by kapow | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, Government Policy
Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program I recently attended a meeting of the Advisory Board of the new Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program (VCMP).This program was established last year as a partnership between the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning...
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...
by kapow | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog, Water
Sydney Harbour Sea Fog – Summer of 2018/2019 Sea fog has been a regular occurrence this summer in Sydney Harbour. To hear fog horns sounding in the middle of the day is a rare experience. From our verandah we can see the fog as it rolls through the Heads into...