ILWS - Institute of Land, Water and Society
Media Releases
2006
No grain, no trains - but what is the future for regional transport?
13/12/06
Our regional railway network is in poor condition but just repairing the infrastructure (such as rail tracks) won't fix the problem says a leading researcher who has been studying the viability of Australia's regional freight and passenger rail network...
Global Warming on the Agenda
9/11/06
With climate change now well and truly on the political agenda, North-East Victorian residents will have the opportunity to hear what the candidates from each of the major parties for the seat of Benambra...
Finding the Silver Lining in Cancer
24/10/06
When a member of a family is diagnosed with cancer the impacts on a family can be dramatic but is it necessarily all "doom and gloom?" PhD student Janelle Levesque has just started research investigating the effects that having a parent with cancer has on adults...
Taking the heat out of prescribed burning
17/07/06
Is prescribed burning a good thing or not? How do you resolve potential conflicts between impacts on tourism and public health with its role in bushfire management and the ecological health of our forests? These are the kind of questions....(background notes on speakers).
Balancing Act
07/07/006
With everincreasing pressures on Australia's water resources, scientists are looking for ways to balance the needs of irrigators with those of the environment. What they have found is that spreading water demand over the summer and winter season through new crop mixes shows the most promise...
Managing Our Heritage for the Future
22/05/06
Heritage, and how we manage our heritage, is just as much about the present as it is about the past. "We are creating our future based on what we are doing right now," says Assoc. Prof Dirk Spennemann...
Egrets Signal Problems in our Wetlands
09/05/06
Disturbing new research on the food of waterbirds suggests we may need to reconsider our policy on the management of carp. According to a senior aquatic ecologist any plans to eradicate carp from the Murray Darling Basin need to consider the effects this could have on Australia's fish eating waterbirds...
Bird Flu Public Information Evening
20/04/06
Charles Sturt University's Institute for Land Water and Society will host a free public information evening on "Bird Flu-a local perspective" on Wednesday, May 3 from 6.308.30 pm in the Conference Room, Charles Sturt University, Orange...
Landcare's Vital Role Under Threat
13/04/06
More Government investment in the professional management of groups is required if the volunteer Landcare movement is to continue playing a vital role in the management of Australia's natural and cultural assets according to a leading social researcher...
Bush StoneCurlew Summit
16/03/06
Unlike many other threatened bird species, Bush Stonecurlews benefit by having agricultural land in their habitat, according to researcher Elisa Tack...