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<copyright>Copyright 2008 Department of the Environment and Water Resources</copyright>

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<title>Nominate as a Community Coastcare grants assessor</title>
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<description>The Australian Government is seeking a range of people to participate in assessing Community Coastcare grants applications</description>
<pubDate>11 April 2008 13:35:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>New GIS tool for cotton industry</title>
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<description>terraGIS is a web-based Geographic information System that allows access to biophysical data collected and generated as part of a series of Cotton Research and Development Corporation projects.</description>
<pubDate>13 Nov 2007 14:05:00 +1100</pubDate>
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<title>Plantations and water use fact sheet</title>
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<description>This paper provides a brief review of scientific literature relating to water use by vegetation in catchments, and shows current plantation areas in major catchments.</description>
<pubDate>02 Oct 2007 13:16:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Envirofund Round 9 announced</title>
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<description>Successful applicants for funding under Round 9 of the Australian Governemnt Envirofund have been announced.</description>
<pubDate>02 Oct 2007 13:16:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Regional Resource Knowledge Kit</title>
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<description>The Regional Knowledge Resource Kit is an interactive online resource for learning and skills development in information and knowledge management for regional natural resource management.</description>
<pubDate>21 Sep 2007 13:31:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Weeds in Australia</title>
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<description>Check out the new Weeds in Australia web site.</description>
<pubDate>21 Sep 2007 13:28:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>5th National Waterwatch Conference</title>
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<description>This conference will focus on sustaining, showcasing and sharing the knowledge and experiences gained from Waterwatch activities to inform future developments.</description>
<pubDate>12 Sep 2007 15:53:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Partners in sustainable production</title>
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<description>Partners in sustainable production captures the experiences of fourteen groups who tell their own stories about how they manage their organisations, maintain enthusiasm while engaging with strategic partners, and implement sustainable
production projects.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:17:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title>Queensland marine monitoring report</title>
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	<description>This report provides data obtained from monitoring activities undertaken in six catchment areas between December 2004 and April 2006 as part of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan.</description>
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	<title>Capacity Building Resource manual</title>
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	<description>This manual for capacity building provides a framework for practitioners to develop, implement and evaluate capacity building projects and activities. It includes case studies to illustrate this framework and the theory of capacity building, and provides references about capacity building.</description>
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	<title>Land salinity indicators endorsed</title>
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	<description>The National Land and Water Resources Audit (the Audit) is collecting and collating information about Australia's natural resources.</description>
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	<title>Market Based Instruments factsheets</title>
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	<description>A series of fact sheets about the Market Based Instruments Pilot Programme.</description>
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	<title>Environmental Stewardship Programme</title>
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	<description>The Environmental Stewardship Programme is a new Australian Government initiative that will focus on the long-term protection, rehabilitation and improvement of targeted environmental assets on private land or impacted by activities conducted on private land, including freehold and leasehold.</description>
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	<title>National evaluations of the NHT and the NAP</title>
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	<description>Ten National evaluations of the Trust and the NAP were commissioned by the Natural Heritage Ministerial Board in late 2004 and early 2005. All ten evaluations are complete and reports are available for nine.</description>
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	<title>Natural Resource Talk - issue 7</title>
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	<description>The aim of the Natural Resource Talk newsletter is to provide current information about natural resource management people, projects and events.</description>
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