European Coral Reef Symposium – ECRS 2024

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography is meeting in Madison Wisconsin USA from 1-7 June 2024.

"The world is rapidly changing. The accelerating tempo of climate change, eutrophication, altered hydrological regimes, overharvest, and biodiversity loss are threatening aquatic ecosystems, water resources, and resultant human well-being. Effectively adapting to meet these challenges will require major transitions in both our thinking and how we manage aquatic ecosystems to build resilience. Sustainable solutions—those that work across sectors, nations, and generations—will emerge from a foundation of actionable aquatic science.

By proposing a special session, we hope you’ll help highlight relevant work on aquatic ecosystems in a changing world, and how aquatic organisms, ecosystems, and management are adapting to global environmental change."

Policy Taboos: How Free, How Far? Academic and media freedom

Join The University of Western Australia Public Policy Institute for a thought-provoking and enlightening discussion on the crucial intersection of Media and Academic Freedom. This event features distinguished speakers who have dedicated their careers to championing these fundamental pillars of democracy and knowledge dissemination: Robert French AC, Peter Greste, and Pnina Levine. 

Chancellor Robert French AM, a graduate of UWA, has served as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. The French Model Code, to which Australian universities are aligned, is the result of his 2019 Review of Freedom of Speech in Australian Higher Education Providers.

Professor Peter Greste, an Australian foreign correspondent, was arrested on terrorism charges in Cairo in 2013. He was convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. After winning his freedom he went on to champion press freedom around the world.

Pnina Levine  is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and a PhD candidate at Curtin University. Her research is focused on the protection of academic freedom and freedom of speech.

This event promises to be an engaging exploration of the complex dynamics surrounding media and academic freedom, with insights from experts at the forefront of these fields.

LabRats is an annual one-day event which provides an opportunity for Year 9 and 10 students and their teachers to visit Edith Cowan University's Joondalup campus and enjoy a typical day as an ECU science and math student.

Students will participate in hands-on science workshops, hear from current students and researchers and take part in fun social activities.

Seeds for Snapper is back for 2023 and is looking for volunteers to get involved!

OzFish’s Seeds for Snapper is firing up again for another seagrass season in Cockburn Sound. Come along to a volunteer induction session to learn how you can get involved with Australia’s biggest community seagrass restoration project in 2023.

We have a variety of roles for community volunteers including divers, boaters and onshore support. All volunteers are encouraged to attend one of our four induction sessions to learn about the expectations for different roles and how to register for events. OzFish and UWA representatives will demonstrate seagrass collection and processing techniques and outline safety protocols.

The latest session (17 October) is at IOMRC on The University of Western Australia campus.

For more information email seedsforsnapper@ozfish.org.au.

Please register on the ozfish.org.au events page.