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Welcome to the home of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, South East Queensland Division (EIANZ-SEQ).

EIANZ-SEQ have an active professional development program featuring a variety of Environmental Topics. These range from small information sessions to large full day forums. Details of future and past events can be found by following the links.

What's On in SEQ

Ten Years to Transition
Conversations about the Risks and Rewards for Queensland’s Economic Sectors under Climate Change

Be part of a conversation with leading economists, industry leaders and international experts on the risks and rewards for Queensland’s economy from climate change and climate policy.

Hear what our leading economists see on the horizon, how key companies and industry sectors are positioning themselves to exploit the opportunities presented by this new business environment, and the implications of international trends for Australia and Queensland. Engage with the experts in constructing industry-sector road maps for the next decade as a structured response to the challenges ahead.

Click here to register or for further information.

AGM News

Thank you to those who attended the recent SEQ Annual General Meeting.

Further to the meeting, I would like to attach some documents discussed at Wednesday night's meeting. These include:

• The financial report
• The Policy Sub Committee Report
• The minutes from AGM meeting.

Thanks again for giving your time to support the SEQ Division of the Environment Institute. We are very grateful of your contribution.

What's New

SEQ Climate Change Management Plan

The Queensland Government has released a plan for wider community comment on the SEQ Climate Change Management Plan (Draft). This plan covers the SEQ Region relating to the effects of climate change.

To view the SEQ Climate Change Management Plan (Draft), click here

To view the SEQ Committee submission, click here.

The 2009/10 EIANZ-SEQ Executive Committee are here!'

Click here to see who's who on our Executive. Welcome back to those from last year and welcome aboard to the new crew.

EIANZ Ecology has produced a discussion document "Ecological Impact Assessment - Towards the development of EcIA Guidelines for Australia and New Zealand" with forewords by Professor Mark Burgman and Dr Chris McGrath. Click here to provide initial comments.

2009 EIANZ-SEQ submission on the Draft SEQ regional plan review

Post Graduate Courses at the University of the Sunshine Coast!

Breaking the Barriers: Engineering Solutions to Ecological Problems - PDF presentations!

The EIANZ Ecology website...click here to take a look!

The SEQ Division comments on the Draft Rural Futures Strategy

Meeting the Challenges of the Future - A blue print for environmental practitioners

Climate change, water, sustainability and energy are the major challenges of the future. Finding lasting solutions will need an
even-handed consideration of the economy and society as well as the environment. Long gone are the days when solutions
were a simple matter of trading off the environment against development interests – we now know we need both to
prosper.

Developing and implementing solutions to these four priority issues represents an important test for society.
We must find answers; a failure to do so will compromise our prosperity and lifestyles.

Environmental practitioners have a new and important role in addressing these challenges.

To read more, click here.