The Natural Resource Management Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement Framework (MERI Framework) is a broad, overarching document. It provides a generic framework for monitoring, evaluating, reporting on and improving Australia’s approach to managing key assets. The key asset classes in …

MERI: NRM Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement Framework now available Read more »

Australian Network for Plant Conservation – 2nd National Forum –‘Minding our own biodiversity: conservation on private land’Thursday 30 April – Friday 1 May 2009Halls Gap, The Grampians, Victoria Don’t miss this timely forum! Register NOW!Registrations close Friday 17 April ANPC’s …

BIODIVERSITY: ANPC National Forum on conservation on private land, Halls Gap, Vic. 30 April – 1 May 2009 Read more »

Arson and bushfires The Australian Institute of Criminology has published and catalogued a wide range of research on arson and bushfires including crime prevention. Bushfires and nature conservation The role of the South East Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium (FaBCon) …

FIRE MANAGEMENT: Bushfire resources – arson & bushfires, bushfires & nature conservation, development in bushfire prone areas, bushfires & climate Read more »

The closing date for all Australian Government Caring for our Country 2009-10 business plan proposals has been extended to 3 April 2009. Ministers Garrett and Burke have also announced more than $5 million to support bushfire recovery projects in Victoria. …

FUNDING, NRM: Closing date for Caring for our Country applications extended and $5 million allocated to bushfire projects in Victoria Read more »

Through the Local Adaptation Pathways Program, the Australian Government is providing funding to help councils undertake climate change risk assessments and develop action plans to prepare for the likely local impacts of climate change. The funding will help councils integrate …

FUNDING, CLIMATE, LOCAL GOVT: Local Adaptation Pathways Program, expressions of interest close 25 February 2009 Read more »

Source: Householders Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Ecopolis is a book about cities, ecology and climate change written by one of Australia’s leading advocates and pioneers of sustainable architecture. Challenging conventional definitions and limitations of architecture and planning, it …

CLIMATE, PLANNING: Book review – Ecopolis- Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate, by Paul F Downton Read more »