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Gold Coast Waterwatch

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Natura Education has been conducting the Gold Coast Waterwatch program in South East Queensland for 2009-2010.  Our team won the 2010 Healthy Waterways Award for Environmental Education in Schools for this program.

 

Waterwatch is a government sponsored initiative that encourages community participation in monitoring the health of waterways for salinity, sediments and nutrients, and degradation of aquatic and riverbank habitat.

 

Effects are also being felt in our coastal and estuarine zones highlighting the inter-relatedness of catchment land uses and effects. Concern and awareness over these issues has resulted in greater community support for and willingness to be involved in monitoring, on ground actions and decision making about the management of our natural resources.

 

Community-based waterway monitoring and other Waterwatch activities are resulting in important outcomes for natural resource management in Queensland. Local community knowledge and data contributes valuable information for planning and decision-making, such as regional natural resource management plans. This ensures community ownership and trust in waterway management plans and actions.

 

Link: Waterwatch Queensland

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