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A Groundbreaking Agreement to Save Australia’s Ailing Murray River
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on December 28, 2012
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After years of debate, fiery protests and intense negotiations, Australia has adopted a historic plan to restore flows to the suffering Murray-Darling River Basin. It is one of the boldest water pacts to restore nature on the books, and if successful, could offer a roadmap for overtapped river basins in other arid lands. The plan…
Australia’s Grand Water Experiment – Take Two
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on November 28, 2011 
Australia’s iconic Murray River, beloved for the red gum forests that line its banks and the prized Murray cod that ply its waters, is suffering big time from the high demands placed upon its finite flows and the decade of dryness that presaged the climate disruption to come. Today, Australia’s Murray Darling Basin Authority…
