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Expeditions supported by RSGS are indicated by an asterisk at the right-hand end of the heading *

Fiji-Merchiston Millennium 3 Project (year 4)

Documentation

  • Project Report (19pp) / Tony Millard (Project Organiser)

Fiji-Merchiston Millennium 3 Project (Year 3)

Documentation

  • Project Report (26pp) / Tony Millard (Project Organiser)

Fiji-Merchiston Millennium 3 Project

Documentation

  • Project Report (7pp) / Tony Millard (Project Organiser)

Kimberley, North West Australia - University of Glasgow, 1996 *

Aims

  1. To introduce a group of undergraduate students to a geographically remote and environmentally sensitive area, and undertake preliminary impact assessments into the growth of various kinds of tourism, and to further the understanding of geomorphological processes that operate in this unique environment;
  2. To provide new information on aspects of the Kimberley region that will be useful to Australians and other interested parties;
  3. To give students the opportunity to experience and practice field research and techniques in a harsh and unpromising arid environment.

Documentation

  • Expedition Report (61pp) / editor: Louise Every

Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study, Queensland - Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, 1995 *

Documentation

  • Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report (Geography Monograph Series no.4 - 343pp);  ISBN 0 949286 06 0: -
    • Pt.1 : Introduction;
    • Pt.2 : Research Reports.

Tutamoe, Northland, New Zealand - University of Glasgow, 1994 *

Research Topics

  • The physical sustainability of the Waipoua Forest in terms of the effect of human and naturally-induced habitat fragmentation
  • The practicalities of evaluating the non-market value of the Waipoua Forest in terms of the benfits derived from its preservation;
  • The assessment of land-use change due to the expansion of farm forestry;
  • The possibility of formulating predictive tools for river-management;
  • The role of public participation in the implementation of regional sustainability directives.

Documentation

  • Report (70pp) / by K.M.H. Lemon [and others]

Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition, Queensland - Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Wet Season 1992 *

Documentation

  • Report v.1 (73pp);  ISBN 0 949286 04 4
    • General information on organisation;
    • Overviews of research conducted;
    • Consolidated species-lists;
    • Abstracts of reports.
  • Report v.2 (295pp);  ISBN 0 949286 05 2: -
    1. Climatology;
    2. Botany;
    3. Invertebrate Zoology;
    4. Vertebrate Zoology;
    5. Evolution.
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Latest revision on 4th March 2004 by Kerr Jamieson (RSGS Map and Photograph Curator)