Sentences with phrase «commonwealth environmental»

This is a summary of the efforts by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to protect and restore the Lower Murray - Darling region.

«No other delivery partner in South Australia can work with the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder on how to best deliver cultural water than benefits the environment.»

As part of this requirement, the Basin Plan places a number of obligations on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH), including principles of monitoring and evaluation and reporting requirements.

This Partnership is the first of its kind between the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and an Aboriginal organisation and is the start of a concerted effort to work with Aboriginal people across the Basin.

A purpose designed smart form will be available on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office web site Trade of Commonwealth environmental water when the tender process opens at 10 am Tuesday 9 January 2018 (AEDT).

For more information about current Commonwealth environmental water holdings in the Murray - Darling Basin Victorian Rivers, please refer to Environmental water holdings.

Under a Partnership Agreement between the Commonwealth and Victorian Environmental Water Holders, a five year environmental watering schedule (July 2014 - June 2019) has committed the use of up to 120 ML per annum of Commonwealth environmental water in the Ovens River (plus any additional water as it becomes available during this period).

The Commonwealth environmental water holdings operate under the same carryover rules as equivalent water accounts managed by consumptive water entitlement holders.

For further information regarding the trade of Commonwealth environmental water refer to the Commonwealth environmental water Trading Framework, which includes operating rules, procedures and protocols.

This page will be updated as decisions on water use in the Victorian Rivers for 2017 - 18 are made by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

121 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was delivered within the Upper Broken Creek, and contributed to achieving the following outcomes:

Return flows from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in lower Broken Creek supported downstream actions throughout the Mid Murray, Lower Murray, Coorong and Lower Lakes, contributing to the protection, maintenance and improvement of the diversity and condition of water dependent native flora and fauna and ecosystem function.

The Water Act 2007 (Cth) requires the CEWH to perform its functions and exercise its powers consistently with and in a manner that gives effect to the Water Act 2007 - Basin Plan 2012, and specifically, that Commonwealth environmental water is managed in accordance with the Basin Plan's environmental watering plan.

For further information about Commonwealth environmental watering in Victorian rivers and the outcomes achieved, please refer to the Commonwealth environmental water Outcomes Reports and Annual Reports.

In addition to the operational frameworks, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office also undertakes portfolio management planning each year.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project junction of the Warrego and Darling rivers Selected Area 2015 - 16 Evaluation Report

In February 2013 the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, David Papps, was a guest speaker at a Nature Foundation South Australia event which celebrated the start of watering on Clark's Floodplain near Berri in the Murray - Darling Basin.

This report is the product of the second year of monitoring and evaluation in the Junction of the Warrego and Darling Rivers under the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office's Long Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) Project.

Commonwealth environmental water contributed to four flow events down the Darling River zone, which provided connecting flows through the zone to Louth.

Commonwealth environmental water from entitlements upstream of the Selected Area in Queensland made a small (4 %) contribution to flows down the Warrego River zone for around 16 days in February / March 2016.

Commonwealth environmental water is used to protect and restore environmental assets in the Murray - Darling Basin (the Basin).

The large - scale release, which included 109 gigalitres of Commonwealth environmental water, was intended to enhance connectivity between the river and its wetlands.

The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, through the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, is the administrative authority within Australia for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder David Papps said the partnership was part of ongoing efforts to protect and restore the internationally important Wetland and its complex of wetlands and woodlands, which provide habitat for a range of native flora and fauna including the nationally threatened Regent Parrot and the Southern Bell Frog.

To guide Commonwealth Environmental Water Office monitoring and evaluation activities, and to ensure we are aligning with, and fulfilling, legislative and Basin Plan obligations, the Office has developed the:

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's substantial water entitlements and allocations have been acquired through the Australian Government's investment in water - saving infrastructure and water buybacks throughout the irrigation districts of the Murray - Darling Basin, as part of national water reforms (as per the Water Act 2007 and the Murray - Darling Basin Plan).

Operational monitoring is undertaken for all Commonwealth environmental watering actions and involves collecting on ground data with regard to environmental water delivery such as volumes delivered, impact on the river systems hydrograph, area of inundation and river levels.

This may include water purchase to meet shortfalls in any Murray Darling systems, or investment in environmental activities to improve the management and use of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holdings.

As summarised below, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office will continue to work with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, state agencies, research organisations, regional organisations, local groups and others, such as landholders to collect and collate relevant monitoring information that facilitates evaluation and reporting of the use of water under the Basin Plan.

Birds — improved wetland habitat for waterbirds with a total of 52 species of waterbirds observed across 49 survey sites, including threatened and listed species such as the threatened blue - billed and freckled ducks recorded in wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water

At the same time that the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder conducted this trade, more than 320 additional Victorian Goulburn and Murray regulated river allocation trades were recorded, totalling 26 GL at a VWAP of $ 281 per ML, indicating that other sellers in the market were not impacted negatively by the sale of Commonwealth allocations.

Commonwealth environmental water also enhanced the diversity of aquatic habitat and primary production in the Warrego and Darling river reaches and provided opportunities for dispersal of aquatic biota.

A Framework for determining Commonwealth environmental water use has been prepared in consultation with delivery partners, interested stakeholders / experts and with our Environmental Water Scientific Advisory Panel.

«This sale of allocations has reduced the amount of Commonwealth environmental water available in the Gwydir by around six percent in 2017 - 18, leaving sufficient water to be carried over to support future environmental watering priorities.

The Water Act 2007 and the Murray Darling Basin Plan outline specific monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements that the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder must comply with.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office has designed monitoring programs to complement existing and proposed monitoring programs.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office is also administering $ 10 million under the Murray - Darling Basin Environmental Water Knowledge and Research Project to improve the best science information available to support the evolving needs of environmental water managers.

Monitoring and evaluation is a critical component of the effective and efficient use of Commonwealth environmental water and is incorporated into the way environmental water is managed.

Intervention monitoring and evaluation results are used by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office to:

The Basin Plan places a number of obligations on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder with respect to monitoring, evaluation and reporting, including to:

Under this Project, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office has engaged consortium teams, lead by Australia's leading research institutions, and involving locally based land and water managers, to develop and implement detailed 5 - year monitoring and evaluation plans for selected areas within the Basin.

Consistent with the Commonwealth Environmental Water trade operating rules, full details of this trading action will be published following registration of the final trade.

This document sets out the detailed scientific approach to evaluating the contribution of Commonwealth environmental water at the Basin scale for Vegetation.

As at 30 September 2015, over 4914 GL of Commonwealth environmental water has now been delivered to rivers, wetlands and floodplains of the Murray - Darling Basin, with early signs of significant environmental benefits showing up in monitoring programs.

A flow event in Sept 2016 triggered access to Commonwealth allocations and a total 794 ML of Commonwealth environmental water contributed to in - stream flows, protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Warrego River system by supporting:

Institute for land, Water and Society - Charles Sturt University for Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, 2014

Up to 10,000 ML of Commonwealth environmental water in conjunction with up to 50,000 ML of NSW environmental water contributed to a two stage delivery, namely:

Approximately 9,700 ML of Commonwealth environmental water provided overbank flows to the Warrego River which spilled on to the Western Floodplain at Toorale National Park / State Conservation Area.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office is not the only agency investing in environmental monitoring and evaluation activities under the Basin Plan.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (Commonwealth Environmental Water) is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).