CRC project leaders often arrange workshops
and meetings regarding their projects and issues surrounding the
research. If you're interested in attending these
meetings—whether you're a member of the public, stakeholder
or another CRC researcher—please contact the person arranging
the workshop or meeting. Contact details at the bottom of the
page.
Tropical Savannas CRC - Savannas Futures Forum
February 28, 2008. Darwin, Northern Territory
Click on the panel on the top right of this page to download
summaries for the Forum
Venue: Mal Nairn Auditorium, Charles Darwin
University
This will be the Tropical Savannas CRC's final forum, to which
all members - past and present - and friends of the Tropical
Savannas CRC are invited.
There is NO registration fee.
This forum will review the lessons learned in the last decade or
so, but more importantly, will assess how this knowledge can be
applied in the years ahead. What is the future for Australia's
tropical savannas? We are still finalising the agenda for the day,
but the talks will reflect our existing themes, namely:
- Landscape ecology and health
- Industry and community NRM
- Regional planning and management
- Human capability development
The book Future Options for North Australia, by
Stephen Garnett, John Woinarski, Rolf Gerritson and Gordon
Duff will be launched at the forum. Applying scenario-building
being undertaken at a global or national level to our own region,
Future Options offers perspectives on the direction northern
Australia might take over the next 20 to 50 years.
It begins with a description of factors most likely to influence
the region (population, social factors, land and natural resource
ownership, government policy, global economics and trade, resource
availability and use, climate change, weeds and pests,
technological change). It then considers how these drivers might
interact to determine what our portion of the planet might look
like in coming decades, identifying bottlenecks and decision points
that will influence which scenarios are the most likely.
Finally, the book seeks to identify what residents and decision
makers of the north might do to maximise benefits and minimise the
damage (social and environmental) associated with the drivers and
their interactions.
Please contact David Garnett if you would like to be included in
our mailing list for any future notices.
Contact: David Garnet, CEO Tropical Savannas CRC
Tel: 08 89 467 101 Fax: 08 89 467 107
Email: david.garnett@cdu.edu.au
Previous Meetings:
International Workshop: Integrated Rural Development
in Nusa Tenggara Timur Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
April 5–7, 2006
Venue: Cristal Hotel, Kupang
The Integrated Rural Development Conference in Nusa Tenggara
Timur (NTT) aims to review the major factors influencing rural
development in eastern Indonesia by engaging critical eastern
Indonesian government agencies, educational institutions and NGOs,
and their Australian counterparts, with activities in the areas of
poverty alleviation, food security, sustainable land and catchments
management, crop, livestock and forestry enterprises, and capacity
building and training.
The conference is supported by Charles Darwin University (CDU),
Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory (BFC), Tropical
Savannas Management Cooperative Research Centre (TS–CRC),
BAPPEDA NTT, University of the Sunshine Coast, Wira Wacana
University, E. Sumba, ACIAR and AusAID.
CRC Annual Meeting
Date: 28 February — March 1
Venue: Darwin
Contact: Jemma Walshe / Project leaders. All invited.
Download complete details of the meeting in PDF form
below.
Program:
DAY 1 Tuesday, 28 February
1.30 – 3pm: Welcome & Introductions - Gordon Duff and
Managing Savanna Fire (covering current outcomes and future
directions with greenhouse offsets etc.)
3:30 – 5pm: Biodiversity and Savanna Health (covering
terrestrial and riparian health, soil biodiversity, development of
tools for biodiversity managers etc.)
DAY 2 - Wednesday 1 March:
8:30 Indigenous Knowledge & Livelihoods (covering the turtle
and dugong project, Indigenous ecological knowledge, the Arnhem
Land fire abatement project etc.)
10:30 – 12:30 Grazing Landscapes (covering Grazing Land
Management tools, the dynamic savannas project on vegetation
change, managing biodiversity on grazing lands etc.)
1.30 – 3pm Regional Futures (covering regional planning,
outback livelihoods, regional futures in the east Kimberley
etc.)
3:30 - 5 pm Tropical Savannas CRC Past, Present & Future
(covering tropical knowledge for schools, the knowledge building
project, economic impact assessment of the TS-CRC from the Centre
for International Economics etc.)
National Riparian Lands R&D Program Synthesis
Workshops
13–14 March, Darwin
Venue: CSIRO Seminar Room, 20 Vanderlin Drive, Berrimah
NT
Contact: Ian Dixon
Anyone active in tropical land management (e.g. Government,
private consultants, community interest groups, Indigenous,
pastoralist, conservation) is welcome to attend.
DynaSav Project meeting
Date: 21–22 November
Venue: Lake Bennet, Northern Territory
Contact: David Gillieson
Natural Resource Management Workshop
Date: 11 October
Venue: Palmerston Room, Cairns Colonial Club Resort
Contact: Paul Novelly
North Australia Fire Manager’s Forum meeting
Date: 4 August
Venue: Mecure Hotel, Irwin St, Perth
Contact: Gordon Duff.
Fire Knowledge Meeting–fire project staff
Date: 8–9 August
Venue: Holiday Inn, Darwin
Contact: Peter Jacklyn.
North Australian Indigenous Land & Sea Management
Alliance
2005 Forum *Invitation only*
Date: 12–14 August
Venue: Bizant Ranger Base, Lakefield National Park, Cape York.
Contact: Joe Morrison, NAILSMA.
Weed Risk Assessment Workshop
Darwin, September 6–7
Contact: Samantha Setterfield
Eastern Indonesia fire management workshop
Date: November 7
Venue: Kupang
Contact: Jeremy Russell-Smith
Dynamic Savanna Project Meeting, Townsville
Thursday 17 March, 12 noon to Friday, 18 March, 2005
Venue: Yongala Lodge, Fryer Street, Townsville.
Contact person: Prof. Dave Gillieson, James Cook University,
Townsville/Cairns
What it's about: This workshop is to discuss details of a
new CRC project on vegetation change in the savannas ( see link
to research project below ). This project aims to help develop
sustainable management systems for woody vegetation in tropical
savannas. It will develop better methods for quantifying woody
vegetation change, then apply those methods to selected case study
areas to investigate the nature, extent, causes, impacts and
treatments of woody vegetation change across northern
Australia.
Program
Thursday afternoon :
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Welcome, and progress report from project leaders
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Reports from activity lead persons (Alex, Rod, Steven, Garry,
Dave)
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Timing and coordination of fieldwork in 2005 to facilitate
interaction
Friday:
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Development of communication plan (internal and
external)
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Structure and components of Dynamic Savanna website (including
NAFI links)
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Development of draft 2005/06 budget
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Data storage and sharing arrangements
Contact Prof. Dave Gillieson in Townsville on 07 4781 6934 /
in Cairns: 07 4042 1389
Email: david.gillieson@jcu.edu.au
