Tools

for Natural Resource Management & Monitoring

20-21 February 2014 ~ Brisbane, Queensland

Workshop to strengthen collaborations between natural resource managers and researchers

Program Day 1 Location: The Ship Inn, South Bank Parkland, Brisbane, QLD - 8:15 for 8:30 a.m. start 1 ~ Presentations by researchers and managers on current collaborative projects ~ Conversation on funding priorities ~ Discussion groups for regional bodies to explain their research needs ~ Informal dinner and socialising ~ climate change adaptation ~ sea-level rise ~ prioritizing actions for biodiversity ~ fire metrics ~ ~ offset calculations ~ runoff-reduction ~ monitoring ~ connectivity ~ Brigalow restoration ~ ~ turtles ~ koalas ~ Marxan.net ~ ecosystem services ~ marine, terrestrial, and interface ~ Day 2 Location: St Lucia University of Queensland campus, Brisbane QLD 9 a.m. start ~ Choice of INFFER2 or MARXAN3 full-day hands-on training Free registration includes: ~ morning and afternoon tea, lunch each day, day 1 informal dinner (purchase own drinks) ~ INFFER or MARXAN training courses on day 2 This workshop is limited to 40 participants Registration closes on Friday January 31, 2014 Inquiries? Contact:

Register HERE

Nancy Auerbach n.auerbach@uq.edu.au PhD candidate Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland possinghamlab.org

Morena Mills morena.mills@uq.edu.au Postdoctoral Fellow Global Change Institute University of Queensland www.gci.uq.edu.au

Including managers in Natural Resource Management Regions (NRMs)/Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs), City to Commonwealth Governments, etc. 2 INFFER is a tool for developing and prioritising projects to address environmental issues such as reduced water quality, biodiversity, environmental pests and land degradation. It is designed to help environmental managers achieve the most valuable environmental outcomes with the available resources. www.inffer.com.au MARXAN systematic conservation planning software provides decision support to a range of conservation planning problems, including the design of new reserve systems, reporting on the performance of existing reserve systems and developing multiple-use zoning plans for natural resource management. uq.edu.au/marxan
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