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Welcome to the Catchment Knowledge Exchange |
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
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The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) is funding a three-year project focusing on knowledge management, including a knowledge broker trial. This project, the Catchment Knowledge Exchange (or CKE), is being managed by the Victorian Catchment Management Council (VCMC). Knowledge brokering is gaining interest and acceptance across Australia. The objective of the CKE project is to test the case that a dedicated Knowledge Broker Service will improve the availability and accessibility of knowledge for decision-making across Victoria’s Catchment Management Framework. Part of the project involves the trial -- until September 2007 -- of a Knowledge Broker Service in the area of soil health. Search the menu options on the left for more information on the CKE and specific resources available through the Soil Knowledge Exchange.
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Soil Knowledge Broker Trial now concluded |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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After a life of 12 months the operational phase of the Soil Knowledge Broker Trial has now concluded. The next stage involves a documented evaluation of this trial, that will in turn inform a Victorian Natural Resource Management Knowledge Brokering Initiative Business Case being delivered by the Victorian Catchment Management Council (VCMC). Completion of the trial will also involve a decision surrounding the future of this web resource.......stay tuned for the project outcomes
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Responses to Soil Health questions added to Wikipedia |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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The Soil Knowledge Brokering Service has contributed responses to a number of the Key Soil Health Questions (these are documented in the SoilWiki) to the worldwide Wikipedia. All the responses added are linked from the Soil Health entry in Wikipedia. If you wish to contribute to the further development of these responses then Wikipedia is now the place to do it!
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
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The third issue of Soil Crumbs,
the e-newsletter of the Soil Knowledge Broker Service, is now available. Click here.
The e-newsletter contains details of
we profile a CSIRO scientist with interests in utilising knowledge about soils to site new forests in agricultural landscapes, and the role of afforestation on soil carbon dynamics.
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Try the Soils Discussion Board? |
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
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The broker has identified some recent activity on the much under-utilised Soil Discussion Board (on-line forum) that is a tool of the Soil Knowledge Brokering Service trial - this sits under the Soil Knowledge Exchange menu tab. We encourage you to visit this and assist with you knowledge where you can, or to pose issues or questions to the soils community.
Though it may appear a little daunting, there are some getting started tips on how to use the forum. You need to be a registered Soil Knowledge Exchange member to be able to make new or reply to posts.
We welcome your thoughts on the usefulness of this utility.
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