17th Biennial Conference

The next Biennial Conference will be held in Kununurra, Western Australia, 23-27 September 2012. This popular conference brings together managers, users and researchers of rangelands for discussion of 'hot topics' and current rangeland issues. The conference will feature the latest research and development and the synthesis and application of knowledge.

The theme for the upcoming Conference is 'celebrating diversity: people, places, purpose'. Proposed topics for discussion include: 

• strategic land and water use planning in northern Australia
• balancing pastoral, tourism, mining and conservation uses in the rangelands
• Indigenous land use and management
• latest techniques in grazing, biodiversity, fire and carbon management
• new science for rangeland management in a multiple use framework
• case studies in land restoration and land use change

 Link to the conference website here

Date for diaries and planning: 17th ARS Biennial Conference 23-27 September 2012

If you want to find out more about the conference contact Paul Novelly of the Organising Committee by emailing paul.novelly@agric.wa.gov.au