Ecological Risk Management Framework for the Irrigation Industry

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This document outlines an ecological risk assessment framework for the Australian irrigation industry. The objective of the framework is to provide a robust process that will assist the irrigation industry to incorporate a transparent, scientific, precautionary and ecologically sustainable approach to its management of environmental risks.

The framework is catchment-based and focuses on the difficult task of assessing the risks to multiple ecological assets from multiple hazards. This catchment-wide approach is needed since irrigation enterprises are normally only one of a number of human activities in the catchment (e.g. dryland grazing, forestry, urban, tourism) that can contribute to the degradation of environmental assets. The framework synthesises the methods required to achieve successful adaptive management of natural resources.