This webinar will begin with a presentation of the results of bringing together government water planners and researchers from the Ngarrindjeri Indigenous nation to develop a mechanism that better incorporates Ngarrindjeri values into government water planning processes. The research project has developed a unique solution to a global challenge and provides a sound basis for incorporating indigenous peoples into environmental water management throughout the world.

Project HE.17.03
Translating Ngarrindjeri Yannarumi into water resource risk assessments

Following this, there will be a presentation on research conducted with the aim of achieving the greatest ecological benefits from available environmental water in the Murray-Darling Basin. This includes a new predictive tool that is being developed to assess the trade-offs of manipulating river flows and floodplain inundation. It is expected that environmental managers will be able to use this tool to assess the ecological risks and benefits of multiple environmental sites, and in doing so inform integrated river management.

Project HE.17.02
Ecological connectivity of the River Murray: managing ecological outcomes and water quality risks through integrated river management

Who should attend?
Policy-makers and water managers from around the world with an interest in undertaking research to address balancing environmental, social and economic values of water basins.

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