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ENVIRONMENT & WATER
Home > Latest News > Environment & Water Leading national research for problems of regional and rural Australia 27 Oct 2006
Leading Charles Sturt University research ranging from addressing the scourge of cereal cropping in southern Australia - annual ryegrass - to developing a computer game to simulate a major national crisis has won major funding in the latest round of Federal Government grants. Finding the silver lining in cancer 24 Oct 2006
When a member of a family is diagnosed with cancer the impacts on a family can be dramatic but is it necessarily all "doom and gloom"? What has happened to the pollen count? 16 Oct 2006
"Frankly, it’s been so low this whole season so far, that we haven’t started reporting it yet!" says Dr George Car of CSU’s School of Biomedical Sciences. He says the pollen count is the lowest ever in the ten years he has been monitoring it in the Wagga Wagga area. "In previous years, the grass pollen count would have been well into the moderate or even into the high range by mid-October." Cooperative agricultural research showcased during Cambodian Prime Minister’s Wagga Wagga visit 13 Oct 2006
Cooperative agricultural research projects between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) was a feature of the Cambodian Prime Minister’s visit to Wagga Wagga yesterday (Thursday 12 October). 01 Sep 2006
A hundred years ago, Sydneysiders were concerned about a lack of water, congestion in the CBD, the problems caused by public-private development and a severe skills shortage. Sound familiar? According to Dr Clive Beauchamp, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Social Sciences and Liberal Studies School, "in some ways, public expectations never seem to change". Commentators on Water recycling 31 Jul 2006
After the recent rejection of water recycling from sewerage by Toowoomba residents in southern Queensland, a Charles Sturt University expert in the social impact of water management says the “no” vote reflects public perceptions of risk in public health and environmental issues. Taking the heat out of prescribed burning 17 Jul 2006
Is prescribed burning a good thing or not? How do you resolve potential conflicts between impacts on tourism and public health with its role in bushfire management and the ecological health of our forests? 07 Jul 2006
With ever-increasing pressures on Australia’s water resources, scientists are looking for ways to balance the needs of irrigators with those of the environment. Coal versus nuclear: the debate we have to have 03 Jul 2006
Should Australia have a nuclear industry? According to the Prime Minister John Howard, this is a debate we have to have. Dr Roderick Duncan is a lecturer in economics at Charles Sturt University (CSU). He says nuclear power is probably not economically feasible in a country like Australia. Managing our heritage for the future 22 May 2006
Heritage, and how we manage our heritage, is just as much about the present as it is about the past. |
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