All in Wetlands

Australia’s Tropical Rivers Data Collation Project

superuser — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:29:35 +0000

In response to the need to better understand Australia’s tropical river systems, this project aimed collating available datasets relating to Australia’s Tropical Rivers; and to then produce a set of relevant information suitable for upload to the Australian Natural Resources Atlas.

IDs and People

Program:

Tropical Rivers Research and Development

LWA Project Code:

NGI1

Host Organisation:

Land and Water Australia

Subjects

Subjects:

Tropical Rivers

Keywords:

data

River

Wetlands

Estuaries

floodplains

sea

gulf

Carpentaria

drainage

collation

Timor

divisions

Current Activities

Status:

Complete

Tropical Rivers Inventory and Assessment Project

superuser — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:50:15 +0000

The Tropical Rivers Inventory and Assessment Project was a multiple-stakeholder and multiple-disciplinary initiative in northern Australia that sought to treat the wetlands and waterways within Australia’s two northern drainage divisions as one region with common issues surrounding the biota, hydro-geomorphology and management.

This project aimed to:

IDs and People

Program:

Tropical Rivers Research and Development

Research Type:

Research Project

LWA Project Code:

DET18

Subjects

Subjects:

Tropical Rivers

Keywords:

Wetlands

Waterways

drainage

Inventory

biota

hydro-geomorphology

Current Activities

Status:

Complete

Knowledge Synthesis for Watering Wetlands

superuser — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:59:02 +0000

This project, by Mark Siebentritt aimed to produce a discussion paper outlining the current scientific knowledge with respect to watering wetlands, the extent to which water resource and wetland managers have access to this scientific information and the impediments they face in putting the information into practice.

IDs and People

Program:

Environmental Water Allocation

Program Theme:

Environmental Water Allocation

Research Type:

Research Project

Legacy (KMS) Project ID:

CST004638

Researchers:

Mark Siebentritt

Subjects

Subjects:

Rivers and Wetlands

Keywords:

knowledge

watering

Wetlands

synthesis

Current Activities

Status:

Complete