Seminar 22nd May 2012 10 a.m. Building 58, Room 1023 (L/R G) (Murray Building)
Linking on-farm change to catchment response using dynamic simulation modelling: assessing the impacts of farm-scale land management change on catchment-scale water quality
Prof Mark Rivers
University of Western Australia
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- Luke Goater
Prof. Mark Rivers
Please find below details of a talk that is being given within the EEE group that will have wider interest. Please circulate to anybody who might be interested
EEE Group Seminar: 22nd May 10:00am Location: 58 / 1023 (L/R G) (Murray Bldg)
“Linking on-farm change to catchment response using dynamic simulation modelling: assessing the impacts of farm-scale land management change on catchment-scale water quality”
Prof Mark Rivers, visiting from University of Western Australia, will be giving a seminar on some of his work on modelling hydrological systems on a catchment scale. Mark is a Research Professor and Deputy Director of the Western Australian Centre of Excellence for Ecohydrology at the University of Western Australia. Mark’s principal areas of expertise lie in the fields of Integrated Catchment Management and catchment hydrology and, particularly, in developing the relationships between land management practices at the farm scale and downstream catchment water quality and Water Use Efficiency. The majority of his 20 years experience has been gained working within threatened ecosystems prone to eutrophication and subsequent nuisance and toxic algal blooms. His experience in these areas is diverse and ranges from the development of catchment-wide environmental monitoring programs, to the development of dynamic models and decision support systems for water and nutrient management, to the overall management of complex scientific projects. He has extensive experience in the development of environmental risk scenarios and the analysis of the likely environmental, social and economic impacts on major water bodies. Mark is a member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, the European Geophysical Union and the International System Dynamics Society, and is qualified as a Lead Auditor of Environmental Management Systems as well as being a Certified Environmental Practitioner.