by kapow | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Twofold Bay – A Great Coastal Laboratory Last week Irene and I had the pleasure of attending the 80th birthday celebration of Roger McLean. The venue was Edrom Lodge on the south side of Twofold Bay located on the New South Wales south coast. It was a family...
by kapow | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog, Contributor
VALE: Professor John Chappell FAA (1940-2018) Professor John Chappell FAA (1940-2018) Photo Source Australian Academy of Science It is with great sadness I heard the news last week that my old friend and colleague, John Chappell, passed away. We are of a similar...
by kapow | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog, Legal
Coasts and Legal Systems The legal framework for environmental law as articulated by James Thornton in his book ClientEarth, refers to enforcement as the fifth stage. This follows four stages consisting of science leading to policy to law to implementation. This fifth...
by kapow | Sep 16, 2018 | Blog, Water
Moods of Sydney Harbour Much has been written about “our harbour”: its geological setting, geomorphic evolution, First Nation settlement, the arrival and impact of the British First Fleet, its natural systems and their degradation, wartime conflict, the ships and...
by kapow | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Community Consultation In 2016, I wrote a series of ACS blogs on the paper by Robert Thompson on “Cultural models and shoreline social conflict” (Coastal Management, 2007, 35, 211-237). This is a most inspiring contribution to coastal management literature. I have...
by kapow | Aug 18, 2018 | Blog, Water
Managing water quality through regenerative agriculture Understanding and managing what flows out of coastal catchments into estuaries and ICOLLs is vital to improving the health of our waterways. It was a point made very clear to me at a recent meeting of the new NSW...