This paper examines local engagement in management of both the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It outlines the results of a baseline survey about attitudes, perception, activities and knowledge of the natural environment of people living in western side of the Fitzgerald biosphere reserve.

This report looks at strategies for attracting and retaining skilled and professional staff to remote locations. It reviews issues including housing, utilities, lifestyle and community trends in remote locations. It reviews a number of strategies and suggests some practices that may have been overlooked.

This discussion paper touches on the complex effects of rapid population change in coastal communities and draws some parallels to other parts of the country and internationally. It offers an opportunity to consider the ‘big picture’ and suggests some signposts for possible future directions.

This project examined psychosocial well-being from the perspective of refugee adolescents in four government schools in Perth, Western Australia.

The objectives of the Vulnerability Assessment Mapping were to: identify locations of support (VCT, health promotion and education etc) and HIV-risk behaviour; identify factors that increase personal and societal HIV vulnerability and to map mobility patterns.