Mr Howard’s $10 billion National Plan for Water Security is missing two essential ingredients – details on how public participation will be achieved, and an environmental perspective, according to a Charles Sturt University professor.

A new book that looks at quality assurance tools and certification programs in ecotourism will be a valuable guide for new and existing ecotourism operators world-wide.

Many Australians in recent years have questioned the continued relevance of state governments in the Australian political and government landscape, says a CSU academic.

The final report of 'The Garnaut Climate Change Review', released on Tuesday 30 September, offers a constructive way forward, according to a senior CSU academic.

In the mid-1860s many hardworking German farmers left South Australia to select cheap farming land in the fertile Southern Riverina region of NSW.

Climate change is seriously threatening the ability of regional Australia to produce food for export to countries facing food shortages.

Frog populations are declining world-wide, and while a great deal of attention has been paid to factors like disease, the loss of natural habitat remains the single greatest threat to amphibian populations. Despite this, we know very little about how frogs respond to habitat changes, particularly altered water regimes or how to manage wetland flooding regimes to increase their chances of survival.

Wombats may well look slow and cumbersome but appearances can be deceiving. While we know they can move very quickly over short distances, it seems that they can also cover large distances, up to 4kms, at night.

China and Australia will both benefit from a program designed to share expertise and experience from the two countries in managing wetlands and using wetlands to treat waste water.