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A two-day national conference looking at the most recent
developments in catchment and natural-resource management

Thursday February 23 and Friday February 24, 2006
Albury Conference Centre, Albury NSW

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Focus on four themes

• Developments in policy and their implications for strategic direction and funding
• Ways to better manage water for improved environmental and social outcomes
• Improving our understanding and management of terrestrial vegetation
• How to use new and emerging technologies, maximise community engagement and ensure return on investment at the regional scale

Topics include

• Overviews of the most recent policy developments at the Federal and State level and their implications for strategic planning and investment
• Environmental water allocations in a hydrologically variable country: ecological factors, modelling approaches, measuring effectiveness, and managing social and technical challenges
• Long-term shifts in terrestrial vegetation and forecasting likely changes over the coming decades
• Maximising environmental and economic returns while effectively managing terrestrial vegetation in agricultural landscapes
• Critical decisions for providing the knowledge to underpin regional natural-resource management
• Opportunities for design practitioners and managers to achieve sustainable project outcomes
• Approaches for ensuring triple-bottom-line outcomes
• Integrating different disciplinary findings, taking the ‘technical’ and making it understandable by a wide range of audiences
• Identifying target groups to develop appropriate strategies and extension courses to engage landholders
• Extensive use of case studies from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia

Conference organisation

This conference is brought to you by Hallmark Conferences + Events, publishers of the Australian Journal of Environmental Management (Journal of the EIANZ), Water (Journal of the Australian Water Association), Land & Water News, The Environmental Engineer (Journal of the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering) and Environment Business. The Conference Director is Professor Paul I Boon (Institute for Sustainability and Innovation at Victoria University) who is well known for his research work on aquatic and riparian environments.

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Telephone enquiries should be directed to Denise McQueen on 03 8534 5021 or email registration@halledit.com.au