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...

Overview and context of the project which seeks to develop clear methodologies for a sustainability assessment, relevant to affordable housing and urban development. This will enable a cross-sectional 'triple-bottom line' assessment of the two different land planning and development types, including the surveying of relative economic, social and environmental performances and relationships.

The key factors in promoting resident participation in renewal are community development approaches that start with local people, identify local issues and give residents the confidence and skills to influence their communities writes Bill Randolph.

This paper reviews the history of fire and bushfire in Australia, including the debate on bushfire hazard reduction burning. It outlines the provisions of the Rural Fire Service Act 1997, and provides a comprehensive summary of the fires which occurred in NSW during the 2001-2002 fire season. It is self evident that bushfires occur during...

This Paper focuses on over-clearing and subsequent degradation of the land as the major threats to biodiversity and agricultural productivity.