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    AWA Catchment Management Specialist Networks

    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 within an integrated water management framework.  Through this, we build cohesive collegial networks and aim to develop leading practices that foster collaboration and integration together with others working towards improving water catchments and their values across Australia. 

     

    A key achievement for this committee has been the development of the Source Water Protection Statement. 

    Download Water Source 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

    Co-Chairs
    Kim Markwell
     Dr Kelly Hill 
     
    Committee Members
    Clairly Lance
    Emily Cotterill
    Ben Dunn
    Andrew Watkinson
    Phillip Birtles
    Dushanthi Wanninayake

    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

    Jurisdictional Governance

    ACT (under development) 

    New South Wales (under development)

    Northern Territory (under development) 

    Queensland

    South Australia

    Tasmania

    Victoria

    Western Australia

     
    Authorities, Trusts and Committees 
     

    Australian Capital Territory 
    ACT Natural Resource Management Advisory Committee 

    Northern Territory 
    Territory Natural Resource Management

    Queensland
    Northern Queensland Dry Tropics 
    Burnett Mary 
    Cape York 
    Desert Channels 
    Fitzroy 
    Reef Catchments 
    Northern Gulf 
    Southern Gulf 
    Terrain (Wet Tropics) 

    South Australia 
    Landscape - Kangaroo Island  
    Landscape - Murraylands and Riverlands (Murray-Darling)
    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

    Kylie Pinwill  
    Catchment Management Specialist Network Coordinator
    kpinwill@awa.asn.au

    Get in touch using the Contact Us form 

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