Wetlands publications
Most publications are only available online. Hardcopies of publications marked Order printed copy can be ordered online.
Older publications are available from our online archive.
Brochures and fact sheets
- Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands - Fact sheet - 2013
- Planning and management of urban and peri-urban wetlands in Australia - Fact sheet - 2013 (order printed copy)
- Australia's obligations under the Ramsar Convention: Legislative support for wetlands - Fact sheet - 2012
- Limits of acceptable change - Fact sheet - 2012
- Notification of change in ecological character - Fact sheet - 2012
- Wetlands in Australia - Roles and responsibilities - Fact sheet - 2012
- Wise use of Wetlands in Australia - Fact sheet - 2012
- Australia's amazing wetlands - 2012 (order printed copy)
- Australia's Ramsar sites - 2010
- Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar Wetland - Fact sheet - March 2009
- A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (fact sheet) - 2006
- Subterranean wetlands - 2004
- Wetlands and the Ramsar Convention - 2010
Books and reports
Ramsar Convention
- Communication, Education, and Public Awareness to Promote Wise Use of Australia's Wetlands - 2002
- Ramsar: Conferences of Contracting Parties reports
- National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Romania, July 2012 - 2011
- Ramsar National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Republic of Korea, 28 October - 4 November 2008 - 2008
- National planning tool for the implementation of the ramsar convention on wetlands - Ninth Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) - 2005
- Ramsar Snapshot Study - Final Report - 2007
Wetlands in Australia
- Availability of wetland habitat for waterbirds in arid Australia - 2001
- Discovering wetlands in Australia - A Primary classroom resource - 2010 (order printed copy)
- How do Water Regime and Grazing Alter the Reproductive Capacity of Aquatic Plants? - 2000
- Identifying and Monitoring Change in Wetland Inundation and Vegetation Patterns, Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory - 2002
- Implications of Nutrient Enrichment on Managing Primary Productivity in Wetlands - 2000
- Issues paper - The role of wetlands in the carbon cycle - 2012
- Literature Review of the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services that Wetlands Provide - 2012
- Managing environmental flows in an agricultural landscape: the Lower Gwydir floodplain - 2010
- Modelling ecological responses to water regimes in arid zone wetlands - 1998
- Private and Social Values of Wetlands: An Overview - 2001
- Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
Queensland Wetlands Program
- Great Barrier Reef Coastal Wetlands Protection Program - Pilot Program 2005-2007 - Final Report - 2007
- Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2006 - 31 December 2006
- Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006
- Sustainable Land Management and Wetlands Conservation on Freehold and Leasehold Land in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment - 2005
- Weed Management and the Biodiversiy and Ecological Processes of Tropical Wetlands - 2001
- Wetlands in a dry land: Understanding for management - 1997
National Guidelines for Ramsar wetlands - Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia
- Implementation of the National Framework and Guidance for describing the ecological character of Australia's Ramsar wetlands
- Mapping specifications for Australian Ramsar wetlands - Module 1 - 2008 (order printed copy)
- National framework and guidance for describing the ecological character of Australian Ramsar wetlands - Module 2 - 2008 (order printed copy)
- National guidance on notifying change in ecological character of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands (Article 3.2) - Module 3 of the National Guidelines for Ramsar wetlands - Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia - 2009 (order printed copy)
- Australian Ramsar site nomination guidelines - Module 4 of the National Guidelines for Ramsar wetlands - Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia - 2012 (order printed copy)
Newsletters
Policy, legislation and conventions
- Convention on Biodiversity (1992)
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (the Bonn Convention)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
- China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA)
- Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA)
- Legislation administered by the Environment Department
- Ramsar Convention
- World Heritage Convention
Ramsar Ecological character descriptions and management plans
Ecological character descriptions
- Apsley Marshes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
- Banrock Station Ramsar Wetland Complex Ecological Character Description - 2009
- Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays) Ramsar Wetland Ecological Character Description - 2006
- Corner Inlet Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
- East Coast Cape Barren Island Lagoons Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Ramsar Wetland Ecological Character Description - 2011
- Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Ginini Flats Wetland Complex Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Gippsland Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- The Dales Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Hosnies Spring Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Kakadu National Park Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Kooragang component of the Hunter River Estuary Wetlands Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
- Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
- Logan Lagoon Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Moulting Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Myall Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Jocks Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
- Ord River Floodplain Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Pulu Keeling National Park Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
- Roebuck Bay Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
- Western Port Ramsar site Wetland Ecological Character Description - 2010
Reports
- Analysis of possible change in ecological character of the Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar sites - 2010
- Peer-review of the report - Analysis of possible change in ecological character of Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar sites - Version 1 - 2010
Posters (Only available within Australia, limit of 6 posters)
Videos and interactive tools
- Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands - Australia's 65th Ramsar site - 2013
- Paroo-Darling National Park - National Reserve System - 2013
- Australia's Amazing Wetlands - World Wetlands Day 2012 -2012
- Kakadu National Park - Mary River Roadhouse and Gunlom - 2012
- Christmas Island National Park - Behind the scenes of the red crab migration - 2012
- Christmas Island - A natural wonder - 2012
- Christmas Island - Green sea turtle hatching - 2012
- Christmas Island National Park - Baby red crabs emerging from the ocean - 2012
- Environmental Watering Videos
- Indigenous Protected Area - The wetlands of Paruku - 2011
- Kakadu National Park - Introduction by Jacob Nayinggul - 2010
- Kakadu National Park - Guluyambi River cruise - 2010
- Kakadu National Park - Kakadu culture camp - 2010
- Kakadu National Park - Turtle surveys, Field Island - 2010
- Kakadu National Park - Twinfalls boat shuttle service - 2010
- Christmas Island - National Geographic captures the great migration of red crabs - 2010
- Exploring our wetlands - 2006
Links
- Australian state and territory environment departments
- Ramsar Bureau (Ramsar Convention Secretariat)
- Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance
- Ramsar publications and resolutions and recommendations from Ramsar Conferences of Parties
- Supervising Scientist Wetland Research Publications
- Australia Wetland education centres
- Waterwatch Australia
- Wetland Care Australia
- Wetlands International
- Australian Society for Limnology
- NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group
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