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The (TERN) will have its at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide, on 28-29 March.

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide is a founding partner in TERN, and two key research facilities are based at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

TERN relies on hi-tech equipment in the field and sophisticated data collection and sharing to provide the best, most up-to-date information to environmental scientists about the current state of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's ecological diversity.

Using the resources and expertise provided by TERN, scientists will be able to tackle some of the big issues for the nation's ecology, such as:

• How ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's ecosystems change over time;


• What is the current health of some of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's key ecosystems;


• How introduced plant and animal species affect native species;


• How the spatial distribution of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn plant and animal species change, and how some become extinct.

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide hosts two of the eight key facilities for the TERN project:

• Eco-informatics - a new, national web-based system of ecological knowledge and observations. This information is available for the benefit of researchers, planners and policy-makers right across ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.


• Multi Scale Plot Network - a facility coordinating the collection and archiving of scientific measurements and observations. This is key to developing a detailed understanding of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's biodiversity and how our ecosystem works

One of the highlights of the symposium will be a keynote address by Dr Steve Morton, CSIRO Fellow and Chair of the Board of the Environment Institute.



More details about the Symposium and a full program can be ound on the .