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Human Impacts on Catchments
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Key Message 2 - We all Live and Interact in Catchments
Human Impacts on Catchments
Resources
Topic of Study - Changed Land Use
 
  • How have land use changes in agriculture, human settlement, introduction of exotic plants and animals, and water use management (among others) impacted on catchment health in Australia?
  • How do these changes impact on water quality, water quantity and biodiversity?
  • How have changes in land use compromised ecosystem services?
  • What are the costs of providing services to replace those previously provided by ecosystems?
  
Type
Description
Resources Covering the Topic

Easy

 - Human land use and the water
  cycle.
- Diagram that summarises the
  issues.
Water Backgrounder, State of the Environment - NSW EPA
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/bw/bw_fig_2.htm
- Sources of water pollution in the Mt
  Lofty Ranges.
- Concise summary of main issues,
  including informative facts, photos
  and tables.
- PDFdownload worth the wait.
SA Government EPA - The Mt Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection Office
http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/epa/pdfs/fact5.pdf
- Physical changes to natural habitats
  across Australia (includes maps).
Environment Australia - State of Environment Report 2001
http://www.ea.gov.au/soe/2001/land/
land02-2.html#condition
- Human Settlement patterns across
  Australia.
- Covers a broad spectrum of issues,
  including the pressure human
  settlement puts on water resources.
Environment Australia - State of Environment Report 2001
http://www.ea.gov.au/soe/2001/settlements/

More Comprehensive

- State of the Environment Report
  2001.
- Extensive review of Australian Inland
  Water issues.

Environment Australia
http://www.ea.gov.au/water/index.html

- Water use – a comprehensive look
  at how we use Murray water.

Murray Darling Basin Commission
http://www.mdbc.gov.au/education/encyclopedia/
Water_Use/Water_Use.htm

- PDF downloads worth the wait with
  main issues covered.
- Click on the education button and go
  to the list.
- Open Freshwater Ecosystems:
  Biodiversity Management Issues
  brochures. Thorough covering of:
  • Changes to Natural Flow Patterns,
  • Changes to Temperature Patterns,
  • Changes to Riparian Vegetation,
  • Sedimentation of Rivers and
    Streams,
  • Toxic Material,
  • Increased Salinity,
  • Removal of Woody Debris,
  • Changes to River Channels,
  • In-stream Barriers.
- Introducing Fish Outside Their
  Natural Range.

VIC Government Natural Resources and Environment
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/cm_da/
nrenpa.nsf/frameset/
NRE Plants and Animals?OpenDocument

- Condition of Australia’s freshwater
  resources.
- Overview of pressures on Australia’s
  waterways.

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/
94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/
3f8d7e912784b4eaca256b35007ace03!OpenDocument
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