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Your weekly GIS snapshot of a location of interest in the
Burdekin Dry Tropics Region. http://webgis.bdtnrm.org.au/SpotScenes.htm
This half day seminar will feature presentation on best practice
sustainable design for commercial buildings in the tropics. The
seminar will inform and support the Townsville, Queensland Solar
City project. When Wednesday 8 November 8am-1pm
Southbank Convention Centre
The national winner for the the award will be announced during
Coastcare Week. For more information contact Miranda Carver on (03)
6221 5045 or go to www.deh.gov.au/coast/coastalcustodians.html
The deadline for funding applications ofr pest and weed control
projects under the Blueprint for the Bush has been extended to
November 13. Grants of up to $50,000 are available under the State
Government’s $11 million, three year Reclaim the Bush
Program. For more information go to www.nrm.qld.gov.au
The meeting is to be held at the DPI&F Conference Room in
Charters Towers commening at 9am. If you wish to attend please RSVP
to Rob Cameron, rob.cameron@desertuplands.org.au
A national award publicly recognising excellence and achievement
in NRM in Australia. For more information go to www.daff.gov.au/mckellmedal
More than 60,000 coastcare volunteers are working in more than
2,000 coastcare groups around Australia. For more information go to
www.landcareonline.com
Expressions of interest are currently being sought to host the
second Parks and Protected Areas Management Congress (PPAMcon). For
further information about PPAMcon please visit www.ppamcon.com.au or contact Kate Charters at Management
Solutions (Qld) via email executive@managementsolutions.net.au
or phone 07 3210 0021.
Round 8 Envirofund invested $20 million into 1,126 projects.
Gerneral information and a sample application for the the nest
round is at http://www.nht.gov.au/envirofund/
. The
application form won’t be available until after xmas but
potential applicants are urged to begin planning now.
Mock Orange ( durata erecta ), a popular garden plant,
was reported to have poisoned nine dogs and a cat in the Australian
Veterinary Journal Volume 84 No 10 October 2006. The Journal also
noted the potential for the plant toxins to harm children and
suggested that D erecta plants for sale carry a mandatory
warning label.
The Home WaterWise Rebate Scheme is a comprehensive package of
incentives offering householders cash rebates for a number of
water-saving devices, has been introduced in two stages:
Stage one, implemented to start addressing the problem in
South-East Queensland, offers rebates for products purchased on or
between 13 June 2006 and 30 June 2009.
Stage two, which extends the program to include the entire
state, offers rebates for products purchased on or between 16 August 2006 and 30 June 2009. For more information
go to http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/saverscheme/index.html
Newsletters and email updates plus useful links to a wide range
of resources about innovations, issues and solutions to assist in
the conservation and management of natural resources in
Australia’s urban areas. http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group.UrbNRM
Local scientists doing interesting things. To catch up with
Science on the Radio on the web visit www.abc.net.au/northqld/features/radioscience.htm
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