Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update February 2015
Issue No. 26, February 2015
ISSN 1446-4843
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Introduction
Wetlands offer substantial economic, social and environmental values that can be harnessed and managed sustainably for the benefit of future generations. Raising awareness and understanding of the benefits of wetlands today will help to protect these important ecosystems and their values into the future.
This edition of Wetlands Australia supports the 2015 World Wetlands Day theme of ‘Wetlands for Our Future’, by highlighting innovative wetland conservation and rehabilitation practices, including examples of the wise use of wetlands for our future. It includes stories from government, community and school groups of partnerships that improve wetland health and enhance our understanding and appreciation of the value of wetlands.
If you would like to contribute to future editions of Wetlands Australia, please contact wetlandsmail@environment.gov.au
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Introduction
Introduction (PDF - 162.33 KB)
Looking after Australia’s Ramsar wetlands
Looking after Australia’s Ramsar wetlands (PDF - 1.52 MB)
Ramsar Secretary General visits Australia
Defence and Fitzroy Basin Association: Managing a unique Ramsar wetland in Queensland
Banrock Station Wetland Complex Ramsar site in South Australian is helping to bring a species back from the brink
A ‘systems repair’ approach to restoring the Ramsar wetlands of Bowling Green Bay in Queensland
Future proofing world-class wetlands in Victoria: A joint effort
Active water management is underway at the Hunter Estuary Wetlands Ramsar site
Puddles of paradise support threatened species in Gunbower Forest Ramsar site
Lake Mealup on the road to recovery
Environmental flows aid the recovery of Gunbower Forest Ramsar site
Aquatic habitat improves during low flow years at a South Australian Ramsar site
Environmental watering supports wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin
Environmental watering supports wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 749.37 KB)
Classifying aquatic ecosystems in the Murray-Darling Basin
SMART targets guide environmental watering of the Murray-Darling Basin
Follow that sound – it’s the southern bell frog!
Mallee Wetlands: A rehabilitation program in the making
Black Box floodplains bouncing back in New South Wales
Research to support environmental watering: a collaborative approach in the Murray-Darling Basin
Managing wetlands for the future
Managing wetlands for the future (PDF - 1.27 MB)
The future of Oceania wetlands
Farming journey takes Victorian farmer back to nature
The future of wetland co-management is here
Twenty-three years experience in wetland and environmental water management and still going strong...
Camden Council Aquatic Plant Management Procedures
Managing Western Australia’s Historic Lowlands Reserve
Setting the trend in modern methods of fire management
New fence protects estuarine crocodile habitat in Western Australia
Wetlands, brolgas and Latham’s snipe: south-west Victoria’s great natural assets
New book launched to promote North Queensland wetland plants
Communities helping to protect our wetlands
Communities helping to protect our wetlands (PDF - 768.48 KB)
Students on a mission for the Great Barrier Reef
Kids Caring For Creeks in New South Wales
South East Wetland Carers Network: Connecting people to protect and restore our wetlands
Discovering the hidden secrets of the cryptic burrowing crayfish
Pitt Town Lagoon in New South Wales celebrates a new bird hide
Home River Ocean: Protecting waterways through social marketing
Eavesdropping on frogs: Citizen science guiding wetland health management
Wetland restoration and conservation
Wetland restoration and conservation (PDF - 1.06 MB)
Healthy Wetland Habitats program provides incentives to private wetland
Farmers go with the flow on the New South Wales North Coast
Protecting Wetlands in a new National Park in Sydney
Rehabilitation of a floodplain wetland in the Macquarie Marshes
Pin map project to record on-ground works for wetlands in Queensland
Restoring the Lagoon of Islands in Tasmania
Lake Wollumboola, New South Wales: A special lake for birds
Commonwealth and State Government wetland updates
Commonwealth and State Government wetland updates (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Australian Government Update
New South Wales Government Update
Victorian Government Update
Queensland Government Update
South Australian Government Update
Tasmanian Government Update
2015 Calendar of Events
2015 Calendar of Events (PDF - 54.31 KB)
Previous editions of Wetlands Australia are also available