Victoria in future 2016: population and household projections to 2051

Victoria in Future 2016 (VIF2016) is the official state government projection of population and households. Projections are used by decision makers across government and in other areas. The results are driven by assumptions concerning demographic and land use trends. Projections are based on the latest (30 June 2015) population estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and incorporate the results of the 2011 Census. For Victoria and major regions, the projections cover the period from 2011 to 2051. For Local Government Areas (LGA), and Victoria in Future Small Areas (VIFSA), the projections extend to 2031

Modeling the distribution of a wide-ranging invasive species using the sampling efforts of expert and citizen scientists

1- Results for the models calibrated with <i>Weigted Pts</i> pseudo-absences for the paper 'Modelling the distribution of a wide-ranging invasive species using the sampling efforts of expert and citizen scientists'.<div>2- Final figure of the probability of distribution of rabbits in black and white.</div><div>3- Final figure of the probability of distribution of rabbits in ASC format.<br></div

Heritage designation and scale: a World Heritage case study of the Ningaloo Coast

© 2015 Tod Jones, Roy Jones and Michael Hughes As heritage research has engaged with a greater plurality of heritage practices, scale has emerged as an important concept in Heritage Studies, albeit relatively narrowly defined as hierarchical levels (household, local, national, etcetera). This paper argues for a definition of scale in heritage research that incorporates size (geographical scale), level (vertical scale) and relation (an understanding that scale is constituted through dynamic relationships in specific contexts). The paper utilises this definition of scale to analyse heritage designation first through consideration of changing World Heritage processes, and then through a case study of the world heritage designation of the Ningaloo Coast region in Western Australia. Three key findings are: both scale and heritage gain appeal because they are abstractions, and gain definition through the spatial politics of interrelationships within specific situations; the spatial politics of heritage designation comes into focus through attention to those configurations of size, level and relation that are invoked and enabled in heritage processes; and researchers choice to analyse or ignore particular scales and scalar politics are political decisions. Utilising scale as size, level and relation enables analyses that move beyond heritage to the spatial politics through which all heritage is constituted

OECD principles on water governance in practice:an assessment of existing frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America

Through the lens of the 12 OECD Principles on Water Governance, this article examines six water resources and water services frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America to understand enhancing and constraining contextual factors. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used to analyze each framework against four criteria: alignment; implementation; on-ground results; and policy impact. Four main target areas are identified for improving water governance: policy coherence; financing; managing trade-offs; and ensuring integrity and transparency by all decision makers and stakeholders. Suggestions are presented to support practical implementation of the principles through better government action and stakeholder involvement.No Full Tex

Water for Victoria

The Victorian Government today released the state’s draft water plan&nbsp;\u27Water for Victoria\u27&nbsp;for consultation. The draft plan outlines the need to balance agricultural, industrial, recreational and environmental needs, to get the most out of one of our most precious resources. The plan recognises that the sector needs to work closer with local communities when making critical decisions about their water supplies. For the first time, the plan proposes to establish an Aboriginal Water Program which will help identify Aboriginal values and uses of water and help build the capacity of the sector to ensure the involvement of Traditional Owners. The government will work to ensure we respect and recognise the cultural connections Aboriginal communities have to land, water and resources through their associations and spiritual relationships with country. The plan will now be tested with Victorian communities over the next six to eight weeks, through online and face to face consultations

prepared by DIPE and CSIRO for the Power & Water Corporation.

This report presents a conceptual design of a Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT) system, operating at the Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI) receiving the recycled water product of a "pre-treatment plant" treating effluent from the Alice Springs Water Stabilisation Ponds (WSP) at a rate comparable to an annual total of 600 ML. --p.iii.Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)

Using multiple sources during reintroduction of a locally extinct population benefits survival and reproduction of an endangered freshwater fish

Through using different sources, population reintroductions can create genetically diverse populations at low risk of harmful inbreeding and well equipped for adaptation to future environments. Genetic variation from one source can mask locally nonoptimal alleles from another, thereby enhancing adaptive potential and population persistence. We assessed the outcomes in survival, growth and reproduction of using two differentiated sources (genetically diverse Yarra and moderately diverse Dartmouth) for translocations and stocking to reintroduce the endangered Australian freshwater Macquarie perch Macquaria australasica into the Ovens River. For stocking, same- and different-population parents ("cross-types") were used during hatchery production. Genetic samples and data on individual fish were collected over three years of monitoring the Ovens. We genetically assigned Ovens fish to their broodstock parents and tested whether cross-type and genetic dissimilarity between parents are associated with offspring survival, and whether cross-type and parental dissimilarity or individual genetic diversity are associated with somatic growth rates of stocked fish. We genetically identified translocated fish and assessed local recruit ancestry. Of 296 Ovens fish, 31.1% were inferred to be stocked, 1.3% translocated and 67.6% locally born. Cross-type strongly predicted survival of stocked offspring: those with two Yarra parents had the highest survival, followed by offspring with two-population, then Dartmouth, ancestry. Of the Ovens recruits, 59.5% had Yarra, 33.5% two-population and 7.0% Dartmouth ancestry, despite 67% of stocked and 98% of translocated fish originating from Dartmouth. Offspring with two Yarra parents grew faster than offspring of Dartmouth or two-population ancestry. Although Dartmouth fish appear to be less fit in the Ovens compared to Yarra fish, possibly due to deleterious variation or genetic or plastic maladaptation, they contribute to the reintroduced population through local interbreeding with Yarra fish and relatively high survival of stocked offspring of two-population ancestry. Thus, combining compatible stocks is likely to benefit restoration of other wildlife populations