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Developing institutional arrangements of Indigenous participation in the National Water Initiative

This Final Milestone Report and attached fact sheets have been prepared by the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) for endorsement by Land & Water Australia (LWA).

Using Recycled Water for Irrigation

An overview of the issues, opportunities and challenges.

All Australians, including farmers and urban consumers, are increasingly aware that our water is both scarce and precious. In recent years, water management has been one of the nation’s most important electoral issues. Water restrictions have limited urban users’ ability to water gardens and wash cars, while irrigators across the country have experienced often drastic cuts in water allocations, affecting food availability and prices. There are two main approaches to (more)...

Indigenous Interests in Tropical Rivers: Research & Management Issues

A Scoping study for Land & Water Australia's Tropical Rivers Program

This report outlines a number of priority areas of research interest arising from the literature reviewed and the interviews of representatives or nominees from Indigenous organisations. They fall under two major themes: The need for a sound understanding of the current condition of river and wetland environments and their contemporary role in meeting the subsistence and spiritual needs of Indigenous communities. Increased pressure on resources, places, and sites is felt by many groups (more)...

Irrigation research issues

a discussion paper

This document outlines the process followed to determine the current priority issues for a national irrigation research program.

Ecological risk associated with irrigation in the Goulburn Broken

Stage 2: GMW11 Final Report

During Phase I of the project “Assessment of Ecological Risk Associated with Irrigation Systems in the Goulburn Broken Catchment” (Cottingham et al., 2001) adverse changes to the abundance and diversity of native fish and the occurrence of cyanobacterial (or blue-green algal) blooms were identified as priority ecological issues to be further investigated in Phase II of the project. Investigations have now been carried out to further assess the risks associated with (more)...