http://www.wentworthgroup.org Advancing solutions to Australia’s environmental challenges Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:45:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Australia's Climate is Changing Australia [PDF 246Kb] http://www.wentworthgroup.org/blueprints/australia%e2%80%99s-climate-is-changing-australia Accounting_For_Nature: A Model for Building the National Environmental Accounts of Australia [PDF 174Kb] http://www.wentworthgroup.org/blueprints/accounting-for-nature-a-model-for-building-the-national-environmental-accounts-of-australia 31 July 2008 22 July 2008 8 July 2008 7 July 2008   http://www.wentworthgroup.org/news/coming-soon David Karoly spells out some of the realities of climate change in his article Climate Change Science Misinformation.   The Terrestrial Carbon Group, an initiative of the Wentworth Group and the Purves Environmental Fund, has just released the paper How to Include Terrestrial Carbon in Developing Nations in the Overall Climate Change Solution. ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/articles/wentworth-group-articles BA (Hons) (Sydney), PhD (Louisiana State)                     Expertise Coastal management Coastal land use planning Geomorphology Coastal geology Background Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney Visiting Professor, Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW Former Chair, Australian State of the Environment Committee Former Chair, NSW Coastal Council Former Vice Chancellor, University of New England Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney Publications ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/prof-bruce-thom-fiag-ftse BComm (UNSW)       Expertise Leadership of conservation organisations Public Company Director Rural property management Funds management Background Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Immediate past President, WWF Australia Board Member, WWF International Chair, Purves Environmental Fund Chair, Environment Business Australia Limited (EBA) Grazing property holdings at Yass (NSW), Bungendore (NSW), Borroloola (NT) Patron, Lizard Island Research Station, Great Barrier Reef Former Chairman, DCA Group Limited Publications ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/mr-robert-purves BSc (Hons) (Adelaide), DPhil (Oxford)    Expertise Ecology and population dynamics Conservation reserve design Endangered species management Decision theory in conservation biology Background Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Fellow, Australian Academy of Science Australian Research Council Federation Fellow (2006-2011) Director, The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland Director, Centre for Australian Environmental Decision Analysis Former Chair, Australian Biodiversity Advisory Council Chair, Ministerial Advisory Committee ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/prof-hugh-possingham-faa BA (Sydney), BSc (Hons)(UNSW), PhD (Zoology)(UNSW) Expertise Environmental education Environmental reporting Sustainability policy Environmental decision-making Background Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Chair, NSW Council on Environmental Education Assistant Commissioner, NSW Natural Resources Commission Director, WWF Australia Member, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council Former Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales Trustee, Australian Museum, and Chair, Australian Museum ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/dr-ronnie-harding BA (La Trobe), MSc (Monash), PhD (UNSW)       Expertise Evolutionary biology Climate change Paleontology Zoology Background Co-Chair, Copenhagen Climate Council Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Australian of the Year 2007  Former Director, South Australian Museum Author of The Weather Makers, The Future Eaters, The Eternal Frontier, Throwim Way Leg and the controversial Quarterly Essay Beautiful Lies Former Chair, South Australian Premier’s Science Council Former ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/prof-tim-flannery BEc (Adelaide), MAgSc (Adelaide), GAICD (Canberra)        Expertise Water entitlements and trading systems Market-based incentives to improve natural resource use Resource economics Environmental flows Background Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences Research Chair, Water Economics and Management, University of Adelaide  Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Water Policy ... http://www.wentworthgroup.org/members/prof-mike-young-fassa