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IWC CEO Mark Pascoe Chairs leading Australian water conference and exhibition
IWC CEO, Mark Pascoe, is Chair of the committee for Ozwater10, Australia’s most important annual event for the water industry. The conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland from 8 to 10 March 2010. Please visit the International WaterCentre stand - J41.
IWC Africa Node to participate in the National Freshwater Ecosystems Priority Areas (NFEPA) Project
The NFEPA project is a three-year partnership project (June 2008 – May 2011), led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Dow Live Earth Run for Water
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children in the developing world can walk everyday to secure water), taking place in hundreds of countries around the world, over the course of 24 hours. In Australia, the event will take place in Melbourne on 18 April, 2010.
Planners and researchers working together for effective outcomes
The IWC is engaging planners from the National Water Commission early in the process of research to ensure that valuable outcomes will be used in meaningful ways in environmental planning and policy.
International work experience in water management
IWC Master of Integrated Water Management graduate, Kristal Burry, found that inspiration flows both ways when she worked with water managers in Indonesia last week.
International WaterForum
The International WaterForum is a joint venture of the International WaterCentre, International Riverfoundation, The University of Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council.
EcoForum 2010
A free seminar aimed at bridging the gap between activist groups, industry, governments, and the facilitators charged with bringing all these parties together.
Focusing on Global Change at UQ
The University of Queensland has responded to the global challenge of escalating global population, a changing climate, and increasing demand on finite resources, with the establishment of the Global Change Institute (GCI).
Awards open to reward champions of waterway health
Entries are now open for the 10th year of the Healthy Waterways Awards, which provide recognition and reward to outstanding waterway health projects in South East Queensland.
Bremer River Forum
For a number of years the Bremer River in South East Queensland has received an ‘F’ (fail) in the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) Report Card.
Black bream wired for salinity research at UWA
A research project that involved tracking black bream on the South Coast of Western Australia has found some fish will swim up to 10 kilometres to find fresher water.
ACEDP largest project ‘River Health & Environmental Flow in China’ launched
The largest project under ACEDP - the IWC-managed, $3.4 million, two-year ‘River Health and Environmental Flow in China’ (River Health Project) - was launched on 3rd September in Beijing.
IWC graduate focuses on sustainable water management
As South East Queensland adopts new water guidelines, IWC graduate Nathan Cammerman has his eyes firmly set on helping to educate the community on water management.
Brisbane: Asia-Pacific’s water portal to Australia
“Healthy rivers and aquatic ecosystems are at the very heart of sustainability of our societies and economies,” says Wouter Lincklaen Arriens of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Food, health, livelihoods, tourism, etc, all depend upon sustainable access to clean water.
Ken Thiess Memorial Scholarship
IWC and the International Riverfoundation are proud to present the new Ken Thiess Scholarship for the IWC Master of Integrated Water Management to Olita Ogonjo for his outstanding commitment and dedication in improving the waterways in his home country of Kenya.
Launch of the Knowledge Hub for Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems
The official launch ceremony of the Knowledge Hub for Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems will take place at the Sea World Convention Centre (Paradise Room) on the Gold Coast on Wednesday 4 November 2009 at 9:30 am in the presence of almost 100 representatives from 15 countries across the Asia-Pacific region visiting Queensland to generate and share knowledge in relation to the protection and management of the worlds rivers and aquatic ecosystems.
The human face of water management
In Uganda the urban poor pay three times as much for water as do the rich, says Robert Apunyo, Ugandan winner of an International WaterCentre (IWC) Water Leader Scholarship.
Invitation: The Official Launch of the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Hub for Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems
You are invited to join with representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region to celebrate the official begining of the International WaterCentre’s Regional Water Knowledge Hub. Wednesday 4 November 2009 at 9:30 am, Sea World Resort.
Australia China Environment Development Partnership: River Health and Environmental Flow in China Project
The River Health and Environmental Flow in China Project (the Project) is a two-year, AUD$3.3 million project and the largest of the projects under the ACEDP. The project will be managed by the Brisbane-based International WaterCentre.
