Media Advice: 19 November 1999
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TAKES EVIDENCE FROM KEY LAND & WATER
INDUSTRY GROUPS
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage
will hold a public hearing for its inquiry into catchment management this
Monday, 22November, in Canberra.
The committee will take evidence from:
- the Institute of Foresters of Australia; and
- the Australian Water and Wastewater Association
The issues covered by the catchment management inquiry include the value
of a catchment approach to environmental management, best practice methods
of achieving catchment health and environmental sustainability, and the
role of governments, the private sector and the community in catchment
management.
The public hearing will commence at 10:00 a.m, in Committee Room
1 R 4, Parliament House, Canberra. More details of the hearing program.
For additional information, contact the committee
secretariat on 02 6277 4580.
For further information on the inquiry contact the Hon. Ian Causley MP,
committee chair, on 02 6277 4218 (Parliament House) or 02 6642 6356 (electorate).
Secretariat
19 November 1999
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