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<div><b>Seminar notices just received :</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Environmental Biology Seminar Series</div>
<div> <i>When</i
>: <span
></span> <b> Wednesday, 2 August</b> 3:30pm, -<b> NOTE
THE EARLIER TIME</b></div>
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</x-tab> OR CATCH THIS SEMINAR AT 11am at CSIRO
L&W</b> - see below</div>
<div> </div>
<div><i>Where</i
>: <span
></span> Robertson Seminar Room</div>
<div
> <span
></span> Research
School of Biological Sciences</div>
<div> </div>
<div><i>Who</i
>: <span
></span> <b> Dr. Kate Holland</b></div>
<div
> <span
></span> <b>CSIRO
Land and Water, Urrbrae, SA</b></div>
<div> </div>
<div><i>Discussing</i>: The
Floodplain Risk Methodology (FRM): A rapid assessment method for
assessing salinisation risk and benefits of improved flooding regime
and groundwater management for the floodplains of the highly regulated
lower River Murray, South Australia.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><i>Synopsis</i
>: Dieback
of floodplain vegetation, associated with the salinisation of
floodplain soils by groundwater discharge, is a commonly observed
consequence of changes in flooding regimes and groundwater depths due
to regulation of rivers. In this talk, I will describe the development
of the GIS-based Floodplain Risk Methodology (FRM) and its application
to ~100,000 ha of floodplain in the highly regulated lower River
Murray in South Australia.</div>
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<div>The FRM was able to separate areas of the floodplain into three
management scenarios where:</div>
<div>1) Salt Interception Schemes (SIS) to control groundwater inflows
was required;</div>
<div>2) Protection from future salinisation risks was necessary;
and</div>
<div>3) Limited groundwater management options were available</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The FRM outputs are informing the development of floodplain
protection, prioritisation and planning processes by the environmental
flows and salinity policy makers in South Australia. This approach has
potential applications in other areas where salt accumulation from
groundwater discharge threatens floodplain vegetation health.</div>
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<div><font color="#808080">For information regarding future EB
seminars, contact Mike Hobbins</font></div>
<div><font color="#808080">on 6125-2406 or</font> <a
href="mailto:Michael.Hobbins@anu.edu.au"><font
color="#808080">Michael.Hobbins@anu.edu.au</font></a></div>
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<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Please note the following seminars this week
at CSIRO Land and Water in Canberra.</b><br>
Venue: Christian Lab, Clunies Ross St, Canberra City.</font> <a
href="http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/location.html"><font
size="-1">MAP</font></a><font size="-1">.</font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Wednesday 2 August at 11.00am</b><br>
<b>Title:</b> </font> <a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#Aug2"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">The Floodplain Risk Methodology
(FRM): A rapid assessment method for<br>
<span
></span> assessing salinisation risk and benefits of
improved flooding regime and<br>
<span
></span> groundwater management for the floodplains
of the highly regulated lower<br>
<span
></span> River Murray, South
Australia</font></a><font size="-1"> <b> See Abstract
above</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Speaker:</b> Kate Holland - CSIRO Land and
Water Urrbrae</font></div>
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<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Friday 4 August at 11.00am</b><br>
<b>Title:</b> </font> <a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#july19"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">Can trees really
desalinise</font></a> <a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#july19"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">Adelaide's water?</font></a><font
size="-1"><br>
<b>Speakers:</b> Jorge Pena and Albert van Dijk - CSIRO Land and
Water<br>
<b>Abstract:</b> </font><font size="-2"> Land use changes
such as tree planting have been promoted as a means of reducing stream
salinity. The joint CSIRO-Natural Heritage Trust project 'Commercial
and Environmental Forestry' tested whether forestry in medium
rainfall areas of the Murray-Darling Basin can help achieve the
salinity reduction targets set for the lower Murray River. We give an
overview of the results of this project as well as recent developments
in the salinity debate, and present the results of field work and
modelling to understand how afforestation changes the processes
involved in upland salt mobilisation.</font></div>
<div><font size="-1">Presented in association with the</font> <a
href="http://www.healthycountry.com/"><font size="-1"
color="#000000">Water for a Healthy Country Flagship</font></a></div>
<div><font size="-1"><i><br>
<b>Note in your diaries for the following seminars at CLW labs
throughout August</b></i></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Wednesday 9 August 2006 at 11.00am</b><br>
</font><a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#aug9"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">Dryland Salinity in Queensland: How
do we compare?</font></a><font size="-1"><br>
Richard Cresswell - CSIRO Land and Water, Indooroopilly &<br>
CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration
(LEME)</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Thursday 10 August 2006 at
11.00am</b></font></div>
<div><a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#Aug10"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">Why water storage markets should be
on the national reform agenda</font></a><font size="-1"><br>
Donna Brennan - CSIRO Land and Water, Perth</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Friday 11 August 2006 at 11.00am</b><br>
Water for a Healthy Country Research - How do people value the
Murray River Significant Ecological Assets<br>
Case Studies of Recreation use at the Barmah Forest and the
Coorong<br>
</font><a href="http://www.clw.csiro.au/staff/DyackB/"><font
size="-1" color="#000000">Brenda Dyack</font></a><font size="-1"> -
PERU, CSIRO Land and Water<br>
Presented in association with the</font> <a
href="http://www.healthycountry.com/"><font size="-1"
color="#000000">Water for a Healthy Country Flagship</font></a></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Wednesday 16 August at 11.00am</b><br>
</font><a
href=
"http://www.clw.csiro.au/division/canberra/seminars/abstracts06.html#Aug16"
><font size="-1" color="#000000">Simplifying
Sustainability</font></a><font size="-1"><br>
Jean Chesson -</font> <a href="http://www.affa.gov.au/brs"><font
size="-1" color="#000000">Bureau of Rural Sciences</font></a></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Wednesday 23 August 2006 at 11.00am</b><br>
Land Surface Evaporation at Local and Regional Scales using Flux
Towers and Remote Sensing<br>
Helen Cleugh - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research</font></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Friday 25 August at 11.00am</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1">John Sims -</font> <a
href="http://www.affa.gov.au/brs"><font size="-1"
color="#000000">Bureau of Rural Sciences</font></a></div>
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