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CONTENTS PART A CONSERVATION STRATEGY 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT APPROACH .................................................................................. 3 1.4 DEFINITION OF AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN ZONES ...................................................................... 4 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STRATEGY .......................................................................................................... 4 1.6 STRUCTURE OF THE STRATEGY.................................................................................................. 8 1.7 LINKS BETWEEN THIS STRATEGY AND ACTION PLANS .............................................................. 8 1.8 RELEVANT POLICY AND LEGISLATION ....................................................................................... 9 1.9 ACTION PLANS .........................................................................................................................12 2 STRATEGY: PROTECT AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN AREAS AND SPECIES ........................................... 14 2.1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................15 2.2 PROTECTION GOAL ..................................................................................................................15 2.3 KEY PRINCIPLES........................................................................................................................15 2.4 PROTECTION STATUS OF AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN ZONES .....................................................15 2.5 THE NEED FOR FURTHER PROTECTION ...................................................................................17 2.6 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COOPERATION .................................................................17 2.7 HOW PLANNING CAN PROTECT AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN AREAS...........................................18 3 STRATEGY: REDUCE THREATS TO NATIVE BIODIVERSITY ............................................................ 20 3.1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................21 3.2 THREAT MANAGEMENT GOAL ................................................................................................21 3.3 KEY PRINCIPLES........................................................................................................................21 3.4 RIVER REGULATION AND WATER EXTRACTION.......................................................................22 3.5 WATER PUMPING ....................................................................................................................24 3.6 WATER QUALITY ......................................................................................................................24 3.7 IN-STREAM SEDIMENTATION ..................................................................................................27 3.8 RIPARIAN ZONE MODIFICATION ..............................................................................................29 3.9 GENETIC IMPOVERISHMENT ...................................................................................................30 3.10 WEEDS .....................................................................................................................................30 3.11 ALIEN AND PEST ANIMALS ......................................................................................................31 3.12 PARASITES AND DISEASES .......................................................................................................34 3.13 CONNECTED AQUATIC POPULATIONS .....................................................................................35 3.14 INAPPROPRIATE FISH HARVEST ...............................................................................................36 3.15 INAPPROPRIATE FIRE REGIMES ...............................................................................................37 3.16 CLIMATE CHANGE ....................................................................................................................38 3.17 LAND USE .................................................................................................................................40 4 STRATEGY: MANAGE FOR CONSERVATION OF COMMUNITIES AND SPECIES .............................. 42 4.1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................43 4.2 MANAGEMENT GOAL ..............................................................................................................43 4.3 KEY PRINCIPLES........................................................................................................................43 4.4 MANAGEMENT APPROACH .....................................................................................................44 4.5 MANAGEMENT TOOLS ............................................................................................................46 5 STRATEGY: MONITORING AND RESEARCH ................................................................................ 55 5.1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................56 iii 5.2 MONITOR CONDITION .............................................................................................................56 5.3 COLLECT BASELINE INFORMATION .........................................................................................60 5.4 RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................60 6 STRATEGY: ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ..................................................................................... 64 6.1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................65 6.2 SUPPORTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ............................................................................65 6.3 ABORIGINAL ENGAGEMENT ....................................................................................................68 6.4 EDUCATION .............................................................................................................................69 6.5 RECREATIONAL USE .................................................................................................................72 7 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 74 7.1 WHAT ARE AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN ZONES? .........................................................................75 7.2 HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................81 7.3 CURRENT CONDITION OF AQUATIC & RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS ..............................................81 7.4 FUTURE CONDITION: POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE .......................................107 7.5 AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES SINCE 2007 .......................................107 7.6 EVIDENCE BASE FOR AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN STRATEGY ....................................................113