Celebrating 25 Years of Regional NRM
The 9th National Natural Resource Management Knowledge Conference, held September 8–12 in Cairns, marked a significant milestone, 25 years since Australia adopted the regional natural&...

Professor Hurriyet Babacan is the Research Director for the Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECoE). RECoE is a first-of-its-kind rural economic research collaboration comprised of four Queensland Universities: The University of Queensland, James Cook University, Central Queensland University & the University of Southern Queensland.
RECoE is running a webinar research and discussion series that discusses important and relevant issues for rural and regional Queensland. The 2nd webinar to be held 18th November at 10.30am. The webinar is titled ‘Vibrance and Viability- The Future for Regions‘
Allan Dale is the JCU project lead for RECoE is one of the presenters and panelist for the 2nd webinar. His presentation is on ‘Pathways for managing rural and regional economic and social transitions’ and will focus on;
You can register for this free forum HERE
If you missed the first online forum, Emerging Environmental Markets, the audio recording, and PowerPoint presentations are available from the RECoE website.
The 9th National Natural Resource Management Knowledge Conference, held September 8–12 in Cairns, marked a significant milestone, 25 years since Australia adopted the regional natural&...
The Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Hub's Sustainable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Enterprise Program (SATSIE), in collaboration with the North Australian Indigeno...
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James Cook University (JCU) researchers from Cairns and Townsville joined an in-person forum at the JCU's Bada-Jali campus on September 23 and 24 for a university-wide plan to progress ...
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