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Putting Plans into Practice, Environmental Water Allocation R&D Program

The degradation of Australia’s wetlands has brought into sharp focus the need to manage factors such as altered flow and water regimes. Exchanging knowledge between wetland managers and wetland scientists and putting it into practice is an essential part of this management. Yet environmental watering of wetlands is a relatively new type of intervention, especially where engineering infrastructure is used. It is largely restricted to south eastern Australia. Thus, while there is considerable (more)...

Assessment of Information Needs for Freshwater Flows into Australian Estuaries

This report was jointly commissioned by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and Land & Water Australia to assess the information needs for freshwater flows into estuaries. This report is based on the results of a desk study together with the outputs from an expert workshop. It has the following objectives: create a logical framework showing the potential links between freshwater inflows and (more)...

National Riparian Lands Research & Development - Phase Two

A review of the Riparian Lands R&D Program Phase Two was conducted in 2004 and found that the standard of the science was very high and was highly relevant to the management of riparian zones. The program had maintained a strong publication record and had a high level of ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences. The review reported that the Riparian Lands Program had a high profile and had a substantial potential to influence river management, planning, investigation and policy. The program (more)...

National Riparian Lands Research Development - Phase One

Phase 1 of the Program ran for nearly 7 years in total. It had 3 sub-programs, two based on scientific experimentation and one on practical application through a series of demonstration projects. Phase 1 had funding of $4.6m from Land & Water Australia, $0.7m from third parties (mainly State agencies) and $2.3m from research organisations. It was guided by an advisory committee with representation from Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies. This group played an (more)...

Control of Pine wildlings in remnant vegetation: Aspects of management in the Green Triangle Region

Radiata pines (Pinus radiata) were introduced into South Australia and Victorian in latter part of the 1800s. The second half of the 1900s saw large-scale plantation development. Breeding for faster growth and greater volume also occurred in this period.

Effect of land use and peri-urban development on aquatic weeds

The primary objective of the proposed work was to understand the impacts of peri-urban development on aquatic weed invasions. We quantified aquatic weed abundance according to land use through desktop and field-based surveys and classified 24 species in a…

Significant benefits flow from Research and Development Corporations

Australia’s productivity growth, which is driven by innovation from investment in research, development and extension, puts the nation in a pre-eminent position to meet the growing global demand for primary industry products.

h and Development Corporations’ investment

Vital role for Australian irrigation

Discusses irrigation in Australia in the context of global food security, decreasing water resources and the contribution of research and development to innovation.

Development of a Wetland Catchment Disturbance Index - Draft

A Wetland Catchment Disturbance Index (WCDI) based on wetland catchment land use data has been developed in Victoria. The WCDI forms one of six themes that will together report on wetland condition at a National level through the framework for comparable assessment of the ecological condition of Australian rivers and wetlands, which is being implemented by the National Water Commission. The WCDI is applicable to (more)...