Priorities for identification and sustainable management of high conservation value aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia
Details:
Title
Priorities for identification and sustainable management of high conservation value aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia,
Editor
Kennard, Mark J.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Date
2011-02,
Abstract
"Northern Australia boasts a range of significant aquatic ecosystems and ecosystem types, including estuaries, rivers, lakes and wetlands. ... To increase knowledge about these aquatic ecosystems, the Australian government commissioned the Northern Australia Ecological Assets Projects as part of the Northern Australia Water Futures Assessment (NAWFA)"--P. iv.,
Notes
"February 2011, Track Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, National Water Commission". Includes bibliographical references,
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Table of contents
1. General introduction -- 2. Risks and threats to acquatic ecosystems in northern Australia -- 3. Broad-scale identification of acquatic ecological assets and assessment of conservation values across northern Australia -- 4. Fine-scale assessment and prioritisation of regional aquatic ecosystem assets in northern Australia -- 5. Sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia -- 6. Key knowledge & priorities -- 7. References -- 8. Appendicies: 8.1. NAWFA acquatic systems -- 8.2. NAWFA HCVAE attributes -- 8.3. Report on the Workshop on Natural Heritage Values of Wetlands in Northern Australia / by Anthony Whelan -- 8.4. Fine-scale assessment of high conservation aquatic ecosystems and ecological thresholds in the Daly River, NT : summary of NRTAS/TRaCK expert panel workshop held in Darwin, 14 September 2010 / Neil Pretit, Paul Close, Mark Kennard -- 8.5. Ecological Thresholds Workshop outcomes : Gilbert, Flinders and Norman River catchments / prepared by Paul Clayton -- 8.6. Fine-scale assessment of high conservation value aquatic systems in the Upper Fiztroy and Mitchell River catchments of the Kimberley Region of Western Australia : summary of the workshop, held in Kununurra, 11-12 November 2010 / Paul Close ... [et al.].,