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The WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement

Back in 2006 we edited and designed a small booklet for the Office of the Chief Plant Protection Officer at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry titled The WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement: Why you need to know.

More information is available on the relevant page on the DAFF website.

This year we are producing five new versions of this booklet in five languages: Khmer, Bahasa Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese and Lao.

We are able to produce short documents in-house in foreign languages, with larger jobs outsourced to our foreign language typesetting partners, and managed by us.

A methodology for evaluating ROI from NRM R&D

Following on from the mammoth document produced for Land & Water Australia last month comes another, smaller, document in the same series: A methodology for evaluating return on investment from natural resource management research and development.

This 63 page A4 document describes the methods and templates for analysis used in the main document. We edited and designed both documents.

More information is available on the Land and Water Australia website, or you can download a copy in PDF format.

LWA Portfolio ROI

We have just completed the editing and design of a mammoth document for Stuart Pearson at Land & Water Australia. This 672 page A4 document, titled Land & Water Australia's Portfolio Return on Investment 2nd Edition, examines the impact that Land & Water Australia's research has had on achieving the sustainable use and management of Australia's natural resources.

More information about this document, along with a link to the downloadable PDF version, is available on the Land & Water Australia website here.

ACIAR Impact Assessment Series

We are regularly called upon to edit and design documents for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Among these documents are ACIAR's Impact Assessment Series. In the last few months we have worked on:

• IAS40: Zero tillage for weed control in India: the contribution to poverty alleviation
• IAS41: ACIAR and public funding of R&D: submission to the Productivity Commission study on public support for science and innovation
• IAS42: Benefits to Australia of selected CABI products
• IAS43: Water management in public irrigation schemes in Vietnam

All these documents are available for download on the ACIAR website.

Happy New Year

The festive season is done, the holiday period is over, and February is here.

Merry Christmas

With the festive season in full swing, and the holiday period about to commence, the time has come to wish all our clients and friends a Merry Christmas for 2006. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2007.

Integrating knowledge for river basin management

One of our primary areas of expertise is the editing and design of large technical documents. Our latest production is the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Monograph titled Integrating knowledge for river basin management. The printed copies of this document were delivered last week, and they look fantastic!

This lengthy document of 224 pages was designed around the ACIAR Monograph standard size of 170x240mm, and features a typical array of technical tables and figures, the majority of which were redrafted to achieve a uniform style.

It's always satisfying to receive positive feedback on a project to which you've invested a fair amount of energy. In this case we received great feedback from one of the editors, Professor Tony Jakeman, Director of the Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre (iCAM) at the Australian National University (ANU):

Our ACIAR publication on the Thai work arrived yesterday. May I say how impressed I am by the quality and aesthetically pleasing nature of the production. I do not recall seeing such a piece of 'art.' … I am very hopeful that the book will gain recognition for ACIAR and the ANU in this frontier area of river basin management.

Tony Jakeman
Director, Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre

Download a copy in PDF format.

Very large books

We have just completed another enormous book for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). The Monograph, titled China's agricultural and rural development in the early 21st century, ended up a whopping 548 pages!. This is one of the largest documents we have completed for ACIAR.

As is typical with these types of projects, we were enlisted to perform the editing, design and typesetting. The entire project was completed in a few months, and the end result is a fantastic book that the client is very pleased with.

This book is available for download or purchase from the ACIAR website.

Nitrogen Fixation in Acacias

We have just completed the editing, design and typesetting of Nitrogen Fixation in Acacias for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). The physical size of the document follows an ACIAR monograph standard of 210 x 210 mm, with the final book running to 132 pages plus cover.

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The design and typesetting included many tables, figures and photos. Where possible figures were redrawn to ensure consistent colour, size and typefaces. Photos were colour corrected and enhanced for print production.

Download the entire document as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

You can order a copy of this book through the ACIAR website.

Contact Us

Clarus Design is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. Canberra is Australia's capital city and is also Australia's largest inland city. Being the seat of Federal Government, many Federal Government agencies have their headquarters here.

More information about Canberra is available here.

Editorial

Email: ed@clarusdesign.com

Phone: 0412 358 151

Design

Email: sam@clarusdesign.com

Phone: 0402 031 349

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Clarus Design
GPO Box 661
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia