Waterscapes network news 18 February 2004

Dates for your diary

25 March 2004: James Hagan Court, Wagga Wagga campus 3.00 -5.00pm.

Australian Research Centre for Water in Society staff members from Perth are visiting the Murrumbidgee catchment for a fact finding tour associated with a Land &Water Australia project on water sharing. There will be an opportunity for informal discussion on current activities and opportunities, and a brief report from Geoff Syme (Director, Water Security and Sustainable Communities, CSIRO Land and Water) on Water Benefits Accounting and Assessment. Blair Nancarrow is the Director of ARCWIS. The Centre specialises in social science research and has awards for pioneering contributions to community psychology in Australia, defining fairness in water allocation, and promoting water conservation.

More information: http://www.clw.csiro.au/research/water/arcwis/arcwis.html

RSVP: Professor Kath Bowmer Kathleen.Bowmer@csiro.auby 23rd March

23 February 2004: Likens and Cullen duet -University of Canberra, Boiler House Lecture Theatre 6.15pm.

Ecological Challenges in the 21st Century (Professor Gene Likens, Director of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York) and Reflection on Rippling the Waters: Experience from the Wentworth Group (Professor Peter Cullen)

1 April 2004: Old Parliament House Members Dining Room, Canberra 10.00 am-4.00 pm

Protection of Rivers of High Conservation Value National Forum. Penny.cook@lwa.gov.auby 15 March

Opportunities

Grantsearch- 3000 sources of financial support for study, travel, research, business and professional development, the arts , sport and community projects
http://www.grantsearch.com/

River Murray Catchment Management Board are looking for student projects with outcomes associated with the improved management of the regions natural resources: salinity, flow management, water use, water quality, land management and biodiversity, community education and involvement, managing the Mallee prescribed wells area, monitoring evaluation and reporting.

They require a one page summary of the research project outlining: Project title, proposed scope of works or methodology, Person/s responsible for undertaking/supervising the research, Funds requested from the board, Contribution from the proponent of other organisations.

Forward expressions of interest to:
Amy Goodman
Manager – Catchment Programs
River Murray Catchment Management Board
PO Box 1374
Berri SA 5343
Phone number: 08 8582 4477
Closing date 22 Feb 2004

Appointments

Congratulations to Dr John Williams, Chief of CSIRO Land and Water and Professor Mike Young, Director of the Policy and Economic Research Unit of CSIRO Land and Water on their adjunct professorial appointments at Charles Sturt University

Further information:
John Williams:
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=resume&id=WilliamsJohn&stylesheet=aboutCSIROResume

Mike Young:
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=resume&id=YoungMike&stylesheet=aboutCSIROResume

http://www.clw.csiro.au/research/peru/

General news

ARC Network -Bill Green has attended a meeting in Canberra of a proposed network on Australian Population Research based at the ANU. He describes the original network bid ‘Reimaging the Ecosocial Sustainability in the Murray Darling Basin’ with the Hawke Institute of University of South Australia and others, and a discussion piece on the meaning of ecosocial sustainability.

Catchment Management Authorities-Chairs and office locations have now been confirmed for eleven of the twelve rural Catchment Management Authorities across the State. Those in our immediate region include: Murrumbidgee (Lee O’Brien), Murray (Kelvin Baxter), and Lachlan (Robert Gledhill). Further information: http://dipnr.nsw.gov.au/mediarel/mo20040213_2458.html