Protection of Rivers, River Reaches, and Estuaries of High Conservation Value

Citation

Land & Water Australia. 2009. Protection of Rivers, River Reaches, and Estuaries of High Conservation Value. [Online] (Updated August 11th, 2009)
Available at: http://lwa.gov.au/node/3682 [Accessed Tuesday 26th of April 2011 02:04:08 AM ].

The objectives of this project whose principle investigator was Professor Richard Kingsford were to develop broad, Australia-wide support for:

A coordinated and national approach to protecting and managing rivers, river reaches and estuaries.
A sharing of management and protection strategies and concepts so all States and Territories can learn from each other as they implement various protection measures and invest in protective management actions.

An iterative process has seen the development of a comprehensive final report, which presents a national protective framework for identifying and protecting rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value. The framework builds on work already done by states and territories has been developed around three main elements:

1. Nationally consistent collection of information on rivers, wetlands;

2. A Protection Scheme; and

3. Operational and institutional arrangements.