Posts Tagged ‘Victorian waterways’
Map your ideas as Melbourne Water plan for a Waterway Blitz
Melbourne Water are looking for hot-spot locations to collect litter, remove weeds and undertake other amenity improvements. The Waterway Blitz is part of the $500 million State Government Working for Victoria initiative. Melbourne Water has created more than 100 new jobs with the majority of those roles aimed at protecting and beautifying the city’s waterways. This is…
Read MorePhosphorous – the next big sustainability challenge, and the new technology that might save future generations from hunger
Today, the biggest challenge facing the humans is sustainability. As a species our population and success has been limited by the natural world around us. This changed in the mid-1800s with an explosion of the world population thanks to high yield agriculture, bringing with it an imbalance in natural systems and cycles. Understanding the huge…
Read MoreIncorporating Traditional Owner ecological knowledge and cultural values in Victorian waterways
Victorian Traditional Owners have managed land and water sustainably for thousands of generations. The Victorian water sector is working with Traditional Owner groups across the state to incorporate their ecological knowledge and cultural values in water planning and management. Aboriginal Waterway Assessments (AWA) are an important tool to help incorporate traditional ecological knowledge into water…
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