Project focused meetings were held between Hub theme leaders and the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communiites on 21 to 23 August 2012 in Woden, Canberra. 

Hub project leaders, theme leaders and researchers communicated project progress and sought feedback from the following areas of the Department:

• Marine Division
• Policy and Sustainability Division
• Environmental Assessments and Compliance Division (EACD)
• Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN)
• National Environmental Research Program Team
   

The convenor of these meetings was Paul Hedge, Deputy Director and Hub Director, Nic Bax.

Presentations -

Theme 1 - National monitoring, evaluation and reporting (Leader - Keith Hayes)

Theme 2 - Supporting management of marine biodiversity (Leader - Tony Smith)

• Integrating social, economic and environmental values (Sarah Jennings, University of Tasmania)
• Integrating pressures, values and assets for management (Piers Dunstan, CSIRO)
• Landscape approaches to managing high conservation priority species (Tony Smith, CSIRO)
• Landscape approaches to supporting management of marine benthic biodiversity in the South-East Marine Region (Roland Pitcher, CSIRO)
• Supporting management of listed and rare species - Freshwater Sawfish & beyond
  (Mark Bravington, CSIRO for Peter Kyne CDU)

Theme 3 - National ecosystems knowledge (Leader - Scott Nichol, Geoscience Australia) and
Theme 4 - Regional biodiversity discovery to support marine bioregional plans (Leader - Julian Caley, AIMS)

• Joint presentation

Marine Hub Data Delivery ( Piers Dunstan, CSIRO and Paul Hedge)