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National Rivers Consortium Projects

Assessing the health of Ephemeral Rivers

This project aims to identify the most appropriate methods to assess health in these streams but is also intended to support further development so that ephemeral streams, in other areas of Australia, can also be assessed. The project is being undertaken by the Cooperative Research Centres for Catchment Hydrology and Catchment Ecology. These CRCs are consortiums of the Universities and industry partners with researchers based at University of Adelaide, Griffith University, University of Canberra, (more)...

Improving the legislative basis for river restoration and management in Australia

The report reviews developments to April 2001 in Australian water resource law and in stakeholders’ experiences. It analyses legislation through eight ‘indicatory topics’ and through questionnaires, interviews and workshops, in four voluntarily-participating States: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. It proposes a Model Legislative Framework to guide development of water resource law in moving towards sustainable rivers. It calls for a catchment agency to manage all impacts (more)...