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• International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources Management for Hazard Reduction and Sustainable Development (HRSD 2007)
  
  in conjunction with the 15th Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the UNESCO-IHP for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RSC-UNESCO-IHP-SEAP)
  
  19-23 November 2007
  Intercontinental Manila
  Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
  
  For conference details and key dates see the Conference Brochure or website.
  
  
• The HELP International Steering Committee (ISC) has accepted CSIRO Griffiths as a Regional Co-ordinating Unit for HELP and the Lower Murrumbidgee Catchment has been included as a HELP Reference Basin. Further information may be obtained from www.clw.csiro.au/help/ or from:
  Dr. Shahbaz Khan
  Research Director
  Sustainable Irrigation Systems
  CSIRO Land & Water
  Griffith Laboratory
  Griffith NSW 2680
  email: shahbaz.khan@csiro.au
  Phone: +61-2 6960 1500 Fax : +61-2 6960 1600
  http://www.clw.csiro.au/staff/KhanS/
  
  

OBJECTIVES

IHP activities in Australia are carried out under the guidance of the national UNESCO Science and Technology Network. In order to facilitate the implementation of UNESCO activities in Australia and the region, a national IHP Australian Network was established in 1995 and this network acts as the IHP National Committee for Australia. There are no formal meetings of the IHP Australian Network. Activities are conducted largely between the members by telecommunications. IHP activities are reported to the UNESCO Science and Technology Network at meetings of that network.

The IHP Australian Network brings together many of the key hydrological research groups within Australia. As such, Australia is able to contribute towards IHP a ctivities through the research programs currently existing in Australia. For example, the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Catchment Hydrology and other centres for research undertake activities which are closely aligned to the themes of IHP-V.

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