A workshop on ecotoxicology-based risk assessment approaches consistent with the PNG Environment Act 2000, to be held at Madang Resort, Madang PNG on 14-15 Jun 2010.

A workshop to provide professional environmental managers and assessors with basic tools and approaches for quantifying ecological risks from contaminants and developing precautionary principle monitoring and management strategies compatible with the regulatory environment in Papua New Guinea. 

The workshop will include sessions on identifying, quantifying, and reporting risk using techniques such as ecotoxicology, site-specific species sensitivity distributions, impact matrices, and multiple lines of evidence approaches to optimise monitoring, reporting, and mitigation actions for environmental management.

Attending this workshop will assist your organisation engage in a valid and practical application of risk-based environmental monitoring and management under the PNG Environment Act 2000.

The workshop is relevant to:

• Regulators
• Environmental Managers
• Program co-ordinators
• Environmental Risk assessors
• Environmental Scientists
• And anyone interested in applying leading practice approaches to managing the impacts of contaminants on PNG ecosystems.

This workshop is designed by the Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology, a professional association of scientists from a wide range of disciplines contributing to the understanding of the interaction of chemicals and ecosystems (see ecotox.org.au for details).

Please send your expressions of interest to: ase@hydrobiology.biz

Click here to see the flyer. For further information contact Markson Yarro (Specialist Ecologist, Ok Tedi Mining Ltd) on 5483390

What's in Our Water: The significance of trace organic compounds, aka the 3rd Australian Symposium on Ecological Risk Assessment and Management of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the Australasian Environment will be held at CSIRO Discovery Centre, Black Mountain, Canberra on 10-11 Nov 2010.

See the official conference webpage for more information (http://www.clw.csiro.au/conferences/ourwater/).

EnviroTox 2011; a joint meeting of the Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute that aims to promote the sharing of knowledge to gain a better understanding of the environmental risks, impacts and management of contaminants to ensure a healthier environment.

See the official conference webpage for more information (http://www.envirotox2011.org).