The next ARRC Yellow Award is ready to be awarded and I am keen to have you, the ARRC community, involved in nominating people to recieve this wonderful award.
Details about the award can be found on our website, but essentially it is about recognising those people who provide a brightness and optimism amongst the ‘blue’ that tends to dominate many of our work environments.
Please take the time to have a think about someone you think is worthy and get in touch with me via email. I look forward to hearing from you, Siwan
The Commission’s 2011 Biennial Assessment pointed to the interactions between water and associated areas of policy including natural resource management, energy, and climate change. The assessment suggested that given the recent development and implementation of climate change policy initiatives it would be prudent to analyse the interactions between climate change and water in further detail. This newly released Water policy and climate change in Australia report was commissioned in response to that need.
The Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between climate change policy and water policy across seven key sectors that supply water, use water or otherwise affect water policy. These were urban water, rural water, the environment, agriculture, electricity generation, forestry and mining. An assessment framework was used to identify and assess the potential impacts on water resources and service provision of:
- climate change mitigation policies or actions designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- climate change adaptation policies or actions designed to better manage the impacts and/or risks associated with climate change.
Based on this assessment, the report makes five overarching recommendations to address areas where improvement is warranted. They focus on areas assessed to be priorities because of the high ‘materiality of climate change related impacts, and because current policy settings may be insufficient to deal with changes brought about by climate change. Each recommendation is supported by a number of more detailed actions. Follow this link to learn more about the Water policy and climate change in Australia report.
Another great article from our friends at One Thousand and One Storytelling who talk about the need to have both ‘Plumbing’ and ‘Poetry’ in presentations.
The ‘plumbing’ part of the presentation is all the facts and figures that we tend to get immersed in and which, when not delivered with some ‘poetry’ tends to leave the audience wishing they were somewhere else! ’Poetry’ is the story, the heart, the inspiration, the ‘why are these facts so important’ part of your presentation – it is what connects the presenter to the audience.
I encourage you to take a look at the full article, and also consider accessing the free videos on storytelling that Gabrielle and Yamini will send to you once you sign up. Siwan
Recreational fishing in Australia has changed a lot over the years – it’s not enough to just know a lot about catching fish, we’re constantly bombarded by a flurry of information, issues, and politics which impact on our sport, and our enjoyment of it. Climate change, marine parks, sharing fish stocks with other sectors, and the need to be vigilant in caring for our waterways and fish habitat are just some of the issues on the recreational fishing landscape today in Australia.
Now more than ever, it is important that the rec fishing community come together to discuss important issues, share ideas, and develop a vision for a bright future for recreational fishing in Australia. The National Recreational Fishing Conference 2012 will be held on the Gold Coast between 17-19 August. The event is a collaboration between Recfish Australia and the Australian Fishing Trade Association and will be part of a full week of events and activities relating to recreational fishing.
So join the conversation about the future of rec fishing in Australia, jump on the conference website and register today. I look forward to seeing you there!
Matt Barwick, Recfishing Research Extension Manager
We all benefit from sharing knowledge and expertise, and at the ARRC we are extremely fortunate to have our newly formed ARRC Advisory Council.
We welcome Albert Blair, Leith Boully, Peter Davies, Sandra D’Souza and Ian Rutherfurd to our Council, and thank them for donating their time, thought and energy to the ARRC on a volunteer basis.
To learn more about this group of fantastic people follow this link to our Advisory Council page.
I am hoping that the Advisory Council will provide us with the ‘advice’ we need so that the cartoon accompanying this blog does not occur!!! Siwan
The next ARRC Yellow Award is ready to be awarded and I am keen to have you, the ARRC community, involved in nominating people to recieve this wonderful award.
ARRC Yellow Award, People and relationshops | Siwan Lovett | 
16 May 2012 12:47 pm | 
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