to escape and become environmental weeds.
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Life in the Suburbs project commenced in 2002 with the Lower Sullivans Creek Catchment Ecological Survey, Australia’s first comprehensive ecological survey of an urban study site. To increase community awareness of urban biodiversity, funding was …
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The Griffith University Urban Research Program (URP) preliminary research Identifying and incorporating indigenous landscape values into regional planning processes confirms that indigenous landscape values can be identified and articulated for South East Queensland, a region with major urban areas. These …
The authors of the Griffith University Urban Research Program (URP) paper The principles of public transport network planning: A review of the emerging literature with select examples examine the inter-relationships between land-use planning and public transport provision. The paper is …
Decision Point is the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) monthly magazine presenting articles, views and ideas on environmental decision making, biodiversity, conservation planning and monitoring. Decision Point Issue 47 (March 2011) is now available, and includes articles on …
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