2009 Fenner Conference on the Environment:
The art and science of good environmental decision-making
10–12 March 2009
Day 1
OPENING ADDRESS – Greg Bourne, CEO Worldwide Fund for Nature Australia, and Chair CERF Reference Panel
DOING POLICY-RELEVANT SCIENCE – Marc Mangel, University of California (Santa Cruz)
[Video of Marc Mangel giving a similar presentation at ANU]
Evidence, values and trade-offs in environmental decision-making – Charlie Zammit, DEWHA
How critical is science in designing environmental policy? – John Whittington, DPIPWE Tasmania
Conservation planning in the urban fringe: dealing with multiple actors and multiple uncertainties – Sarah Bekessy, RMIT (AEDA)
Understanding implementation of conservation practices by rural landholders – Allan Curtis, CSU (LL)
THE MIS-MEASURE OF CONSERVATION: HOW DO WE FIND OUT HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE WE MAKE? – Bob Pressey, JCU (AEDA)
INFFER-ing cost-effective environmental outcomes – Anna Roberts, DPI
Conservation planning in complex real-world environments – Ascelin Gordon, RMIT (AEDA)
Prioritising ecological restoration – Kerrie Wilson, UQ/TNC (AEDA)
Five objections to prioritisation: Idiotic reasons not to use decision theory – Hugh Possingham, UQ (AEDA)
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE REAL WORLD: LESSONS FROM A 25-YEAR ODYSSEY – David Lindenmayer ANU (AEDA)
Keeping the Auditor-General happy: Demonstrating return on Caring For Our Country – Brendan Wintle, UMelb (AEDA)
Is poor quality the new high priority for biodiversity conservation? – Phil Gibbons, ANU (AEDA)
When to stop learning and start doing: Invasive species control with limited knowledge – Peter Baxter, UQ (AEDA)
Is it really worth learning about the benefits of management? – Mick McCarthy & Alana Moore, UMelb (AEDA)
ACCOUNTING FOR NATURE – Peter Cosier, Wentworth Group
Day 2
MONITORING FOR CONSERVATION: WHY, WHAT, HOW? – Jim Nichols, US Geological Survey
A change may be as good as a holiday for biodiversity management – Eve McDonald-Madden, UQ (AEDA)
Search and destroy: Cost-effective surveillance for pest management – Cindy Hauser, UMelb (AEDA)
Monitoring for biodiversity: making the right connections – Tony Norton, UTAS (LL)
What’s worked to improve extent and condition of native vegetation
on private land – Dave Duncan, DSE (LL)
MONITORING CATCHMENTS TO MANAGE WATER QUALITY – Hamish Cresswell, CSIRO (LL)
Modelling nutrient loads in Tasmanian rivers across space and time – Shane Broad, UTAS (LL)
Land-use and nutrients as drivers of change in Tasmanian river ecosystems: correlations and mechanisms – Peter Davies, UTAS (LL)
Cost-effectiveness of management interventions for water quality improvements at catchment scale – Lachlan Newham, ANU (LL)
Major estuarine types in Tasmania: implications for management strategies – John Gibson, UTAS (LL)
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE CONDITION – Tony Jakeman, ANU (LL)
Integration tools for decision-making – Carmel Pollino, ANU (LL)
Applying systems thinking to natural resource management – Carl Smith, UQ (AEDA)
Tools and techniques for environmental decision-making:
Remote sensing of landscape level biodiversity – Simon Jones, RMIT (LL)
Research to adoption – Addressing the challenges – Greg Pinkard, UTAS (LL)
Tools for bio-security risk analysis – Mark Burgman, UMelb (AEDA)
