Integrated Catchment Management in Murray- Darling Basin

Integrated Catchment Management in Murray- Darling Basin

3rd W O R L D W A T E R F O R U M, K Y O T O
Integrated Catchment
Management in MurrayDarling Basin
By
Kevin Goss
Deputy Chief Executive
Murray-Darling Basin Commission
Australia
Murray-Darling Basin
Integrated Catchment Management
National policies
& principles
Integrated
Catchment
Management
Stable funding
base & cost
sharing
Regional
organisations
with appropriate
capacity &
accountability
Targets for Natural
Resources (Salt,
Biodiversity etc)
Natural Resources Management
Water quantity and quality
Integrated Catchment Management
(Murray-Darling Basin Initiative)
Other Instruments of
Government
(State jurisdictions)
Integrated Catchment Management Policy
Basin Sustainability Plan
‘Issue Specific’ Strategies
Basin Salinity Management Strategy
River Murray Environmental Flow and Water Quality Plan
Native Fish Management Strategy
Algal Management Strategy
Floodplain Wetlands Management
Catchment Management Regions
Queensland
MaranoaBalonne Condamine
WarregoParoo
South
Australia
New South
Wales
Border
Rivers
Border
Rivers
Gwydir
Western
South Australia
6 SA Murray-Darling Basin
Queensland
6 Border Rivers
6 Condamine
6 Maranoa-Balonne
6 Warrego-Paroo
Namoi
Central West
SA MurrayDarling Basin
Lower MurrayDarling
Lachlan
Sydney
Murrumbidgee
Canberra
Murray
Mallee
ACT
Wimmera North Goulburn
Central Broken
Melbourne
North
East
Victoria
New South Wales
6 Central West
6 Lachlan
6 Lower-Murray Darling
6 Murray
6 Murrumbidgee
6 Western
6 Namoi
6 Gwydir
6 Border Rivers
Victoria
6 Gouldburn-Broken
6 Mallee
6 North East
6 Wimmera
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
is wholly contained within the
Murrumbidgee Region.
Targets for Catchment Health
Water Quality
• Salinity
• Nutrients
Water Sharing
• Environmental Flows
• Consumptive use
CATCHMENT
HEALTH
Terrestrial
Biodiversity
Riverine Ecosystem
Health
Criteria for Sustainable River
Basin Management
Stable organisation, agreement
DDD
Technical secretariat, stable
funding
D
Knowledge base
DDD
Integration
DD
Transparency, community
involvement
DD