The Australian River Assessment System (AUSRIVAS) is a nationally standardised approach to biological assessment of stream condition using macroinvertebrates. It was developed under the auspices of the National River Health Program (NRHP).
This section of the site provides extensive information on physical and chemical assessment methods and detailed instructions on the measurement of each AUSRIVAS variable.
Sydney
Sydney airport have co-funded a Natural Heritage Trust supported project intended to develop Internet based environmental information integration and management systems. This will assist in developing an overall perspective on the demands and uses for environmental resources within Australia's most populated and developed region. The following resources will be of interest to all those seeking information on the Botany Bay System
Interim Southern Sydney Regional Strategic Plan
Turning the Tide
The Botany Basin; Its Bedrock Topography And Recent Geological History
Environment Librarians Network - Library Catalogues for: CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology Library Services, Environment Australia, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
INFOTERRA - The UNEP's Global Environmental Information Exchange Network. This comprehensive network is designed to stimulate and support the exchange of scientific and technical environmental information within and between nations.
Web Publications - The National Community-Based Water Quality Monitoring Program
- Preparing a Waterwatch Action Plan
- Waterwatch Safety Guidelines
- Australia's International Migratory Bird Agreements
- A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - 1996
Comprehensive Longitudinal Study of Catchment Management. This is of relevance to everyone concerned with Catchment Management Planning.
1. Information about the social, institutional and economic factors that can influence the success or otherwise of community-based catchment management;
2. Recommendations for planning & implementing community-based ICM natural resource management policy initiatives;
3. Framework to assist policy makers and catchment managers to evaluate the effectiveness of an ICM process.
A Vision for Australia's Water Resources Final Report for UNESCO Contract BL 21-05 for the World Water Council
Catchment Management in Australia A Critique and a Way Forward Submission to the House of Rep's Standing Committee on Environment & Heritage Catchment Management Inquiry. 1999.
Catchment Management: A Synopsis of Current Approaches Sydney Water Inquiry Secretariat, 13 October 1998
Renewed Water Use and Catchment Management: an Integrated Approach. Gatton Water Reuse Seminar, 1999.
Prepared under the auspices of the National Water Quality Management Strategy (Unfortunately these documents are all in *.pdf format and are therefore somewhat difficult to manipulate )
Online Spatial Databases & Information
Topics in this section:
The Mathematical Structure of Spatial Databases
Map Accuracy and Map Overlays
Primary Interface for Searching every node of the ASDD
The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality is to tackle two of Australia's most serious environmental threats, salinity and water quality.
The Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments will invest $1.4 billion over the period to 2007-08.
21 priority regions will develop comprehensive Regional Natural Resource Management plans which will focus on developing regional solutions for regional problems, and play a valuable role in contributing to the overall national objectives of combating salinity and improving water quality.
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed that there is a pressing need to refresh its 1994 water reform agenda to increase the productivity and efficiency of water use, sustain rural and urban communities, and to ensure the health of river and groundwater system. (August 2003)
This submission examines the extent to which internet based information systems may assist in developing a national framework for Environmental Management Systems in Australian agriculture.
Online data reporting and management facilities to assist in managing environmental information in a co-ordinated manner. These data management facilities will
Establish a clients (or users) identity
Obtain and process a list of client submissions and or data input
Confirm the clients submissions to them
Email the clients submissions to the client, appropriate system administrators and other interested parties
Record the clients submissions on an internet database server
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