Land and Water Australia as the manager of the recently completed Defeating the Weed Menace R&D program, is pleased to host a 1 day forum Monday 21 September 2009 to present selected highlights from program.
Indigenous and remote communities in Northern Australia would benefit from stronger support for a ‘cultural and conservation economy’, a new collaborative study has found. This emerging economy is being driven by strong community leadership.
Research has found that introduced tropical grasses spreading across northern Australia burn hotter and fiercer than native grasses, draining fire-fighting resources.
Water planning in the Ord River of Western Australia
Water planning is a process to allocate and sustainably manage water to meet our future water requirements. Good water plans provide for river health and community needs. Public consultation is integral to an effective water resource planning process.
The occurrence of severe water resource management problems throughout many southern regions of Australia has focused recent attention on water planning processes as a means of balancing competing uses of water, addressing over-allocation of (more)...
The logoons of the outer Darwin area, NT - Final milestone report
The project presented in this Final Milestone Report is part of the National Wetland Indicators Project regional trials, trialing the National framework and indicators for wetland extent, distribution and condition on the lagoons in the Darwin region.
Indicator Themes 1-5 (catchment disturbance, physical disturbance, hydrological disturbance and the fringing zone) were reported on in detail in Milestone Report 2 for all of the lagoons in the (more)...
This project investigated ways to improve the biollgical control of the highly invasive weed Noogoora Burr (Xanthium occidentale). The project was designed to assemble the necessary information to support an application to release additional strains of the Noogoora Burr rust fungus to enhance the impact of biological control in northern Australia. The introduction of additional exotic rust strains better adapted to tropical conditions is being investigated as a means of controlling Noogoora (more)...
The Sustainable Northern Landscapes and the Nexus with Indigenous Health: Healthy People, Healthy Country project was undertaken at the behest of Traditional Owners in central Arnhemland in collaboration with a transdisciplinary team of medical, ecological and social researchers.
The Healthy Country, Healthy People project was undertaken at the behest of the traditional owners in central Arnhem Land in collaboration with a trans-disciplinary team of medical, ecological and social researchers.
The research was designed to test the assertion that investment in Indigenous Cultural and Natural Resource Management (ICNRM) benefits both people and environment.
This fact sheet covers key findings, the background, (more)...
This project will deliver a framework for use by policy makers, regulators, managers, and investors to ensure irrigation is developed in a sustainable manner across northern Australia. Stage I of the project will involve development of the full project team, key client/stakeholder/collaborative network, and detailed work plan and budget. Stage II will involve carrying out the work plan agreed to in Stage I.
