Books
Hear Our Voice
Land, water and biodiversity
Detrimental changes to land in Australia over the past 200 years – land degradation – have also resulted in extensively degraded waterways and estuaries, the need to treat most of our drinking water and the continuing decline in Australia’s biodiversity.
Fact & Issue Sheets
Land degradation in Australia
The detrimental changes to land that have occurred in Australia following European settlement are discussed.
Rural water
Water management is one of Australia’s most significant natural resource management issues.
Urban water supply and use
The impacts of climate change on urban water resources are expected to be felt most severely in southern and eastern Australia, its most heavily urbanised regions. Planning for our water future is a necessary and, in many cases, urgent task.
Biodiversity in Australia
The international community increasingly supports biodiversity protection. Australia, recognised as ‘megadiverse’, harbours a high percentage of Earth’s species and needs improved levels of protection and conservation.
