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Economic, social and institutional aspects of environmental water allocation

Australian water entitlements

The Australian Government is acquiring and holding water entitlements with intention of achieving improved environmental outcomes. Regions in which the Government has indicated an interest in acquiring entitlements are the Murray-Darling Basin in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, the Fitzroy basin in Queensland, Tasmania, and the South-West and Carnarvon regions of Western Australia. This report provides an overview of the water entitlements in these areas and an initial (more)...

Economic, social and institutional aspects of environmental water allocation

Apart from improved technical understanding of ecological responses to different flow regimes, there is scope for improvements in the legal, institutional, economic and social aspects of water resources management. The Environmental Water Allocation Research & Development Program will fund social and institutional research that is clearly focused on improved environmental water allocations.