by kapow | Feb 23, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Latest News
Rabbits more destructive to dunes than climate change Rabbits have been identified as the culprit behind historical damage to the vast dune system that flanks South Australia’s Coorong. A long-term study of vegetation cover on Younghusband Peninsula’s transgressive...
by kapow | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Government Policy
Future national need for a healthy environment Since the mid-1980s, it has become increasingly established that climate change will impact the lives of Australians, on the economy and the health of environmental assets. The interconnected functioning of natural...
by kapow | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog, Coastal Conference
ANZGG CONFERENCE AT INVERLOCH, VICTORIA I recently attended the 18th Biennial Australian New Zealand Geomorphology Group conference in delightful Inverloch in the south Gippsland region of Victoria. This conference is held at a place in either Australia or New Zealand...
by kapow | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Water
Coastal science and the Murray River mouth Two important documents about the River Murray were released last week (23 Jan and 2 Feb.). First, the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission completed its report investigating the operations and effectiveness of the...
by kapow | Feb 2, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, International
INDIA COASTAL MANAGEMENT It is very interesting to follow Coastal Zone Management initiatives in other countries. I have been following developments in India during 2018 and in late December their federal government introduced a national regulation which deserves our...