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Coast to Coast 2010 Workshops

The Coast to Coast 2010 committee is pleased to offer the following Workshops for delegate participation.

NRM Workshop
Coastal Conservation
Coastal Climate Change Guidelines
CSIRO Coastal Collaboration Cluster: Enabling Science Uptake in Australian's Coastal Zone
Ecosystem Services
Planning for Coastal Management
Australian Coastal Observatory

4th National Coastal, Estuarine and Marine NRM Workshop

Monday, 20th September 2010 - Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC), Riverview Rooms
Convenor: Tony Flaherty, Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management (NRM) Board
Sponsored by the NRM Board

All registrations must be completed prior to the conference (see below).

If you are a delegate for the Coast to Coast conference, registration for the NRM Workshop is included in your full registration (on the registration form, select the appropriate dropdown item). Registration will be open from 8am on Monday 20th September in the foyer of the ACC.

If you are attending only the NRM Workshop, and not registering for the conference, there is a registration fee of $60.50 which must be paid prior to the Workshop by completing the Registration form and emailing it. You can also choose to participate in the social functions.

Workshops - Wednesday 22nd September - ACC

South Australian Coastal Conservation Assessments, 2006 – 2010

Convenors: Doug Fotheringham, Brian Caton, Matthew Royal, Mary-Alice Swan, South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage

Collation, mapping, and GIS analysis of the best available data on conservation and threats to SA coastal lands, leading to prioritisation of actions on a regional basis, is briefly described. The workshop will view and discuss the GIS maps produced for the 5 regions completed to date and discuss the processes leading to actions. For one region the use of this information tool by NRM, Councils and community groups is discussed.

Coastal Climate Change Guidelines

Convenor: National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (Institution of Engineers Australia)

CSIRO Coastal Collaboration Cluster: Enabling Science Uptake in Australian's Coastal Zone

Convenor: Laura Stocker, Curtin University

Based in the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, and also contributing to the Climate Adaptation Flagship, this new Cluster will analyse coastal zone management processes in Australia and develop conceptual and adaptive approaches that will enable better science uptake by governance, thereby contributing to a more resilient and sustainable coastal zone.

The workshop will overview the proposed research and findings to date of the five Cluster themes:

• Governance: collaborative policy-making and planning in the coastal zone (David Wood and Laura Stocker)
• Socio-cultural Context: dimensions and networks (Nick Harvey and Bev Clarke)
• Knowledge Systems (Kevin O’Toole and Marcus Haward)
• Adaptive Learning (Tim Smith)
• Integration and Synthesis (Lee Cordner, David Wood and Laura Stocker)

Ecosystem Services

Convenor: TBC

Cutting the Umbilical Cord: Integrated Planning for Coastal Management

Convenor: Neil Lazarow, Australian Coastal Society Board of Directors

Overview: The Australian Coastal Society invites conference delegates to attend and participate in a panel session that focuses on the challenges and opportunities for integrated coastal management (ICM). The session will focus on the significant non-NRM related ICM issues including: planning and infrastructure; governance; and the impact of demographic changes such as population growth, community health, and housing affordability. The workshop promises an engaging and critical discussion of these important challenges and should be attended by all those who have a serious interest in the future of our coast and communities.

Australian Coastal Observatory

Convenors: Ian Cresswell, Richard Mount, Tim Pritchard, Arnold Dekker and the National Estuaries Network

Do we need an Australian Coastal Observatory?

In the past few years considerable effort has gone into developing a new research infrastructure for marine (Integrated Marine Observing System - IMOS) and terrestrial systems (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network TERN). It is commonly recognised that a ‘gap’ exists in the creation of a national data and information "commons" for the coastal zone (onshore and nearshore and including estuaries). The rapid development of key research data commons organisations such as the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) has highlighted that new data and information infrastructures are feasible in Australia.

Currently the limited availability of existing data and once-off use of information is inefficient and expensive. One major factor contributing to the loss of these data sets from active, repeat use is the lack of a coherent way to store, manage and access them. This severely limits our capacity to respond to the challenges of coastal management.

The vision of coordinated coastal observations using nationally agreed standards, including earth observation, in situ measurements and various forms of mapping, is more efficient and will support management at all levels of activity from national to local. One of the key challenges in the coastal zone is the dynamism of the environment and a key concern for environmental information and change detection is to increase the frequency with which it is captured (temporal resolution).

To date IMOS and TERN have not had any focus in the coastal zone, but recent reports, including a Parliamentary Inquiry point to a clear need for a renewed effort to establish an improved coastal data and information infrastructure. This workshop will discuss "What is it we need?" (scope) and "How should we achieve it? (next steps)". If you are interested to join in the creation of this vision and a plan for taking it forward, then this is the workshop for you!

Workshop Note

If you would like to organise a Workshop during the Coast to Coast conference week, separate to the above, to either run concurrently with symposia and thematic sessions, on the Sunday before the NRM Workshop or on the weekend after Coast to Coast, please email Patricia von Baumgarten, Chair of the Organising Committee.