A social-ecological resilience project to reduce the risk of pesticide in NSW rivers, using the Hawkesbury Nepean (H-N) River as a case-study

Project Member(s): Plant, R., Gothe, J., Lim, R., Walker, J.

Start year: 2009

Publications:

Plant, R, Walker, J, Rayburg, S, Gothe, J & Leung, T 2012, 'The Wild Life of Pesticides: urban agriculture, institutional responsibility, and the future of biodiversity in Sydney's Hawkesbury-Nepean River', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 75-91.
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Plant, R, Walker, JR, Rayburg, SC, Gothe, J, Leung, TM, Phyu, YL & Lim, RP 1970, 'The 'Social Life of Pesticides': How organised irresponsibility in the Greater Sydney Basin threatens the biodiversity of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River', Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) Conference Wollongong 2011, Wollongong, NSW.

FOR Codes: Freshwater Ecology, Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management), Environmental Impact Assessment, Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management, Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity, Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments, Freshwater ecology , Environmental assessment and monitoring, Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management), Terrestrial systems and management

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.