29th November 2007
The Regional Science Forum at National Wine Centre
Podcasts are available for each of the speakers by subscribing to http://feeds.litfuse.com.au/litfuse in i-Tunes or equivalent, or by clicking on the individual blogs below and downloading the mp3 files one by one:
- David Wotton (Chair of the SAMDB NRM Board)
- Lynette Crocker (Welcome to the Country)
- Wayne Meyer (University of Adelaide - The Place, role and future of NRM: reflections on South Australia's progress relative to other world experience)
- Stephanie Williams (DWLBC - Update on the Alliance and the opportunities it will provide to the regions)
Session 1 - Understanding our ecological assets
- Qifeng Ye (SARDI - Influences of salinity and water quality on the recruitment dynamics of fishes in the Lower River Murray)
- Dan Rogers (University of Adelaide - Coorong Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Ecology: Aquatic birds of the Coorong; spatial and temporal patterns)
- Kate Holland (CSIRO - Responses of the River Murray floodplain to flooding and groundwater management)
- Jeff Foulkes (DEH - Biological Survey and Monitoring)
- David Paton (University of Adelaide - Fire impacts in Ngarkat)
Session 2 - Restoring ecosystem function
- Brian Deegan (University of Adelaide - Coorong Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Ecology: Productivity and tropho-dynamics of the Coorong Lagoons)
- Russell Crosbie (CSIRO - Surface Water: Groundwater interactions in River Murray wetlands and implications for water quality and ecology)
- Mark Lethbridge (Flinders University - Identifying high value areas for revegetation)
- Damian Pearce (DWLBC - River Murray Forest Project)
- Mardi van der Wielen (SAMDBNRM - Identify ecological responses to environmental flows in the EMLR)
Session 3 - Sustainable Production Systems
- Dr Tapas Biswas (SARDI - Salinity impact on Lower Murray horticulture Stage 3: Application and knowledge transfer of DEP15 outcomes)
- Rob Stevens (SARDI - Managing horticulture production under a more saline environment)
- Brett Ryan (CSIRO - Lower Murray Landscape Futures)
- Ross Ballard (SARDI - Mallee dryland grazing systems - Lucerne and new perennial legumes)
- Mike Bennell (DWLBC - Development of multi-product biomass industries for South Australia)
Session 4 - Social and economic tools and evaluation
- Holger Maier (University of Adelaide - Sensitivity analysis of models used to predict the effects of policy decisions on salinity levels in the River Murray)
- Peter Hayman (SARDI - Understanding and managing the impact of seasonal variability on the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin economy, ecology and social structures)
- Jeff Connor (CSIRO - Assessment of Market Based Instruments in SAMDB NRM region)
- Anne Morgan (O'Connor NRM - Assessment of biodiversity auctions)