Water management
Freshwater is the single most essential good for our well-being. Like a giant engine working day and night, the water cycle and inherent ecosystems are the life support of the planet.
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In Australia, we live in one of the driest continents in the world.
WWF convenes the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists to develop both scientific and sensible economic solutions to allow better management of Australia's precious fresh water resources, including our wetlands of national and international significance.
In 2004/5, WWF played a key role in the establishment of the National Water Commission which is charged with creating sustainable water use in Australia, and it will oversee implementation of the National Water Initiative.
We need to create vitally important public, political and corporate support to help find, implement and promote innovative and practical solutions for water use and fresh water biodiversity so that we can conserve the source of life in Australia.
With a history of work at important sites across Australia, including the Murray-Darling Basin and wetlands in the Kimberley region, our goal is that by 2010 the decline in Australia's fresh water biodiversity will have been reversed.
Recent Water management News
Conservation Priorities for Western Australia
The next Government of Western Australia has the opportunity and responsibility to secure some of Australia's most important biodiversity assets and ecosystem services. It is far cheaper to maintain our natural systems than it is to attempt to restore them. WWF has identified its priority conservation issues for Western Australia, and how these can be best addressed by the next Government.
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$50m reward for reef heroes welcomed
WWF today said the Australian Government’s $50 million ‘downpayment’ to help farmers protect the Great Barrier Reef was a significant step towards saving the iconic Reef and the 65,000 jobs that depend on it for their survival.
Plodding whale meeting makes climate change breakthrough
Madeira, Portugal – The International Whaling Commission adopted a major climate change resolution on the last day of its 61st meeting, although it failed to take decisions on contentious whaling issues after days of negotiations that have hampered its progress in recent years.
Australia pledges big funds for small whale conservation
Madeira, Portugal – Australia’s top environmental official on Wednesday pledged AU$500,000 (€284,927) to help save the world’s small whales as part of a major contribution to the International Whaling Commission.
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