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16th Biennial ConferenceThe next Biennial Conference will be held in Bourke, New South Wales, 26-30 September 2010. This popular conference brings together managers, carers and users of rangeland resources 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 'rain on the rangelands'. Water issues have become increasingly important for the Nation and the drylands in particular. Bourke, on the bank of the Darling River, is an ideal and iconic location, to discuss rain and water. Climate variability is very high here and strongly influences the conduct of rangeland businesses. The allocation of river water to cropping businesses, towns and wetlands in these drylands is strongly debated and policies are changing. Bourke, a major town in the dryland portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, is being affected (socially and economically) by changes to water allocations. The first day of the Conference will be field trips to local sites to see and hear about the issues. In addition to keynote addresses on rain and water issues, the Conference will also feature cutting edge research and developments in a range of topics including Indigenous communities, precision pastoralism, resource restoration, sustainability indicators, wetland conservation, pest management and marginal cropping. The Conference will as usual provide the venue for discussion of any rangeland topic. The call for posters and talks has now been issued (download a flyer below).
Date for diaries and planning: 16th ARS Biennial Conference 26-30 September 2010 If you want to talk with somebody about the Conference, phone Russell Grant on Click here to download an advance Flyer for the 2010 Biennial Conference Click here to download a Prospectus to Sponsor the Conference Click here to download the 2nd conference flyer now calling for papers
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