What is CAPIM?
CAPIM is a consortium of world class researchers from The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Water, DPI (Vic), RMIT, and EPA (Vic). CAPIM creates a multidisciplinary research team to address the complicated issue of understanding the impact of pollution on the aquatic environment.
Our primary research location is at the The University of Melbourne's Bio 21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute (Bio21 Institute) with additional nodes at The University of Melbourne Department of Zoology and School of Chemistry, DPI Queenscliff and Werribee and RMIT University Bundoora. CAPIM has six major research streams across freshwater and estuarine environments currently employing 13 full time staff, and running nine postgraduate projects.
CAPIM's vision is to improve and secure aquatic ecosystem health by developing innovative approaches to pollution detection in inland waters and estuaries, and working with environmental management practitioners to reduce pollution impacts.
Involvement in a Broadband project to boost Victoria's digital economy
On Thursday 3rd November 2011, Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips announced 12 projects to receive funding through the Victorian Government's Broadband-Enabled Innovation Program (BEIP). Due to this initiative, CAPIM has commenced the autonomous live animal response monitors (ALARM) project for rapid, real-time detection of toxicity caused by water pollution.
Read more about this project HERE
Involvement in the Victorian state Locust Control Program
The threat of a locust plague devastating Victorian crops was well-publicised and had a high profile in Melbourne and regional media in the Spring of 2010. The Department of Primary Industries Victoria launched a program monitoring the environmental effects of spraying, and CAPIM participated in a joint project involving, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, the biodiversity research base for the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) in Victoria and EPA (Victoria) to monitor freshwater impacts.
Read the full story of CAPIM's involvement in this project HERE
For more information regarding the locust threat in Victoria, please visit the DPI Biosecurity website www.dpi.vic.gov.au/locusts
CAPIM's Objectives:
- To become Australia's pre-eminent aquatic pollution identification, research and management centre.
- To develop cost-effective, integrated waterway and estuary monitoring tools.
- To provide a forum for the transfer of integrated water pollutant information and knowledge
CAPIM is about real improvements to the environment through:
- Multidisciplinary and collaborative science between agencies and education institutes, with strong links to environmental management agencies.
- High quality "forensic" science to identify pollution impacts;
- developing novel pollution identification technologies for inland waterways and estuaries.
- developing cost-effective, integrated waterway and estuary monitoring tools.
- Providing a forum for the transfer of integrated water pollutant information and knowledge between agencies.
CAPIM is funded by The Victorian Science Agenda Investment Fund managed by the Department of Business and Innovation (DBI) (www.innovation.vic.gov.au) with partner funding contributed from Melbourne Water, Department of Primary Industries(Vic), and EPA(Vic).
"CAPIM is dedicated to providing innovative solutions
for improving and securing healthy aquatic ecosystems."
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