Estuary Forum 2002

• Fact Sheet: Port Hacking - State of an Estuary

Proceedings of The Estuary Forum held on 1 June 2002 at Gunnamatta Pavillion, Cronulla.

• Opening Address
  John Aquilina - NSW Minister for Land and Water Conservation

• Welcome
  Clr Dawn Emerson - Deputy Mayor, Sutherland Shire Council

• What Lives Below the Waves
  Denis Hicks - Underwater Research Group

• A Scientist's Perspective on Estuary Life
  Associate Professor Ron West - Wollongong University

• 50 Years of Change in Seagrass Meadows
  Alex Meehan - PhD candidate, Wollongong University

• Foreshore Use, Biodiversity and Development
  George Cotis - Port Hacking Planning Advisory Panel

• First Panel Session

• The Aboriginal Voice
  Gary Caines, Dharawal Man - Southern Catchment Management Board

• Report on the National Estuaries Audit
  Lynne Turner - National Management Study Coordinator, Coastal CRC

• The Economic Issues of Estuaries
  Dr Dave Alden - Australian Fisheries Management Authority

• Balancing Social, Economic and Environmental Outcomes Through Estuary Management and Planning
  Errol McLean - Department of Land and Water Conservation

• Second Panel Session

• Managing Botany Bay
  Jim Colman - Botany Bay Program

• What to do? Instruments and Strategies
  Paul Martin - Southern Catchment Management Board

• The Embedded Bias Against Low Impact Use in Decision Making
  Kathy Ridge - Executive Officer, Nature Conservation Council

• Third Panel Session

• Commonwealth Perspective
  Bruce Baird - Federal Member for Cook representing the Federal Minister for Environment, Dr David Kemp

• NSW Liberal Party
  Andrew Humpherson - Shadow Minister for Environment, Planning and Sydney Water

• NSW Democrats
  Dr Arthur Chesterfield - Evans, MLC

• NSW Greens
  John Kaye

• Politician's Panel Session

• Lessons from SoE Report and this Forum
  Professor Bruce Thom - Chair, NSW Coastal Councils