Fenner School Seminar Series

Thursday 17 September, 1.00 - 2.00pm, Forestry Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building 48

“Watershed management and climate warming in the Sierra Nevada”

David Rheinheimer, PhD Scholar, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Centre for Watershed Sciences, University of California, Davis Chaired by Jamie Pittock, ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, and co-hosted by the ANU Water Initiative and ANU Climate Change Institute.

HUMAN ECOLOGY FORUM

Friday 18 September, 10.00 - 12.00 noon, Room 101, Forestry Building 48

“Restoring wetlands with disadvantaged and rural communities in South Africa”

Damian Walters, visiting Jamie Pittock from South Africa

Damian works with the Mondi Wetlands Program to restore wetlands across South Africa. A key element of the work is with labor market programs with the rural poor called "Working for Wetlands". Damien is working at the cutting edge of ecology, water and poverty reduction.

See the Human Ecology Forum calendar for upcoming forum sessions: http://hec-forum.anu.edu.au/calendar.php

Fenner School Weather Briefing

A weather briefing by Clem Davis - Thursdays 12 - 12:30PM - Room F103

See: http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news_events/events/weather.php

MORNING TEA

Sarah Goldin and Matt Brookhouse will be hosting this week’s morning tea in the John Banks Courtyard.

PUBLICATIONS

Fischer, J., Peterson, G.D., Gardner, T.A., Gordon, L.J., Fazey, I., Elmqvist, T., Felton, A., Folke, C. and Dovers, S. 2009. Integrating resilience thinking and optimisation for conservation, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 24, 549-554.

Locke, H., Mackey, B. 2009. The Nature of Climate Change: Reunite International Climate Change Mitigation Efforts with Biodiversity Conservation and Wilderness Protection, International Journal of Wilderness, 15, 2, 7-14.

Kingsford, R.T., Watson, J.E.M, Lundquist, C. J., Venter, O, Hughes, L., Johnston, E.L., Atherton, J., Gawel, M., Keith, D.A., Mackey, B.G., Morley, C., Possingham, H.P., Raynor, B., Recher, H. F., Wilson, K.A. 2009. Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania, Conservation Biology, 23, 4, 834–40.

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, etc

FOR INFORMATION

Youth Decide - vote for a safe climate.

Union Court and online till Friday

Until the end of this week (14-18 Sept) ANU students are holding an event at Union Court that is part of Australia's first national youth vote on Australia's climate future. We want to make sure the voice of Fenner students count. 300 events are being held around Australia - in schools, universities, public places and workplaces. A team of 20 young people including ANU student Charlie Wood, will present the results of this vote to the United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen this December. The results will also be presented (immediately following the vote) to the Australian Government and to the United Nations climate week in New York.

Please encourage your students (and kids) to attend in the final 3 days if they haven't done so already. Voting is open 11-3 at union court or online at www.youthdecide.com.au. Posters/blurbs etc can be emailed - contact Nicky. Nicky.Moffat@anu.edu.au

There are some great vids online (website above -or email Nicky) if you're looking for some younguns' stories to give you hope and inspiration!

Save the Button Wrinklewort

ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society, and Friends of Grasslands volunteer bush (grassy ecosystem) regeneration

Saturday 19th September 2009, 9 am to 4 pm, Yarramundi Reach, Canberra

Fenner School & Friends of Grasslands second work party to weed this significant grassland site. Our work on the site earlier in the year has encouraged the National Capital Authority to invest in a management plan and other conservation measures. The site is looking better and the weeds are easier to see, so we hope to eliminate remaining woody weeds, Chilean Needle Grass and St Johns Wort in the best habitat areas.

There will be a free BBQ (with halal and vegetarian food). To register contact Jamie Pittock: jamie.pittock@anu.edu.au or phone 02 6125 6142.

Further work parties are planned at Stirling Ridge on 17 October and 5 December, as well as a nature walk on 21 November with local expert, Adam Muyt.

On Friday 11 September

Fenner CERF project team presented a BRS Seminar "Sustainable Farms project: Transdisciplinary research for sustainable grazing in the Lachlan River catchment, NSW", by Joern Fischer, Kate Sherren, Helena Clayton, Jacki Schirmer, Richard Price and Steve Dovers. This week, Steve will present a summary report to the annual Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities conference in Canberra, at which he will also deliver the after dinner address on problems in the relationship between research and policy.