Integrated Catchment Management

AGM 2005
7-11 November 2005, Nelson

In conjunction with South Pacific HELP Conference

Final HELP Programme  ( 484 KB) (updated 4 November 2005)

Final ICM Workshop Programme  ( 485 KB) (updated 4 November 2005)

Tools & Techniques Workshop presentations and photos from field trip (updated 15 November 2005)

HELP presentations (updated 21 November 2005)

Draft Programme

Saturday-Sunday 5-6 November

Rooms to be block booked at Beachcomber Motor Lodge, Tahuna for S Pacific delegates arriving early and through this week 

Monday 7 November

30 units pencilled in for the week at Tahuna Holiday Park at $70-90/unit

10:00 – 5:00

Pacific ‘Hydrology Working Group’ ICM Researchers meeting
Meeting for S Pacific delegates Review research progress/ plan the week
Tahuna conference centre – Tui Room Tahuna conference centre – Kotuku Room

3:30

Intro to ICM & ICM research (A Fenemor)

6:30

Mayoral welcome function at TDC or restaurant for South Pacific delegates TBC

Tuesday 8 November

10:00 – 5:00

Workshop: Tools and Techniques from ICM Research More details»  Download draft programme ( 60KB)

Content TBC – but opened by TDC, and identifying what parts of our ICM research regional councils and government agencies would find most useful
Audience: This is particular relevant to regional council staff working in environmental management and policy but also applies to anyone involved in sustainable land and/or water management from district council staff to central policy agencies such as MfE, MAF, MED, Landcare Trust, and the PCE. Seifried Vineyard Conference Centre, Appleby (15 minutes from Nelson airport/Tahuna

5:00 Happy Hour at Seifrieds
6:00 Bus to town

Wednesday 9 November

8:15 Bus departs Nelson
8:30 Bus departs Tahuna

ICM Field Day in the Motueka catchment
Themes and stops TBC – but demonstrating some of previous day’s research in the field, and with an extended lunch stop (local catering) and poster session in the catchment at Tapawera, Pokororo or Ngatimoti

4:40 Bus returns to Nelson Airport

Thursday 10 November

8:30 – 5:00

S Pacific HELP Meeting

ICM and HELP - how they could be implemented as concepts in South Pacific nations; what research knowledge and tools are most needed; specific training in selected topics?
Led by ICM and NIWA water resources scientists
Content and programme TBC 
Tahuna conference centre – Tui Room

7:00 Symposium dinner

Venue TBC

Friday 11 November

8:30 – 2:00? (allow time for flights out)

S Pacific ICM Futures?
Action items for implementing ICM?
Agenda TBC – input needed from Hans Thulstrup and Marc Overmars