degradation

Watering wetlands, Impediments and challenges to the transfer of knowledge between wetland managers and scientists

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 knowledge 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 (more)...

Salinity Impact on Lower Murray Horticulture

Project Objectives

• Determine/update the crop salinity relationships
• Determine the variability of EC (soil water) and leaching efficiency in the field
• Simulate different scenarios of River Murray salinity at Morgan
• Input to the MDB Salinity Strategy and Integrated Catchment Management Plan

More than just the odd tree

Using market-based instruments to secure water for environmental flows

Over recent decades the extractive use of water in Australia has dramatically increased, leading to greater agricultural production and, in many instances, to the degradation of riverine ecosystems, loss of productive land and impacts on water quality and biodiversity. In response, Australian governments’ are progressing a range of water policy reforms, with recent inter-governmental agreements committing in excess of $1b to enhancing flows and environmental outcomes along the Snowy and (more)...