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Science and the irrigator a learning manifesto

Research Bulletin

This bulletin explores the relationship between local irrigation practice and adaptive learning. When combined the shared conceptualisation of real world problems leads to better industry outcomes. The research bulletin uses a case study of irrigating a sweet corn crop with waste water to demonstrate this process in action.

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Future Vision and Options for Irrigation

Research, Development and Extension Report

This publication outlines the framework for forward planning research, development and extension delivery for the irrigation industry and to assist the industry to contribute to several Australian Government Reviews considering research and development and extension/knowledge management in 2010.

The framework has been developed by the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation and Irrigation Australia Limited.

Knowledge Seeking Strategies of Natural Resource Professionals

The degradation of natural resources in Australia has been causing widespread community and political concern. Australia has a well regarded and sophisticated research base in natural resources and yet there is an ongoing challenge to get this knowledge used by the resource managers who could benefit from it (Vanclay & Lawrence, 1995). The CRC for Freshwater Ecology and the Rivers Consortium jointly conducted this workshop at (more)...

Integrated natural and cultural resource management for pastoral properties in the East Kimberley project - learnings of the project

The research project highlighted the challenges involved in promoting sustainable development on Indigenous-held pastoral properties in the East Kimberley. Cultural traditions and aspirations, conventional natural resource management (NRM) practices and institutional issues all need to be addressed simultaneously to improve management outcomes in northern Australia. Integrated planning options identified by the project informed policy makers on indigenous (more)...

Integrated Natural and Cultural Resource Management for Pastoral Properties in the East Kimberley Project: Learnings of the Project

learnings of the project

This report provides guidance on the options for sustainable development of Indigenous-held properties that acknowledge cultural traditions and aspirations in addition to addressing conventional natural resource management practices. The report also documents the challenges encountered in the project itself and what worked. Issues that were addressed included collaborative research and multidisciplinary team work; project work; confidentiality of cultural information; redefinition of project (more)...

Communities of Practice for Regional Knowledge Brokers

The Knowledge for Regional NRM Team, with input from regional bodies, identified the need to establish a community of practice to support regional NRM practitioners and knowledge brokers. A community of practice is a network of people that share a common interest in a specific area of knowledge or competence and are willing to work and learn together over a period of time to develop and share that knowledge. A community of practice of (more)...

Effective communication and adoption of knowledge

The initiative will be judged by the extent to which it delivers improved understanding and more effective methodologies to defined target audiences, and by the extent of their use. This means much more than simply communicating R&D outputs. It will be based around interactive relationships with defined end-users throughout the research and innovation process, to inform research activities and to equip institutions and land managers with the knowledge and capacity to create more sustainable (more)...
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Knowledge for Regional Natural Resource Management

Achievements and options

This report describes the achievements of Land & Water Australia’s Knowledge for Regional NRM program

Phase 2 of the Knowledge for Regional NRM Program was delivered between July 2006 and June 2008. Three packages of products and services p

Improving integration in NRM: learning from health, security and innovation

Researchers and practitioners in natural resource management (NRM) are faced with multi-faceted knowledge integration considerations. This project analysed integrative concepts and methods from NRM, environmental science, public health, technology and security. It focused on two classes of integration methods dialogue-based and common metrics-based. The findings are presented as a monograph on (more)...

Climate Witness - a dispersed, national observer network for NRM phenology

Citizens observing and sharing ecological information can provide vast amounts of actionable information for NRM when twinned with a well designed information aggregation and analysis system.