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YOUR CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST NETWORK
This network aims to create opportunities for sharing and evolving knowledge to progress the field of Catchment Management across Australia. Through doing this, we build cohesive collegial networks and aim to develop leading-edge practices that foster collaboration and integration together with other areas of the water sector and across Australia.
A key achievement for this committee has been the development of the Source Water Protection Statement.
Source Protection Statement Case Studies:
Principle 6: Seqwater's catchment information decision support system
Principle 7: Know your catchment assessment of recreation on water
Principle 8: SEQ’s Resilient Rivers initiative and catchment action plans
Principle 9: The transdisciplinary and adaptive nature of source water
Principle 10: Coliban integrated catchment management plan partnership
MEET THE COMMITTEE
Greg Greene
Barry Floyd
Dr Kelly Hill
Michael Hughes
Chris Manning
Kim Markwell
Suzanne Nuroo
Michelle Phoenix
Karen Reid
Danika Smith
CONNECT AT OUR NEXT MEMBER CIRCLE
Member circles are exclusive to AWA members and provide an opportunity to share knowledge with like-minded professionals and practitioners. To receive your invite to our next member circle, log in and ensure Catchment Management is selected as one of your Specialist Network preferences.
SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
Catchment management, and in particular Integrated Catchment Management (ICM), has the objective of improving and integrating the management of land, water and related biological resources in order to achieve the sustainable and balanced use of these resources.
ICM is the involvement of agencies, stakeholders and the general public in policymaking, planning, and management to promote sustainable use of natural resources and protect and improve the quality and quantity of water and the environment the water originates from.
One way to achieve the objectives of ICM is through the adoption of uniform principles that are flexible enough to develop management programs adapted to local conditions. The adoption of uniform national principles would facilitate a comprehensive audit and evaluation of catchment management programs, and modifications to be devised and implemented. At present, there are no consistent national standards for catchment management across all states and territories. It was this that prompted the committee to develop the Source Water Protection Statement.
RESOURCES
Authorities, Trusts and Committees
Australian Capital Territory
ACT Natural Resource Management Council
Northern Territory
Territory Natural Resource Management
Queensland
Northern Queensland Dry Tropics
Burnett Mary
Cape York
Desert Channels
Fitzroy
Reef Catchments
Northern Gulf
Southern Gulf
Wet Tropics
South Australia
Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board
South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board
South East
Tasmania
North
Victoria
Corangamite
East Gippsland
Goulburn Broken
North Central
North East
Port Philip & Westernport
West Gippsland
Wimmera
Western Australia
Northern Agricultural
South Coast
South West
Perth Region
Education Resources
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
Catchment Management Module - Designed for students of primary school age to demonstrate how science decisions have short- and long-term implications for the environment, communities and individuals.
Reports, Inquiries
Burdekin River Catchment Management Study (Queensland)
The Burdekin Management Study (BMS) aimed to link research, development and education activities in the upper catchment of the Burdekin River (north Queensland) to enhance integration, communication and relevance of science-based information related to grazing land management.
IWA Specialist Groups
AWA is the Governing Member for IWA in Australia, and this network encourages the connection with these IWA Specialist Groups
Diffuse Pollution
Watershed & River Basin Management
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GET IN TOUCH
Member Engagement Manager
Christine Roberts christiner@awa.asn.au
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