Reports on proceedings of conference; includes recommendations from workshop sessions which have been presented to the enHealth Council for inclusion in an Action Framework.

The Australian rangelands occupy approximately three-quarters of the continent. They support diverse communities and businesses and make an important contribution to Australian society. The rangelands are landscapes where land use is dominated by pastoralism - extensive sheep and cattle grazing on native pastures. Rainfall is generally too low or too variable for dryland cropping or...

Using the example of the regional Victorian city of Bendigo, this paper discusses new drivers for change in planning for regional cities. Key challenges are associated with environment, global relationships, urban amorphism, water security, sustainable growth, application of new planning policy, the clash between heritage and modernism, and calls for participation in local democratic processes...

This report for the Avon Natural Resource Management Strategy provides an assessment of the current status of land resources throughout the Avon River Basin in Western Australia. It identifies the sub-regions and landscape components of the area and the land resource as sets. The greatest threats are salinity, soil acidification, subsurface compaction, waterlogging, water and...

This issue of Wetlands Australia highlights the achievements in wetlands conservation and management in 2003, and outlines the activities for 2004. Stories featured in this edition include snapshots of the BHP Billiton sponsored 'Revive our Wetlands' project, integrating wetlands management in broader natural resource management (NRM) regional planning and implementation processes, monitoring the Dalhousie Springs...