MT20 Instream & Foreshore Stabilisation
A rehabilitation manual for Australian streams: volume 2
The second volume of a two part manual designed for managers involved in the rehabilitation of biological and physical conditions in Australian streams and rivers, provides more detailed information on tools that can be used in rehabilitation works. The volume is divided into three sections: common stream problems, planning tools and intervention tools. Specific areas covered include: geomorphic problems, water quality problems, other biological problems, natural channel design, evaluation tools, planning tools, intervention in the channel, and intervention in the riparian zone. Issues such as soil erosion, water supply, and flooding are addressed only in the context of rehabilitation work (A).
Challenges to the conservation of Australian freshwater biodiversity: an epilogue
The conservation of biodiversity is a major area of public concern internationally, and there has been considerable activity to protect biodiversity in both terrestrial
and marine ecosystems in Australia. There has been a more limited effort with regard to freshwater conservation (Cullen and Lake, 1995). Despite a major
public interest in native fish, water-birds and unique aquatic animals like platypus, there is much less understanding that the maintenance of these icon species requires aquatic systems that have adequate flow regimes, adequate water quality and appropriate stream and connecting floodplain habitat. There is limited appreciation of the fact that we can not manage and maintain icon species without maintaining the ecological communities of which they are part. Similar principles could apply to the widespread concern in Australia about the impacts of invasive species like carp and some of the pest water plants.
A rehabilitation manual for Australian streams: volume 1
Catchment managers face two daunting tasks: how to minimise further damage to rivers and streams, and how to repair the damage that has already occurred. Designed to help managers who are facing the challenges of rehabilitating physical and biological conditions of Australian streams, the manual addresses four main themes: concepts of rehabilitation, planning procedures, typical stream problems, and tools that could prove useful in rehabilitation programs. It is not intended as a manual for total stream or catchment management, and only considers issues such as erosion control, water supply, flooding and the sociology of management in the context of rehabilitation work.