BRS Seminar News

[Tony Boston <tony@erin.gov.au>]

A seminar which may be of interest to ozmeta-l subscribers!
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3rd Floor Conference, John Curtin House (BRS)
9.30 am
Wednesday, 28 August


 'Adding Value to Data: how and why'

Peter Golding and Paul Shelley
 National Resource Information Centre

Most data on natural resources in Australia are collected either by   
government agencies or with the assistance of government funding.   
Unfortunately we have a legacy of not getting full value from these data.   
They are collected, analysed, interpreted and written up, and then   
'discarded'. Even when old datasets can be located, their content,   
lineage and quality are rarely known to the extent that they can be   
re-used effectively. Over the past decade, however, a recognition of the   
principles of data custodianship and developments in the areas of data   
documentation, metadata and data directories have progressively improved   
the re-usability of data. Development of metadata standards, particularly   
the most recent work by Australia New Zealand Land Information Council,   
together with software tools that partly automate the data documentation   
process, are making it fairly straightforward for data custodians to meet   
their responsibilities. Documenting data is not just good data management   
practice, it is plain common sense!


'The Hidden Catch in the South East Fishery'

John Garvey
 Fisheries Resources Branch.

Traditionally, fisheries scientists have relied on sources such as   
logbook data and landings figures to estimate the total kill of a species   
being assessed.  However, these estimates will be incorrect if   
significant amounts of those fish are being discarded at sea.  In 1992,   
BRS initiated an on-board monitoring program to provide data on the total   
catch of quota species in the South East Fishery.  The Scientific   
Monitoring Program ceased at the end of 1995.  This paper will describe   
the program's objectives and methods, and present some examples of   
results.




NEXT WEEK'S BRS SEMINAR
Wednesday, 4 September 1996
9.30 am

To be advised



OTHER SEMINAR NEWS

Tuesday, 27 August
'Processes in Soil Erosion'
Owen Cartledge, School of Resource, Environmental and Heritage Sciences
Venue: University of Canberra, School of Resource, Environmental and   
Heritage Sciences, Building 3, Room C53
3.30  to 4.30 pm
Inquiries:  (06) 201 5786


Wednesday, 28 August
'Large scale atmospheric transport of trace gases and aerosols in the   
South African-Australasian sector of the Southern Hemisphere:   
 Implications for Global Change'
Peter Tyson
Director, Climatology Research Group
Uni of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Venue:  CRES, Seminar Room, 5th Floor,
W K Hancock Building, Biology Place -
off Sullivans Creek Road, ANU
12.30  pm
Inquiries:  (06)  249 4277


Wednesday, 28 August
'Changes in Soil Chemistry Under Effluent Irrigated Plantations'
Mr Randall Falkiner
Venue:  Banks Street, Yarralumla, Theatrette, Building 1
3.30 pm
Inquiries:  (06) 281 8211



Tuesday, 3 September
'Scientific Exploration and Mapping of the Monaro Region + Past to   
Present'
Ken McQueen
CRC Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration
Venue: University of Canberra, School of Resource, Environmental and   
Heritage Sciences, Building 3, Room C53
3.30  to 4.30 pm
Inquiries:  (06) 201 5786


Wednesday, 4 September
'Eucalypt Plantations in Israel'
Dr Yale Zohar
The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Venue: Banks Street, Yarralumla, Theatrette, Building 1
3.30 pm
Inquiries:  (06) 281 8211


Thursday, 5 September
'Managing the Discourse of Resource Management:  the Case of Sasi from   
Southeast Maluku, Indonesia'
Sandra Pannell
Research Fellow, CRES
Venue: CRES, Seminar Room, 5th Floor,
W K Hancock Building, Biology Place -
off Sullivans Creek Road, ANU
12.30  pm
Inquiries:  (06)  249 4277


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