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Recognising and protecting Indigenous values in water resource management

a report from a workshop held at CSIRO in Darwin, NT, 5-6 April 2006

A two-day workshop on Indigenous cultural values and water resource management was held at CSIRO in Darwin, NT in April 2006, with the aim of exploring what Indigenous managers of water resources in northern Australia could learn from other regions where water has been developed.

Water Planners Forums

The National Water Commission, in partnership with Land & Water Australia, is currently investing in a number of water planning and policy projects. As part of this investment, building an informal “community of practice” for water planners through regular contact and sharing of information and ideas is a key component. In February 2009, the second Water Planner’s Forum was (more)...
Shrinking Dam level

Water Planning

The National Water Commission and Land and Water Australia have jointly funded a three-year project (June 2007-June 2010) to help improve the practice and outcomes of water planning in Australia. Water Planning is a key aspect of the 2004 Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative, and one of the most important tools for achieving nationally-agreed objectives for the sustainable use of water. This is the context for the project, which seeks to: (more)...

Water Planning Tools

Water planning is one of the most important tools for achieving sustainable use of water. While water planning can apply to a range of matters such as flood risk, water quality, water supply etc, the type of water planning with which the National Water Initiative (NWI) is most concerned is water allocation/ water sharing planning. That is, planning how surface and underground water resources will be managed and shared to achieve environmental, economic and (more)...

Integrating Water and Catchment Planning

In most jurisdictions across Australia, developing water sharing plans is a key activity. However, the programs and processes for developing catchment plans like: Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) plans and targets Natural Resource Management plans Catchment Action Plans (CAP) Regional/Local Environment Plans and those for preparing the Water Sharing Plans (more)...

Indigenous community consultation for the Kimberley Groundwater Sub-areas Water Management Plan

The project aims to consult with, inform and engage Indigenous organisations and Traditional Owners in the water planning and decision making processes used to develop the La Grange Groundwater Management Plan. By working with all stakeholders, it is hoped that new approaches will be jointly developed to enable Indigenous people to actively engage in water planning.

Water Perspectives

Outcomes of an expert workshop scoping social and institutional research questions in support of the implementation of the National Water Initiative