The McKell Medal is public recognition of outstanding
achievement by an individual or people in partnerships, in changing
community attitudes through promotion, education, research or
development activities in natural resource management. The medal is
sponsored by Australian, state and territory government agencies
engaged in agriculture and natural resource management through the
NRM Ministerial Council.
Applications close 16 November, 2007.
For further information and application form visit www.daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/mckell
Honours Research Scholarships — Restoration Ecology
Charles Sturt University
Applications close Thursday 15 January, 2008
CSU is offering two one-year Honours Research Scholarships
studying the following two exciting restoration ecology topics with
considerable fieldwork at Newcrests’ Cadia Valley Mine
Operations near Orange NSW:
- Biodiversity of soil biota in topsoil stockpiles
- Metal uptake by vegetation in mine rehabilitation area
Contact: Potential candidates with a good academic track
record and a bachelor degree in Environmental Science (or
equivalent) to contact Dr A Raman, Honours Program Coordinator
Tel: (02) 63 657833
Email: araman@csu.edu.au or
Dennis Hodgkins
Tel: (02) 6365 7521
Email: dhodgkins@csu.edu.au
