From planning to decision making It is important to distinguish between planning and operational decision making. As shown in Figure 7, planning allows the Office to manage the environmental water portfolio in a holistic manner and is an exercise in developing a broad approach or intention, based on the key drivers (demand and supply). Decision making throughout each year builds on the intention by considering in more detail the specific prevailing factors and additional factors such as costs, risks, constraints to water delivery and market conditions. Figure 4: Planning and decision-making for Commonwealth environmental water use Further information For further information on how the Office plans for water use, carryover and trade, please visit our web site use: Carryover: Trade: Discussion Paper Trade of Commonwealth Environmental Water and Commonwealth – Environmental Water Trading Framework: Attachment A Expected outcomes from the – Basin-wide environmental watering strategy Expected outcomes from the Environmental Watering Strategy (MDBA 2014) that are relevant to the Namoi are described below. FLOWS AND CONNECTIVITY Baseflows are at least 60 per cent of the natural level. Contributing to a 10 per cent overall increase in in the Barwon-Darling. A 10–20 per cent increase in the frequency of freshes and bankfull. VEGETATION Maintain the current extent of forest and woodland vegetation and non woody vegetation. No decline in the condition of black box, river red gum and coolibah. Improved recruitment of trees within black box and river red gum communities Vegetation extent Area of Area of Area of Non–woody water dependent river red box coolibah Shrublands vegetation gum (ha) (ha) (ha) 6 100 800 4 200 Closely fringing or occurring within the River
From planning to decision making It is important to distinguish between planning and operational decision making. As shown in Figure 7, planning allows the Office to manage the environmental water portfolio in a holistic manner and is an exercise in developing a broad approach or intention, based on the key drivers (demand and supply). Decision making throughout each year builds on the intention by considering in more detail the specific prevailing factors and additional factors such as costs, risks, constraints to water delivery and market conditions. Figure 4: Planning and decision-making for Commonwealth environmental water use Further information For further information on how the Office plans for water use, carryover and trade, please visit our web site use: Carryover: Trade: Discussion Paper – Trade of Commonwealth Environmental Water and Commonwealth Environmental Water Trading Framework: Attachment A – Expected outcomes from the Basin-wide environmental watering strategy Expected outcomes from the Environmental Watering Strategy (MDBA 2014) that are relevant to the Namoi are described below. FLOWS AND CONNECTIVITY Baseflows are at least 60 per cent of the natural level. Contributing to a 10 per cent overall increase in in the Barwon-Darling. A 10–20 per cent increase in the frequency of freshes and bankfull. VEGETATION Maintain the current extent of forest and woodland vegetation and non woody vegetation. No decline in the condition of black box, river red gum and coolibah. Improved recruitment of trees within black box and river red gum communities Vegetation extent Area of river red gum (ha) Area of box (ha) Area of coolibah (ha) Shrublands Non–woody water dependent vegetation 6 100 800 4 200 Closely fringing or occurring within the River
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