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Introduction
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Introduction
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Monitoring, research and trials of new approaches are helping us learn more about Australia's wetlands and how to manage them. Community groups, non-governmental organisations, researchers, land holders and governments are all involved.
In this edition of Wetlands Australia several of these groups share their experiences of wetland research, management, restoration and community action.
Many different types of organisations and people look after wetlands, from the Australian Government to individual landowners. There are specific roles and responsibilities outlined in the Ramsar Convention, as well as national and state...
About the note
About one quarter of the world's tropical land mass is classified as wet-dry. The wet-dry tropics are characterised by two broad seasons-a cool/warm dry season and a warm, humid wet season. The climate is strongly seasonal and...
Their future is in our hands
WHILE MOST AUSTRALIANS know something about wetlands and what they look like, many of us are unaware of their immense value to our environment and our lifestyle. Even more importantly, most of us may not know that...
About the report
This report aims to:
Identify the correct spatial coordinate reference system which should be used by staff at a local scale (in either Kakadu or Darwin), at a regional scale (northern Australia) and on an international...
About this fact sheet
Several whale species are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species as ‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘critically endangered’. These include the sei, blue, fin, sperm,...
About the identification sheet
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