An historic conference about biodiversity, land
management, farming and the shaping of future sustainable landscapes will be
held at CSU next week. It will cap a year of celebratory
bicentennial events in Bathurst.
Increasing tree cover, particularly on stream sides and
floodplains, could help bird communities survive during long and severe
droughts, according to CSU ecologist Dr Dale Nimmo.
We often think of environmental conservation as
establishing new habitats of native plants but two CSU ecologists believe establishing populations of common wildlife in new
areas is just as important.
A project at CSU's Institute for Land, Water and Society has turned its attention to over 500 primary school students to show them the value of creating sustainable communities.
Humanitarian immigrants have a higher rate of entrepreneurship helping to contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Australia, according to at CSU business and entrepreneurship expert.
Anglers wetting a line in the Murrumbidgee River have
given CSU and NSW Department of Primary Industries researchers
a valuable insight into recreational fishing of Murray cod and golden perch.
With her family in Mexico City viewing the video live-streaming
from CSU, research
student Ms Luisa Perez-Mujica took just three minutes to explain
her project on how to deal with the complexity of people's 'mental models' of
the world.
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