The Parliament of Australia Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications is conducting an inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of Australia’s koala population for report by 1 June 2011. The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals …
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A new partnership has been struck between SEQ Catchments, the natural resource management body for South East Queensland and the South East Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (SEQFBC), providing new and enhanced opportunities for ongoing engagement with private landholders, public …
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A draft NSW Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2015 is now on public exhibition. The draft Strategy identifies state-scale investment priorities for 15 broad terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in New South Wales. Submissions close 5pm on Friday 21 January 2011. Submissions will then …
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The Education for Sustainability Professional Learning Hub helps sustainability educators improve their practice and shape their professional learning. Log on to www.efslearninghub.net.au to find resources, training providers and events and to assess your knowledge of EfS. The assessment will generate …
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Local Aboriginal Land Councils are invited to submit Expressions of Interest for funding under the NSW Government’s Aboriginal Lands Clean-Up Program. Local Aboriginal Land Councils working in partnership with their local council can apply for grants up to $50,000 to …
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The Bureau of Meteorology is building the Australian Water Resources Information System (AWRIS) to deliver high quality water information essential to managing Australia’s valuable water resources. AWRIS will be spatially enabled using the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (or Geofabric), a …
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The Community of Practice for Environmental Water Managers (CoP4EWM) has produced the Directory of Practical Tools for Environmental Water Managers – Version 1. This Directory has been built through contributions by members of the Community with the aim of producing …
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The CSIRO Urban Water Theme is the largest urban water research program in Australia, one of four major programs under the Water for a Healthy Country Research Flagship. The research is targeted in four key areas: integrated water systems, recycling …
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On Monday 26 October 2009, the Parliament of Australia House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts presented its report on the inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities.
The Atlantic Ocean current, which may be affected by future climate change, today takes heat north to Europe but 10,000 years ago it was weaker and flowed in the opposite direction. In 2005, scientists at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre …