. River flows and Vegetation Waterbirds Fish connectivity Maintain current species Improve connections Maintain current species diversity, extend Maintain the extent and along rivers and between diversity, improve breeding distributions, improve improve the condition rivers and their floodplains success and numbers breeding success and numbers Maintained base flows: Maintenance of the Maintained current Improved distribution: current extent of: species diversity of: at least 60 per cent of of key short and natural levels about 360,000 hectares all current Basin fish species across of river red gum; 409,000 waterbirds the Basin ha of black box; 310,000 current migratory ha of coolibah forest Improved overall flow: shorebirds at the Improved breeding and woodlands; and Coorong success for: 10 per cent more into existing large the Barwon–Darling communities of lignum short-lived species (every Increased abundance: 30 per cent more into non-woody communities 1–2 years) the River Murray near or in wetlands, 20–25 per cent increase long-lived species in at 30–40 per cent more to streams and on low-lying in waterbirds by 2024 least 8/10 years at 80 per the Murray mouth (and it floodplains cent of key sites open to the sea 90 per mulloway in at least 5/10 Improved breeding: cent of the time) years Maintain the current up to 50 per cent more condition of lowland Maintained connectivity in breeding events for Improved populations of: floodplain forests and areas where it is relatively colonial nesting woodlands of: unaffected: waterbird species short-lived species a 30–40 per cent (numbers at pre-2007 river red gum between rivers and increase in nests and levels) black box floodplains in the Paroo, broods for other long-lived species (with coolibah Moonie, Nebine, waterbirds a spread of age classes Warrego and Ovens represented) Murray cod and golden Improved condition of: Improved connectivity perch (10–15 per cent with bank-full and/or low southern river red gum more mature fish at key floodplain flows: sites) by 30–60 per cent in the Murray, Murrumbidgee, Improved movement: Goulburn and Condamine–Balonne more native fish using fish by 10–20 per cent in passages remaining catchments Maintain the Lower Lakes above sea level For more information about Commonwealth environmental water, please contact us at: 1800 803 772
. River flows and connectivity Vegetation Waterbirds Fish Improve connections along rivers and between rivers and their floodplains Maintain the extent and improve the condition Maintain current species diversity, improve breeding success and numbers Maintain current species diversity, extend distributions, improve breeding success and numbers Maintained base flows: at least 60 per cent of natural levels Improved overall flow: 10 per cent more into the Barwon–Darling 30 per cent more into the River Murray 30–40 per cent more to the Murray mouth (and it open to the sea 90 per cent of the time) Maintained connectivity in areas where it is relatively unaffected: between rivers and floodplains in the Paroo, Moonie, Nebine, Warrego and Ovens Improved connectivity with bank-full and/or low floodplain flows: by 30–60 per cent in the Murray, Murrumbidgee, Goulburn and Condamine–Balonne by 10–20 per cent in remaining catchments Maintain the Lower Lakes above sea level Maintenance of the current extent of: about 360,000 hectares of river red gum; 409,000 ha of black box; 310,000 ha of coolibah forest and woodlands; and existing large communities of lignum non-woody communities near or in wetlands, streams and on low-lying floodplains Maintain the current condition of lowland floodplain forests and woodlands of: river red gum black box coolibah Improved condition of: southern river red gum Maintained current species diversity of: all current Basin waterbirds current migratory shorebirds at the Coorong Increased abundance: 20–25 per cent increase in waterbirds by 2024 Improved breeding: up to 50 per cent more breeding events for colonial nesting waterbird species a 30–40 per cent increase in nests and broods for other waterbirds Improved distribution: of key short and fish species across the Basin Improved breeding success for: short-lived species (every 1–2 years) long-lived species in at least 8/10 years at 80 per cent of key sites mulloway in at least 5/10 years Improved populations of: short-lived species (numbers at pre-2007 levels) long-lived species (with a spread of age classes represented) Murray cod and golden perch (10–15 per cent more mature fish at key sites) Improved movement: more native fish using fish passages For more information about Commonwealth environmental water, please contact us at: 1800 803 772
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