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Wetlands Australia NATIONAL WETLANDS UPDATE 2010 - Issue No Wetlands Australia NATIONAL WETLANDS UPDATE 2010 - Issue No. 18 ANNUAL UPDATE FOR AUSTRALIA’S WETLAND COMMUNITY Contents Ministers’ Foreword 3 Ramsar Secretary General visits Australia 4 NSW Wetland Recovery Program draws to a close 6 Reviving the Murray-Darling Basin 7 Free-flowing rivers of the Channel Country - Conservation implications of the 2009 Georgina-Diamantina flood 8 First national waterbird survey 10 A bleached outlook - Heat is on for the coral reef fish of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 12 Citizen scientists - Volunteer divers carry out underwater surveys across the Great Barrier Reef 13 Artificial reproductive technologies for the southern corroboree frog 14 Ground-breaking study into aquatic food web of our tropical river systems 16 Understanding aquatic biodiversity in the Lower Gwydir and the flow patterns necessary for its survival 18 National shorebird survey strives for reliable population trends 20 Global monitoring program provides early warning of coastal ecological decline 21 Protecting Queensland’s seagrass meadows 22 Mimosa on the march - Collaborative approach to a Weed of National Significance in the Top End 23 Pioneering mangrove monitoring program partners experts with the community 24 Aftermath of the Pacific Adventurer oil spill and its effects on Moreton Island’s wetlands 26 Victorian study group seeks to redress the lack of knowledge of coastal saltmarsh 28 New wetland typology developed to distinguish each unique type 30 Rolling Review of Australia’s Ramsar sites 32 Queensland’s marine protected areas, 40 years on 33 Managing impacts of instream structures on Queensland’s Ramsar wetlands 34 Australian scientists at work on the international stage 35 Communicating and raising awareness on emerging wetland issues in the Oceania region 36 Waders of the crater lakes - Rehabilitating waterbird habitat on the Victorian Volcanic Plains 37 Restoring the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain 38 Long-term rescue plan to build resilience in the Coorong wetlands 40 Conservation Volunteers Australia and BHP Billiton celebrate 10-year partnership of wetland restoration 42 Regenerating habitat for giant barred frog, barking owl and bush stone curlew 43 Survey unveils one of the largest gatherings on Australia’s east coast of the great knot 44 NSW farmers enhance wetlands and production for the long term 45 Sugar cane makes way for wetland wildlife in Queensland’s Burdekin 46 Traditional owners regenerate Cabbage Tree Island 47 Murrumbidgee inspires a partnership from both sides of the riverbank 48 Regenerating bare wheel ruts puts saltmarsh degredation in reverse 49 Local wetlands used by university students as a practical session in environmental education 50 Vineyard on the River Murray cares for its Ramsar site as much as its shiraz 52 Riverine Recovery Project: securing a resilient river system in South Australia 53 Rescuing Tasmania’s Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon 54 Produced by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts ISSN 1446–4853 Editorial, design and project management: Georgia Curry Cover photos: cracked mud by Glenn Wilson; coral by Reef Check Australia; Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention Anada Tiéga by Imaging Services Section DEWHA; Cooper Creek floodplain by John Porter; egrets by Roger Jaensch; corroboree frog by Aimee Silla. Back cover photos: green turtle by Fusion Films; coral polyps by Cathy Zwick and DEWHA; Ord River by Michelle McAulay and DEWHA; white tern by Robert Thorn and DEWHA; Clarks anemone fish and bulb tentacle anemone by Cathy Zwick and DEWHA; Ord River by Michelle McAulay and DEWHA; water lily by Cathy Zwick and DEWHA. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts or the Minister for Climate Change and Water. 2 | Wetlands Australia 2010 Ministers’ Foreword In the Murray!Darling Basin, the challenges of climate change and extended drought have been compounded by decades of mismanagement. No government can make it rain, but this government is enacting a three-point plan to put the Murray!Darling Basin back onto a sustainable footing: 1) We have taken over Basin-wide planning and for the first time will place a scientifically-based cap on Basin water use. 2) We are investing in irrigation infrastructure to help our farmers and Basin communities and to protect food security. 3) We are buying back water to help restore health to the Basin’s rivers and wetlands. To protect our biodiversity and use Australia’s natural ustralia’s natural environment, our biodiversity and the resources wisely, Caring for our Country, the Australian Aecological services it provides, underpin our quality of Government’s environmental management initiative, targets life, our economy and much of our national identity. We are clear national priorities and measurable outcomes. This one of the world’s 17 mega-diverse countries, with more includes recognising aquatic ecosystems as significant endemic animal species than any other country. However, environmental assets that provide a wide range of services places such as the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu National which are fundamentally important to the Australian lifestyle Park, which are ecosystems of international significance as and economy. These national priorities are designed to well as part of our national identify, are at risk from climate make a real on-ground difference to wetland health, and change. ensure that funding goes to those areas and projects across the nation that best meet the ecological challenges we face. Climate change is one of the greatest economic, social, and environmental challenges of our time, but the Government Wetlands are a critical part of our natural environment. They is meeting that challenge. We are getting on with the job protect our shores from wave action, reduce the impacts of of preparing for a future with less water. A drying climate floods, absorb pollutants and improve water quality. They and rising demand for water means added pressure on provide habitat for animals and plants and many contain a Australia’s rivers and wetlands. A high proportion of species wide diversity of life, supporting plants and animals that are – about 85 per cent of terrestrial mammals, 91 per cent of found nowhere else. It is vital that these critical ecosystems flowering plants and 90 per cent of reptiles and frogs found and their biodiversity are maintained, protected and given only in Australia – are also potentially at risk due to climate resilience to meet the challenges of climate change. change. The Australian Government takes the challenge of climate This edition of Wetlands Australia focuses on “wetlands, change seriously and is already acting to protect our biodiversity and climate change”, in keeping with the theme environment. We are doing this on every front, including by for World Wetlands Day 2010. It also coincides with the looking at the effectiveness of our national environmental United Nations designation of 2010 as the International Year legislation, significantly expanding our investments in the of Biodiversity. Climate change is a permanent fixture in National Reserve System and providing communities and the media and understood at least at some level by many landowners with the tools and capacities they need to people, so now is the time to focus on wetland ecosystems safeguard our natural resources over the long term. and their biodiversity, the impact of climate change and importantly, what we can do about it. The projects featured in this edition demonstrate the nationwide, on-ground battle against climate change to In response to climate change, the Australian Government protect wetlands. These actions made today will have has developed Water for the Future, an initiative that consequences for decades. Whether you are monitoring provides national leadership in water reform for all water quality in a local stream or helping to revive Australians. This long-term $12.9 billion package aims to internationally-significant wetlands, every single action secure our water supplies, use water wisely, take action on makes a difference and the Australian Government climate change and support healthy rivers. A key priority acknowledges each individual effort. under Water for the Future concerns the future of the many communities, rivers and wetlands of the Murray!Darling Basin. Senator the Hon Penny Wong The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP Minister for Climate Change and Water Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Issue No. 18 | 3 Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, the world’s first Ramsar-listed site. Photo: Michelle McAulay and DEWHA. RAMSAR SECRETARY Mr Tiéga commented on the national (and ‘international’) GENERAL VISITS AUSTRALIA applicability of the work undertaken through the Queensland Wetlands Program on wetland mapping, indicators and inventory as well as the high level of cooperation between Simon Godschalx, Department of the Environment, Water, governments and non-government agencies on wetland Heritage and the Arts management in Queensland. Anada Tiéga, the Secretary General of the Ramsar Mr Tiéga’s next site visit was to the Coorong and Lakes Convention, visited Australia in October 2009 to attend a Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia. Mr Tiéga saw conference in Cairns and see first-hand the work Australia the difficult situation facing the site and met with site is doing to protect its wetlands and implement the Ramsar managers, traditional owners and community members Convention. Mr Tiéga visited a number of Ramsar wetlands to discuss management issues. This provided him with and met with site managers and other key stakeholders to an understanding of the short and longer-term planning discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Australia in and actions being implemented or considered, to ensure managing our wetlands. an enduring outcome for these internationally-important wetlands. A citizen of Niger, Mr Tiéga has many years’ experience in working with wetland conservation and sustainable use both Mr Tiéga also visited the Macquarie Marshes in New South at local level and internationally.
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