by kapow | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens-Myall Lakes 1960 – Research Opportunities In 1960 as an honours student in Geography at University of Sydney, I was given an incredible gift. To be free to choose a topic and an area for thesis research, a choice in retrospect that guided my...
by kapow | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens – Myall Lakes 1960 – the journey. Just 60 years ago I started my journey in coastal research. I had the good fortune of selecting the coastal strip between Newcastle in the south and Seal Rocks in the north as a study area for a fourth-year...
by kapow | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Legal
LEGACY ISSUES AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT Coastal managers frequently find themselves in a quandary. Actions taken in the past, sometimes legally sometimes not, have left behind legacies which today are noted for adverse effects. In a world of increased population growth...
by kapow | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog, International
TYPHOONS AND HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA Australian scientists based at ANU in 1975 made contact with Chinese colleagues at Academica Sinica. There was a mutual interest in Quaternary geology, human prehistory, and environmental change. I was at ANU at the time and took...
by kapow | Sep 1, 2020 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Impact of sea-level rise on coastal natural values in Tasmania Red-Necked Stints (Australia) The coast constantly falls through the cracks ‘between’ focal areas and interests relating to various ‘care’ groups and campaigns.Australians see the...
by kapow | Aug 29, 2020 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES REMAIN THREATENED Environmental legislation now before federal parliament offers an opportunity to go beyond that of removing “green tape”. Devolution to the states of federal responsibilities without an independent regulator and funding support...