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Tuesday, 1 March 2011

The UWA Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, based in Albany, has again been busy teaching classes in Waterway Restoration and in Saving Endangered Species. Over 50 third-year students came to Albany from the Perth campus of UWA and joined local students in the classes that are offered each year in January and February.

Dr Paul Close, coordinator for the Waterway Restoration class, covered a variety of contemporary restoration and conservation issues relating to waterways in southwestern Australia and drew on knowledge from current projects around Australia and internationally.

The students had excursions into the field for three days where they examined the relationships between streamside vegetation and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities.

The Endangered Species class, coordinated by Dr Barbara Cook, provided insights, from practitioners working in the Albany region, into the problems associated with saving threatened species. The students had field visits throughout the course and have investigated the ecology and management issues associated with a threatened plant and animal species.

Both classes included lectures from local and visiting UWA academic staff and guest lectures from staff at the Department of Water, Department of Environment and Conservation, and Department of Agriculture and Food.

"Students in these summer classes always rate their two weeks in Albany very highly. They enjoy the opportunity to get into the field and do some hands-on environmental study," said Prof Peter Davies, Director of UWA Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management.

Media references

Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 5563 / (+61 4) 32 637 716

Paula Phillips (UWA Albany Centre) (+61 8) 9842 0810

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