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Hydrological effects of floodgate management on coastal floodplain agriculture

Extensive drainage systems have been constructed on coastal floodplains to mitigate the effects of floods and to enable the development of agricultural industries. They have also greatly increased the rate of acidity entering creeks and estuaries from acid sulfate soils, resulted in a loss of fish breeding habitats and led to changes in the vegetation composition of backswamps. Coastal drains usually have floodgates which prevent tidal inundation of backswamps and reduce the ingress of saline water (more)...

Hydrological effects of floodgate management on coastal floodplain agriculture

This project has examined the processes causing poor drainage water quality from acid sulfate soil backswamps, quantified the water quality improvements resulting from floodgate opening strategies, quantified the effectiveness of acid groundwater retention strategies, and examined the salinity risks to sugar cane from opening floodgates. Project Objectives: 1. To identify and quantify the effects of changes to floodgate and land management practices on (more)...

Improving the legislative basis for river 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 (more)...

Kantri is for Laif

This report is the output of the LWA, NAILSMA and Tropical Savannas CRC project, A Strategy for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge and the Development of Indigenous Livelihoods on the Remote north Australian Indigenous Estate.

Kantri is for Laif – Cultural Museum or National Asset

Country is Life

The project devised and documented ‘a strategy for the conservation and application of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) across northern Australia.’ The strategy is based on the findings that there had been limited consultation with interested Indigenous groups; undervaluing of IK contributions to land and sea management; a lack of coordinated effort to provide long term and appropriate investment in IK, a rapid loss of language (more)...

Integrated Natural and Cultural Resource Management for Pastoral Properties in the East Kimberley Project: Learnings of the Project

learnings of the project

This report provides guidance on the options for sustainable development of Indigenous-held properties that acknowledge cultural traditions and aspirations in addition to addressing conventional natural resource management practices. The report also documents the challenges encountered in the project itself and what worked. Issues that were addressed included collaborative research and multidisciplinary team work; project work; confidentiality of cultural information; redefinition of project (more)...

3 - Continuing the research

3 - Continuing the research from Land and Water Australia on Vimeo. (more)...