Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200170
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
How effective are environmental flows? Novel approaches for monitoring and assessing ecological responses to large-scale flow alteration. Australia has begun a multi-billion dollar program to return water to stressed rivers as environmental flows. However, during times of unprecedented water scarcity, such an investment in the environment can be controversial because the ecological benefits of released water are mostly poorly understood. This project will demonstrate the effectiveness of environmental flows, and promote greater understanding of the links between flow patterns and river health. The project will build upon existing knowledge to create a sound framework for planning, monitoring, and evaluation of environmental watering decisions across regional Australia, greatly improving our ability to sustainably manage rivers into the future.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2011
End Date: 12-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $430,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Applied Statistics | Environmental Monitoring | Ecology | Environmental Management | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Water Allocation and Quantification | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales |
