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News and Activities |
| 22 October 2009 | University of Western Australia, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, "Research to support and influence environmental managers and policy makers" (Dave) |
| 13 October 2009 | INFFER team wins the Science Prize of the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria (Anna, April, Jenny) |
| 12 October 2009 | Meetings at Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria (Anna, Dave, Geoff) |
| 12 October 2009 | University of Melbourne, School of Land and Environment, Dean's Lecture, "Linking Science to Policy" (Dave) |
| 12 October 2009 | University of Melbourne, Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, "Environmental Decision Making: Development and Delivery of Tools to Assist Managers and Policy Makers" (Dave) |
| 7 October 2009 | Keynote presentation: University of Western Australia, "Doing research to make a difference", Student Research Conference (Dave) |
| 2 October 2009 | Seminar: University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, "The environmental cost of poor prioritisation of environmental projects" (Dave) |
| 24 September 2009 | Meeting with Glenelg Hopkins CMA (Geoff) |
| 16 September 2009 | Presentation at CERF conference, Canberra (Anna) |
| 11 September 2009 | Meeting with Corangamite CMA (Geoff) |
| 8 September 2009 | Victorian Landcare Awards: Geoff Park, winner of the Sidney Plowman Travel and Study Award. More info - Photo |
| 8 September 2009 | Briefing of Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria (Geoff, Anna) |
| 7 September 2009 | Phone meeting Deb Slinger and Cynthia Podmore Evertrain (Geoff, Anna, April) |
| 3-4 September 2009 | Two-day INFFER training, North Central CMA (Geoff, April) |
| 31 August 2009 | Debrief with Gippsland Lakes Taskforce with Barry Hart and Chris Barry (Anna) |
| 27 August 2009 | Briefing of INFFER progress with Gippsland Lakes Taskforce (Peter Cottingham) |
| 26 August 2009 | Phone meeting with Graham Marshall and Northern Rivers CMA (Geoff, April, Anna) |
| 25 August 2009 | Asset identification workshop with Port Phillip and Westerport CMA (April and Geoff) |
| 19 August 2009 | Meeting with Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Sydney (Anna and April) |
| 19 August 2009 | Seminar: "Jack Makeham Memorial Lecture", University of New England: 'Environmental Policy and Farm Management' (Dave) |
| 18 August 2009 | The INFFER project wins the Eureka Prize for Research by an Interdisciplinary Team. See here. |
| 18 August 2009 | Meeting with Department of Industry and Investment (Primary Industries), Orange, NSW (Anna and Geoff) |
| 13 August 2009 | Joint briefing (with DSE) of Luke Morgan from Department of Agriculture and Food WA on progress with INFFER in Victoria (Geoff) |
| 12 August 2009 | Meeting with Department of Treasury and Finance, Perth (Dave) |
| 10-11 August 2009 | Northern NSW CMAs (Northern Rivers, Gwydir Border Rivers, Namoi) INFFER training in association with Graham Marshall (UNE) (Geoff and April) |
| 7 August 2009 | Phone meeting with Zoe Bainbridge and Jon Brodie to discuss INFFER and its potential contribution to the Great Barrier Reef |
| 7 August 2009 | Phone hookup with policy staff of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW |
| 6 August 2009 | Phone meeting with Paul Downey (Dept Environment and Climate Change, NSW) to discuss INFFER for weed-related issues (Dave) |
| 6 August 2009 | INFFER training for North Central Natural Resources Management Committee (April and Geoff) |
| 5 August 2009 | Brief the new board of North Central Catchment Management Authority (Anna and Geoff) |
| 3 August 2009 | Phone meeting with Graham Marshall about INFFER in northern NSW (Geoff, April, Anna) |
| 29 July 2009 | Meeting with Australian Government about 'Caring for our Country' program (Dave) |
| 29 July 2009 | INFFER and Victorian Landcare networks trial (second in a series of three workshops) held in Stawell (Geoff and April) |
| 27-28 July 2009 | INFFER training for Central West CMA in Wellington, also involved key DECC and DPI staff (Geoff, April and Steph) |
| 20-22 July 2009 | Visit to Zhejiang University and Hohai University in China for presentations and meetings on water quality (Dave) |
| 17 July 2009 | New INFFER logo, and the web site gets a facelift |
| 15 July 2009 | Version 18 of INFFER published online |
| 14 July 2009 | Initial meeting with Northern Rivers CMA (NSW) to discuss INFFER (Graham Marshall) |
| 8 July 2009 | Gippsland Lakes socio-economic feasibility workshop (Geoff, Anna, Steph) |
| 8 July 2009 | Symposium "Understanding Practice Change by Rural Landholders" conducted at University of WA, with 150 delegates (Dave, Sally) |
| 8 July 2009 | Official launch of Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at University of WA (Dave) |
| 8 July 2009 | Initial meeting with Namoi CMA (NSW) to discuss INFFER (Graham Marshall) |
| 6 July 2009 | Initial meeting with Border Rivers-Gwyder CMA (NSW) to discuss INFFER (Graham Marshall) |
| 22 June 2009 | Training of staff in the Department of Sustainability and Environment (Geoff, April, Stepj) |
| 18 June 2009 | North Central CMA INFFER Review (April, Geoff) |
| 12 June 2009 | Central West CMA initial briefing (Geoff and Anna) |
| 10 June 2009 | Gippsland Lakes technical feasibility workshop (Geoff, Anna, Steph) |
| 26 May 2009 | Meeting to brief CEOs of all Victorian CMAs on INFFER (Geoff and Anna) |
| 13 May 2009 | Goulburn Broken CMA INFFER meeting to work on assets (Geoff) |
| 6 May 2009 | Seminar at ABARE/BRS on INFFER and connecting research to policy (Dave) |
| 6 May 2009 | Attend orientation meeting of Caring for our Country Scientific Advisory Committee (Dave) |
| 6 May 2009 | Meeting with River Health DSE to discuss possible application of INFFER in River Health Programs (Geoff, Steph, Jane Whitford) |
| 5 May 2009 | Project Assessment workshop with Corangamite CMA for Bellarine Landscape zone |
| 30 April - 1 May 2009 | Project Assessment workshop for Strezlecki catchment ecosystem with West Gippsland CMA (Geoff and Steph) |
| 29 April 2009 | Commence revisions to the Project Assessment Form (to go from version 17 to 18) (Dave and Mel Strang). |
| 27 April 2009 | INFFER Training with Natural Resources Division of DSE (Geoff, Steph, April) |
| 21 April 2009 | Phone meeting with consultant to discuss Central West CMA (NSW) use of INFFER (Anna, Geoff) |
| 21 April 2009 | Inception meeting with Port Phillp CMA, DPI, DSE and Bass Coast Landcare Network for application of INFFER to Westernport Bay and catchment (Geoff and Stephanie) |
| 17 April 2009 | Invited seminar on INFFER to University of Melbourne School of Forestry and Ecosystem Science (Geoff) |
| 16 April 2009 | Jen gives birth to Thomas |
| 15 April 2009 | Olga gives birth to Malaika |
| 14-16 April 2009 | INFFER bioeconomic modelling field trip to Muckleford and Avon Richardson case study areas in the North Central CMA (Anna, Geoff, Alexei, Maksym, Morteza and Stephanie) |
| 8 April 2009 | Meeting with DPI NSW Evertrain team to discuss development of training materials (Geoff, Jen and Stephanie) |
| 6 April 2009 | INFFER Inception workshop with Goulburn Broken CMA (Geoff, Stephanie, Alexei and Jen) |
| 3 April 2009 | Seminar at University of Western Australia by David Pannell, on INFFER progress report |
| 2 April 2009 | Inception meeting in Sale with Gippsland Lakes Taskforce on application of INFFER to Gippsland Lakes (Anna, Geoff and Stephanie) |
| 2 April 2009 | Meeting with Inter-Agency NRM Working Group (Dave) |
| 1 April 2009 | Training workshop for 8 staff from RM Consulting Group in the application of INFFER (Anna, Geoff and Stephanie) |
| 1 April 2009 | Seminar at University of Waikato by Graeme Doole, on "Formulating robust management strategies under parametric uncertainty in bioeconomic models" |
| 31 March 2009 | Presentation on INFFER to Dairy Australia Catchment Researchers workshop (Geoff) |
| 31 March 2009 | Presentation on INFFER to Victorian DSE/DPI Market Based Intruments Learning Network (Jen and Geoff) |
| 27 March 2009 | Learned that Central West CMA in New South Wales has decided to investigate and possibly pilot INFFER |
| 27 March 2009 | Seminar at University of Western Australia by Morteza Chalack, on optimal management of pests when the control method has spillover impacts on the natural environment |
| 24 March 2009 | Meeting/discussion with directors of Department of Environment and Climate Change (Anna and Dave) |
| 24 March 2009 | Workshop with Natural Resource Commission to discuss INFFER results and lessons for NSW (Anna and Dave) |
| 20 March 2009 | Seminar at University of Western Australia by Maksym Polyakov, on modelling land use change |
| 13 March 2009 | Brief the board of Lachlan CMA about the results of applying INFFER in their region (Anna and Geoff) |
| 10-12 March 2009 | Presentation at Fenner conference, Canberra, on INFFER (Anna) |
| 10-12 March 2009 | Presentation at AgSAP conference, The Netherlands, on "Systems analysis informing policy" (Dave) |
| 4 March 2009 | Presentation at Outlook 2009 conference, Canberra, on "Making the most of 'Caring for our Country'" (Dave) |
| 15-18 March 2009 | Graeme Doole visits Rutherglen to discuss water quality bioeconomic modelling with Anna and Olga |
| 12 February 2009 | Presentation on Australian NRM policy at Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society annual conference in Cairns (Dave) |
| 11 February 2009 |
Dave Pannell received the annual award for "Quality of Research Discovery" from the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society for Public: Private Benefits Framework INFFER team member Graeme Doole received the annual award for best article in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics from the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
| 9-12 February 2009 | Training in Landscape Function Analysis with creator David Tongway (CSIR0) in Avon-Richardson catchment (Olga and Alexei) |
| 5 February 2009 | Seminar to Victorian branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Dave and Anna) |
| 5 February 2009 | Briefing of representatives from several Victorian CMAs (Geoff and Jenny) |
| 5 February 2009 | Meeting with and presentation to Executive Directors of Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria (Anna, Dave, Geoff and Jen) |
| 5 February 2009 | Meet with DSE policy people to discuss their handling of duty of care issues (Dave and Anna) |
| 5 February 2009 | Meet with DPI Victoria policy branch (Dave and Geoff) |
| 4 February 2009 | Meet with Barry Hart, Gippsland Lakes Taskforce to discuss INFFER work (Anna, Geoff, Steph) |
| 29 January 2009 | Meeting with North East CMA (Geoff, Anna and Alexei) |
| 26 January 2009 | Full journal paper describing INFFER placed on web site |
| 23 January 2009 | Workshop about INFFER with officers from six state government agencies in WA (David and Geoff) |
| 23 January 2009 | Meeting with two Executive Directors in the Department of Sustainability and Environment Victoria (Anna and Jen) |
| 22 January 2009 | Meet with officials from WA Department of Treasury and Finance (David and Anna) |
| 21-22 January 2009 | Meeting of almost the full INFFER team in Perth |
| 13 January 2009 | Meet Brendan Wintle (U Melb) to discuss expansion of biodiversity tools review (Alexei) |
| 8 January 2009 | Meet with Gippsland Lakes Taskforce, West Gippsland CMA and East Gippsland CMA to discuss application of INFFER to the Gippsland Lakes (Anna, Geoff) |
| 22 December 2008 | Meeting with DSE to discuss biodiversity white paper (Anna) |
| 18 December 2008 | Briefing North East CMA Board about INFFER progress and how to progress with Caring for our Country (Anna) |
| 18 December 2008 | Meeting with Peter Regan (DPI NSW) and Greg Summerell (DECC) to discuss INFFER in NSW (Anna) |
| 17-18 December 2008 | North Central CMA workshops to initiate investment planning for 2009-10 (Jen and Geoff) |
| 15 December 2008 | Meeting to finalise Biodiversity Tools review with Brendan Wintle, University of Melbourne (Geoff) |
| 12 December 2008 | North Central CMA meeting to train staff on in the application of INFFER (Geoff and Jen) |
| 10 December 2008 | We learned that two days ago the Australian Government included INFFER on the web site for Caring for our Country, suggesting it as a planning tool for groups preparing funding proposals. See http://www.nrm.gov.au/business-plan/project-planning.html |
| 10 December 2008 | Meeting with managers in Natural Resources Division of DSE, Victoria (Anna, Dave, Geoff) |
| 10 December 2008 | Meeting with Deborah Peterson and Gavan Dwyer, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria (Dave, Geoff) |
| 10 December 2008 | Meeting with John Burley, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria (Geoff, Dave) |
| 10 December 2008 | Meeting with Sustainable Irrigation Program of DSE in Melbourne. (Anna, Dave, Geoff) |
| 9 December 2008 | North Central CMA meeting to plan the investment process and staff training requirements (Geoff and Jen) |
| 4 December 2008 | Meeting with Murray Darling Basin Commission, with Simon Russell (MDBC) and Murray Chapman (consultant) (Anna) |
| 2 December 2008 | Meet Ken Wallace, Department of Environment and Conservation, WA, to discuss biodiversity. (Dave, Maksym) |
| 1 December 2008 | Phone meeting with policy officers in the Department of Primary Industries, NSW, to discuss INFFER. (Anna, Dave, Geoff) |
| 1-5 December 2008 | Ecological Society of Australia conference (Geoff, Alexei). Geoff presented a paper titled "Investing in biodiversity: a CMA perspective." |
| 27-28 November 2008 | Meetings and field tour with Environment Waikato, NZ (Anna, Graeme, Jen, Alexei, Olga) |
| 26 November 2008 | Phone meeting with the INCREMENT project team to discuss the relationship between the two projects. (Dave) |
| 25 November 2008 | INFFER briefing to Corangamite CMA Regional Investment Committee and subsequent approval for regional application (Geoff) |
| 24 November 2008 | Presented to Senior Officers Group (from each of the relevant state government departments) regarding INFFER and its use in Western Australia. |
| 19 November 2008 | Meeting with DSE, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (Geoff, Jen, Alexei) |
| 19 November 2008 | DSE meeting for Regional Catchment Strategy Guidelines (Geoff, Jen) |
| 18 November 2008 | West Gippsland CMA meeting to brief staff on the implementation of INFFER and which scale INFFER will be trialled at (Jenny and Geoff) |
| 17 November 2008 | Ran workshop with the six NRM regional bodies in Western Australia to provide next phase of training in INFFER. (Dave and Geoff) |
| 14 Novermber 2008 | Ran national symposium on "Understanding Practice Change by Farmers" at University of Melbourne. See www.ruralpracticechange.org. (Dave and Fay) |
| November 2008 | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry makes submission to Senate Inquiry into Natural Resource Management in which is makes extensive reference to INFFER and indicates that it is likely to be used in some way in the Caring for our Country program in future. |
| 13 November 2008 | North Central CMA irrigation meeting (Geoff, Anna, Jen, Alexei) |
| 12 November 2008 | FFI CRC meeting to discuss INFFER branding etc. (Anna) |
| 11 November 2008 | Lachlan CMA teleconference to discuss implementation of INFFER (Geoff, Jen, Anna, Dave) |
| 10 November 2008 | Briefing Corangamite CMA senior staff on INFFER and its trial application (Geoff and Jenny) |
| 7 November 2008 | Presentation at DSE Research-Policy conference (Anna) |
| 7 November 2008 | Lachlan CMA teleconference to discuss implementation of INFFER (Jen) |
| 4 November 2008 | Dave interviewed on ABC Radio National's "Australia Talks" program, on environmental triage |
| 27-28 October 2008 | Meeting with Kangaroo Island NRM group to discuss use of INFFER (Anna, Geoff and Jen) |
| 24-25 October 2008 | Anna’s 50th birthday and party (Anna, Geoff, Jen, Sally) – Dave forsook to go to Canada! |
| 24-25 October 2008 | Presentation at Canadian Agricultural Economics Society workshop “What makes agricultural economics research relevant for policy advice?”, Ottawa, Canada (Dave) |
| 23 October 2008 | Two presentations for Policy Research Initiative, Ottawa, Canada, on "Australian Environmental Policy" and "Policy Mechanism Choice" (Dave) |
| 22 October 2008 | Seminar, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, “Connecting research to policy: Why is it so hard? What can you do?” (Dave) |
| 22 October 2008 | Victorian Catchment Management Council –overview of INFFER (Anna) |
| 21-22 October 2008 | Bio-risk workshop with North Central CMA (Jen and Alexei) |
| 20 October 2008 | Presentation at Symposium: “Role of Economics in Public Policy”, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Dave) |
| 20 October 2008 | Meeting with Corangamite CMA, Castlemaine, to discuss the use of INFFER (Geoff and Jen) |
| 16 October 2008 | INFFER Review workshop with North Central CMA involving CMA staff and key DSE policy directors (Anna and Geoff) |
| 15 October 2008 | DPI meeting with Geoff Kaine, Fiona Johnston, Ian Dreher, Angela Avery and Anna to discuss INFFER and DPI’s Policy Choice Framework |
| 15 October 2008 | WA regions phone conference to discuss progress with implementation of INFFER assets and progress with planning (Geoff and Jen) |
| 10 October 2008 | Dave presents evidence to the Senate Inquiry into Natural Resource Management hearings in Perth. |
| 10 October 2008 | Field trip to St. Arnaud with Lindsay Ezard (DPI North Central) and April Curatolo (North Central CMA) to see the results of actions taken to restore biodiversity assets on agricultural land in the Avon-Richardson catchment (Geoff & Alexei). |
| 9 October 2008 | Seminar for Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, "National Natural Resource Policy - Past, Present and Future", Perth, (Dave) |
| 9 October 2008 |
Meeting with North East CMA, Wodonga, to assets and progress
with planning (Anna, Geoff, Jen and Alexei) Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to assess progress with implementation of INFFER and provide assistance and advice (Geoff and Jen) |
| 8 October 2008 | Meeting with Goulburn Broken CMA, Shepparton, to discuss using INFFER (Anna, Geoff and Alexei) |
| 7 October 2008 | Invited by Australian Govt to meeting in Canberra to review Outcome Statements and draft business plan for "Caring for our Country" program (Dave) |
| 2 October 2008 | Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to assess progress with implementation of INFFER and provide assistance and advice (Geoff and Jen) |
| 1 October 2008 |
Meeting with DPI Invasive species branch, Melbourne, to
discuss INFFER (Geoff and Jen) WA regions phone conference to discuss progress with implementation of INFFER assets and progress with planning (Geoff and Jen) |
| 29 September 2008 | New team member, Maksym Polyakov, commences. Maksym will focus on bio-economic modelling to inform future versions of INFFER. |
| 26 September 2008 | Seminar at UWA about linking research to policy (Dave) |
| 26 September 2008 | Meeting with Prof Concetta Vazzana, Dr Cesari Pacini, University of Florence for INFFER overview and to assess interest in applying (Anna, Olga) |
| 26 September 2008 | Community workshop for Lachlan CMA, Grenfell, on selecting high priority assets (Geoff and Jen) |
| 25 September 2008 | Meeting with Swan Catchment Council, Perth, to discuss INFFER (Dave) |
| 25 September 2008 | Training day for Lachlan CMA staff, Forbes, on INFFER (Geoff and Jen) |
| 24 September 2008 | Meeting with WA Rangelands NRM group, Bendigo, to discuss implementation of INFFER (Geoff and Jen) |
| 23 September 2008 | Briefing to West Gippsland CMA Board on INFFER, Sale. Board recommend the CMA implement INFFER. (Geoff and Jen) |
| 19 September 2008 | North East CMA meeting, Wodonga, to assist biodiversity group to develop asset project information (Geoff, Jen and Alexei) |
| 19 September 2008 | Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to assess progress with implementation of INFFER and provide assistance and advice (Geoff and Jen) |
| 17 September 2008 | Meeting with Swan Catchment Council, Perth, to discuss INFFER (Dave) |
| 16 September 2008 | CERF Conference (DEWHA), Canberra. Presentation on INFFER and panel discussion on Caring for our Country (Dave) |
| 15 September 2008 | Alexei Rowles commences. Alexei will focus on developing the biodiversity decision framework to underpin INFFER. |
| 12 September 2008 | Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to assess progress with implementation of INFFER and provide assistance and advice (Geoff and Jen) |
| 10 September 2008 | Training day on INFFER for regional NRM bodies in WA (Dave, Geoff and Jenny) |
| 5 September 2008 | Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to assess progress with implementation of INFFER and provide assistance and advice (Geoff and Jen) |
| 3 September 2008 | Teleconference with Lachlan CMA to discuss options for implementation of INFFER (Anna, Geoff and Jen) |
| 1 September 2008 | Dave presents INFFER and Public: Private Benefits Framework to WWF (WA). |
| 29 August 2008 | Dave present a seminar on the link between science and policy to School of Animal Biology at UWA |
| 28 August 2008 | Dave outline INFFER to Conservation Biology staff and students at UWA |
| 28 August 2008 | Meeting with North Central CMA staff, Bendigo, to discuss application of INFFER in irrigation reconfiguration (Geoff and Jen) |
| 26 August 2008 | Phone conference with DSE staff to discuss review of Landcare (Anna, Geoff and Jen) |
| 22 August 2008 | Meeting with three Tasmanian NRM regions to discuss overview and interest in INFFER (Geoff, Anna) |
| 21 August 2008 | Dave meet with regional NRM chairs in WA to discuss INFFER. Agree to support them using INFFER in a rapid process this year, and to provide a training day |
| 21 August 2008 | Meeting with North Central CMA, Bendigo, to review assets and progress with planning (Anna, Geoff and Jen) |
| 20 August 2008 | Dave presents at Productivity Commission "Roundtable" on improving the cost-effectiveness of public investment in the environment. |
| 19 August 2008 | Dave and Anna attend the dinner for the Eureka Prizes in Sydney. Our SIF3 project is a finalist for the Environmental Research award. We didn't win. |
| 19 August 2008 | Seminar and meetings at DSE Victoria (Dave, Anna, Geoff and Jenny) |
| 12-14 August 2008 | Anna, Jenny, Olga meet with Graeme Doole – discuss water quality aspects of INFFER Anna. Commence developing an “assets-threats-management options” |
| 11 August 2008 | Anna meets with North East CMA land asset project assessment group in Wangaratta |
| 11 August 2008 | New team member, Olga Vigiak, commences. Olga will focus on the development of water quality decision framework to underpin INFFER |
| 7 August 2008 | Dave presents at ABARE workshop on planning and prioritising environmental projects. |
| 5-7 August 2008 | Tour of Lachlan region in NSW, to meet with stakeholders and learn about local environmental assets (Anna, Jenny, Geoff and Dave) |
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30 July 2008 |
Geoff, Anna, Jen – North East CMA ‘top 20’ asset shortlist workshop |
| 24 July 2008 | Dave, Anna, Geoff and Jen meet with policy makers and with irrigation and river staff within DSE Victoria |
| 24 July 2008 | Dave and Anna meet with advisors to Australian Government ministers for environment, agriculture and water |
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1 July 2008 |
Jen – meeting with Andrew Hodges Investment Manager, Invasive Plants and Animals Branch to discuss INFFER |
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25 June 2008 |
Anna, Dave and Geoff – Canberra meeting on Bayesian Decision Networks with members of Landscape Logic project |
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25 June 2008 |
Anna, Dave and Geoff – meeting at DAFF to discuss Caring for our Country |
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25 June 2008 |
Anna and Dave– meeting at DEWHA with CERF program managers |
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17 June 2008 |
Geoff, Dave, Fay – SWCC salinity reference group meeting to determine ‘top 20’ asset shortlist |
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10-11 June 2008 |
Geoff, Anna – North East CMA INFFER training and field trip to Lower Ovens Catchment |
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4-5 June 2008 |
Geoff and Jen – SWCC community workshops to determine priority assets |
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27 May 2008 |
Geoff and Jen – training of INFFER project officer and field trip/project planning Lachlan CMA |
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21-22 May 2008 |
Geoff, Jen, Dave, Anna - Biodiversity expert workshop – Melbourne |
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20 May 2008 |
Meeting in Canberra with joint team/DAFF regarding Caring for our Country outcomes, Great Barrier Reef and Sustainable Farm Practices |
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15 May 2008 |
Anna, Geoff and Jen – meeting with North East CMA to plan field trip and training |
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7 May 2008 |
Anna, Geoff, Jen meeting with North Central CMA staff to plan next steps for INFFER |
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1 May 2008 |
Dave and Anna meeting with DEWHA, DAFF, BRS and ABARE in Canberra – briefings on INFFER and discussions about Caring for our Country program |
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22-25 April 2008 |
INFFER UWA post-doc interviews by Dave, Anna and others |
| 31 March-3 April 2008 | The team presented seven papers at the Second International Salinity Forum, Adelaide. |
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28 March 2008 |
Geoff and Jen ran training for Lachlan CMA staff in INFFER |
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25 March 2008 |
Presentation by Geoff and Jen to West Gippsland CMA, CEO and senior management team |
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18 March 2008 |
Anna - meeting with Geoff Robinson, North East CMA |
| 13 March 2008 | Presentation by David at Integrated Landscape Science meeting in Adelaide |
| 10-11 March 2008 | Meetings with South West Catchment Council to discuss implementation of SIF3. Tour of region to view some salt-affected assets. |
| 7 March 2008 | Seminar by David, 'Environmental policy for “lifestyle” rural landholders', School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia. |
| 5 March 2008 | Presentation on UWA economic research, including INFFER, at Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra. |
| 19 February 2008 | SIF3 discussed during Senate Estimate hearing for Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts. |
| 14-15 February 2008 | Workshop with NSW DPI training staff to commence development of training materials |
| 13 February 2008 | Meeting with Lachlan CMA in NSW to discuss their application of INFFER |
| 8 February 2008 | Presentation by David of two papers at the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society annual conference in Canberra. One paper on focus group results and the other on the public: private framework. |
| 5 February 2008 | Meetings with Deborah Peterson (DPI), Kimberley Dripps (DSE) and a group at DSE to discuss the project results and future directions |
| 24 January 2008 | Workshop with the Natural Resource Management Committee of the North Central CMA, to select priorities for their new investment plan |
| 10-11 January 2008 | Workshop with Managers of North Central Catchment Management Authority to develop management actions and assess feasibility of protecting assets |
| 20 December 2007 | Workshop with Managers of North Central Catchment Management Authority to develop asset assessment sheets |
| 17 December 2007 | Meeting with Ron Harris, Executive Director, and Sze Flett, Manager Sustainable Landscapes of the Catchment Agriculture Services division DPI |
| 13 December 2007 | Meeting of SIF3 project team in Perth to mark completion of the SIF3 project. Review entire project and key lessons learnt. |
| 10 December 2007 | Meet South Coast NRM senior staff to discuss process for taking forward the SIF3 recommendations |
| 7 December 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to Dryland Managers of Victorian Central Catchment Management Authorities to develop understanding of INFFER |
| 30 November 2007 | Anna and Geoff meet with and present to the Board of Lachlan CMA in NSW |
| 26 November 2007 | Presentation to Natural Resource Management Committee of North Central CMA |
| 16 November 2007 | Workshop with CEO, Managers of North Central CMA to identify high priority assets |
| 15 November 2007 | Provide report of draft SIF3 recommendations to South Coast NRM |
| 12 November 2007 | Meeting of Jenny with Tim Shannahan, Team Leader Irrigation, North Central CMA |
| Nov 2007 to Feb 2008 |
Intensive engagement with North Central CMA as it adopts and applies INFFER to its entire investment portfolio |
| 12 November 2007 | Complete first draft of document describing INFFER version 1. |
| 2 November 2007 | Anna (with support from Dave) presented to North Central CMA board on outcomes from SIF3 and future directions with INFFER |
| 31 October 2007 | Anna participated in meeting of North Central CMA staff to review project outcomes and consider future directions |
| 31 October 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to managers and staff of West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |
| 23 October 2007 | Presentation by David at CERF Conference, Canberra |
| 22 October 2007 | Meeting with senior NRM managers in the Australian Government |
| 19 October 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to Senior Executives and managers of Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority |
| 15 October 2007 | Presentation by David to special meeting of CEOs of WA regional NRM bodies |
| 5 October 2007 | Presentation by Anna and David to the NSW Natural Resources Commission, Sydney. |
| 5 October 2007 | Presentation by David and Anna to Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW. |
| 4 October 2007 | Meeting with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Department of Environment and Climate Change about NRM decision making and monitoring. |
| 27 September 2007 | Meeting with Board, community reps and senior staff of North East Catchment Management Authority to discuss future partnership |
| 26 September 2007 | Meeting of Jenny with Rohan Hogan, Technical Specialist Irrigation, North Central CMA |
| 12 September 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to managers of Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority and Department of Primary Industries |
| 10 September 2007 | Meeting of Jenny at Mallee Catchment Management Authority with Jo Latta, Manager Land |
| 4 September 2007 | Presentation by David to Natural Resource Management Council in Perth. |
| 28 August 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to CEO and Senior Executives of Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority |
| 21 August 2007 | Presentation by Jenny to Senior Executives of North East Catchment Management Authority |
| 17 August 2007 | Seminar by David at UWA, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics. |
| 15-16 August 2007 | Workshop with DPI CAS and North Central CMA in Lancefield, Vic on implications of our work for extension planning and practice (Anna, Geoff, David and Jenny) |
| 7 August 2007 | Presentation by David at Land Reference Group of South Coast NRM, Bremer Bay |
| 6 August 2007 | Lecture by David at UWA on extension, including implications of the Public:Private Framework. |
| 3 August 2007 | Meeting of SIF3 steering committee of South Coast NRM |