The Murray-Darling Basin
Water purchases to save the Murray-Darling Basin
... ailing Murray- Darling river system will lead to a ‘national tragedy’, in which rural towns are slowly strangled to ...the Murray-Darling Basin ...
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Risk and water management in the Murray-Darling Basin
... the Murray--Darling Basin were already at or near 100 per cent of natural flows in 1994, it was not possible to allow both the allocation of water to `sleepers' and `dozers' and the continuation of ...
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Options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin
... The options for salinity mitigation in the Murray Darling Basin 1. Introduction Humans have harvested water to irrigate naturally arid and semi-arid lands for thousands of years. Throughout this ...
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Modelling Water Trade in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin
... southern Murray- Darling Basin and short run reductions based on observed allocations for 1997-98 to 2001-02 are examined to gain insights into these ...
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Upgrading irrigation infrastructure in the Murray Darling Basin: is it worth it?
... the Murray Darling Basin: is it worth it? Glyn Wittwer and Janine Dixon Abstract Infrastructure upgrades appear superficially to be a politically acceptable way of increasing environmental flows in ...
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Climate change and climate uncertainty in the Murray-Darling Basin
... the Murray-Darling Basin are described, along with the relationship between precipitation, evaporation and ...the Murray–Darling Basin developed by Adamson, Mallaawaarachchi and ...
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Modelling basin level allocation of water in the Murray Darling Basin in a world of uncertainty
... Key words: Water, Uncertainty, Salinity, GAMS v EXCEL & Optimisation Introduction With the arguable exception of global climate change, the sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin is the ...
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Flow and salinity in the Murray river : Study of flow and salt loads in the Murray River of the Murray Darling Basin
... the Murray river in the Murray-Darling Basin? The main conclusion is that in this stadium it is too early to give a good answer on the main question about the structure of the conceptual model ...
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What is the Murray-Darling Basin Regional Economic Diversification Program?
... Can I apply for funding if my project is located outside of NSW? No. Only projects located in the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin are eligible to apply. How much funding can I apply for? ...
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Understanding hydroclimate processes in the Murray-Darling basin for natural resources management
... Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), ocean-atmosphere processes causing hydro- climatic variations occur on time scales from days to cen- turies, all are important, and none are likely to act in ...
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Climate change, mitigation and adaptation: the case of the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia
... (Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council ...the Murray–Darling Basin will decline as a result of climate change, and, with high probabilities, that increased temperatures and ...
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Healthy rivers support a stronger housing market in the Murray-Darling Basin
... the Basin, ACF compared councils based on the health of their river valley to assess growth of new house approvals and see if any patterns ...the Murray- Darling Basin Authority in 2008 after ...
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Managing the Murray Darling Basin: some implications for climate change policy
... Concluding comments The management of the Murray–Darling Basin has important implications for broader resource management issues. Although the central thrust of policy has been broadly correct, ...
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Taking Stock: Seventeen Years after the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
... the Murray-Darling Basin The plight of the Murray-Darling is now a familiar story, accompanied by a long string of water management policies to stem its ...
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Chapter 16: Challenges to Improved Integrated Management of the Murray-Darling Basin
... 2 Introduction Integrating the consideration of interconnected elements of the environment - for present purposes, water, land and biodiversity - is axiomatically better for sustainability than approaching single issues ...
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State-contingent modelling of the Murray Darling Basin: implications for the design of property rights
... The Murray-Darling Basin encompasses a substantial proportion of the agricultural area of Eastern Australia, including parts of four states and the ...the Basin, supplies both additional water ...
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Water trading, buybacks and drought in the Murray-Darling basin: lessons from economic modelling
... Several reforms emerged in the 1990s from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) process. Until the 1990s, water trading occurred in Murray-Darling basin only in exceptional circumstances. ...
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Climate change, uncertainty and adaptation: the case of irrigated agriculture in the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia
... Large scale forest plantations in the Murray-Darling Basin may be embraced as a carbon sequestration mechanism under a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. However, increased tree plantation will be ...
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Climate-change threats to native fish in degraded rivers and floodplains of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
... Running Headline: Climate change threats to fish in degraded rivers Abstract Many aquatic ecosystems have been severely degraded by water resource development impacting on flow regimes and biological connectivity. ...
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Risk management frameworks: supporting the next generation of Murray-Darling Basin water sharing plans
... legislated Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBA 2012) and future water sharing plans required under the Basin Plan are required to have regard to the same ...
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