University In The Brewery: Session 2

River Health and Management: A Local Case Study (Kangaroo River)

Wednesday 8th June 2005, at 5:30 pm at Five Islands Brewery

Carla Mooney (from the Faculty of Law – UOW) has completed her PhD investigating the administrative arrangements for river health in the Kangaroo River.
Her talk will touch on:

• the effectiveness of the integration of water and land use planning;
• community engagement in decision-making processes;
• how multiple uses and pressures are considered; and
• emerging and existing legal approaches to natural resource management for the area.

Paul Formosa (pictured below with Carla), the Natural Areas Coordinator for Wollongong City Council will introduce Carla Mooney and also provide discussion on how communities have made a difference in environmental management and how they can shape their own environmnetal values on various levels such as policy and governance, urban planning, volunteering and activism. Often we see community participation as a response to a common definition of problems and /or the provision of institutional arrangements and programs. Community based environmental restoration projects are an example of how participation requiring flexibility, information, and inclusiveness can shape environmental values

Interactive / Open Discussion Session: Rights and Responsibilities - The roles of community in changing environmental values…Your opinion is welcomed.

Who Should Attend? Everyone is very welcome to attend - although people working in natural resource management, members of the community who want to understand the various processes of natural resource and water management, and people who have a specific interest in the Kangaroo Valley catchment would benefit from this session.

Where: Five Islands Brewery, Eastern end of the WIN Entertainment Centre
When: 5:30 until 6:30 pm, Wednesday 8th June 2005. Cost: FREE.
RSVP and Information: Vicky ph 4221 4126 or email vwallace@uow.edu.au

Photo courtesy of Sean Maguire.