Ozwater’12 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Australian Water Association (AWA) and as such is a unique opportunity to acknowledge the achievements in the water sector and to consider future challenges and opportunities. The issue of water availability within our …
Ozwater’12 Conference and Exhibition, Sydney 8-10 May 2012 Read more »
Creating Places for People is a collaborative commitment to best practice urban design in Australia. Released at the end of 2011, the protocol is the result of two years of collaboration between peak community and industry organisations, States, Territories, Local …
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The 2012 edition of the National Environmental Grants Guide – an annual directory of environmental grant and funding opportunities from around Australia – is now available. Published in December each year, the Guide lists grant and funding opportunities available from …
House Water Expert is an interactive software package that enables householders to accurately record their water use and helps them assess ways to reduce water wastage.
A consultation statement has been prepared that aims to encourage water sensitive urban design across South Australia and suggests targets for water conservation, stormwater management and environmental water quality and community feedback is invited on the new approach. The feedback …
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In November 2011 the Australian Government announced funding of almost $148 million for world-class collaborative research and innovation under the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program. The funding includes $30 million for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and $28 million …
Bushland and Urban Biodiversity Management in a Changing Climate is the final report of the investigation that looked into the current understanding of the impacts of climate change on local governments ability to manage their biodiversity and bushland assets. The …
New report: Bushland and Urban Biodiversity Management in a Changing Climate Read more »
Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to ‘tame’ the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into …
New book: Burning Issues – Sustainability and Management of Australia’s Southern Forests Read more »
The Science Alert article Urban estuaries 100-fold weaker as ‘Blue Carbon sinks reports that Australian scientists have found a 100-fold weakening in the ability of coastal ecosystems to sequester carbon since the time of European settlement. Collecting soil cores from …
Weakening in ability of urban estuaries to sequester carbon Read more »
The NSW Government’s Coastal Management Program’s primary objective is to provide support to local councils to manage the risks from coastal hazards such as coastal erosion. A secondary objective of the program is to restore degraded coastal habitats. The primary …
NSW 2012-13 Coastal and Estuary Management Grants Read more »