Areas

Governance assessment framework for Terrestial Protected Areas

A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. Six categories (one of which has two sub-categories) of protected area are recognised: I(a) Strict Nature Reserve, I(b) Wilderness Area, II. National Park, III. Natural Monument, IV. (more)...

Irrigation Insights 2 - Subsurface Drainage Design and Management Practices in Irrigated Areas of Australia

It is widely understood that irrigation development results in deep percolation past the rootzone, which recharges the groundwater. With flood irrigation, watertables often rise at around 0.5 m a year until a new equilibrium is established where the watertable fluctuates from the soil surface to around 3 m deep. A significant part of all irrigation areas in Australia are currently in this condition or approaching such equilibrium. Irrigation areas in southeastern Australia, particularly in the Murray (more)...

Scoping Study: Common Hydrological Features in Australian Irrigation Areas

This scoping project investigated the following two questions:

• What is the best way to present material on the common hydro-geological systems where irrigation areas are situated.
• Which hydro-geological systems should be represented?