Vegetation extent Area of Area of Area of Non–woody water dependent Catchment Shrublands river red black box coolibah vegetation gum (ha)* (ha)* (ha)* Fringing/within the Warrego, Langlo, Warrego 7,300 80,400 121,400 Ward & Nive rivers Nebine 200 28,800 15,400 Fringing/within Nebine Creek Condamine Lignum in Fringing/within the Condamine, Balonne (lower 11,500# 36,100# 62,900# Narran Balonne, Birrie, Bokhara, Culgoa, Balonne) Lakes Maranoa, Merivale & Narran rivers Moonie 2,200 2,500 7,900 Fringing/within Moonie River Lignum in the lower Fringing/within the Barwon, Border Rivers 10,700 3,800 35,200 Border Dumaresq, Macintyre rivers & rivers Macintyre Brook region Fringing/within the Barwon and Barwon Darling 7,800# 11,700# 14,900# Darling rivers Area estimates (ha) are from: Cunningham SC, White M, Griffioen P, Newell G and MacNally R 2013, ‘Mapping vegetation types across the Murray-Darling Basin’, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra # considered to be an underestimate due to technical limitations in determining the lateral extent of floodplain inundation achieved through Basin Plan implementation WATERBIRDS Maintain current species diversity Increase Basin-wide abundance of waterbirds by 20–25 per cent by 2024 Up to 50 per cent more breeding events (Basin-wide) for colonial nesting waterbird species A 30–40 per cent increase in nests and broods (Basin-wide) for other waterbirds Important Basin environmental assets for waterbirds in the northern unregulated rivers Total Colonial Shorebird In scope for Drought Environmental asset abundance waterbird Commonwealth refuge and diversity breeding watering * Yes * Narran Lakes * Cuttaburra channels * * * Minor in-stream Yantabulla swamp * contribution Upper Darling River * * No Talyawalka system * NATIVE FISH No loss of native species Improved population structure of key species through regular recruitment, including Short-lived species with distribution and abundance at pre-2007 levels and breeding success every 1–2 years
Vegetation extent Catchment Area of river red gum (ha)* Area of black box (ha)* Area of coolibah (ha)* Shrublands Non–woody water dependent vegetation Warrego 7,300 80,400 121,400 Fringing/within the Warrego, Langlo, Ward & Nive rivers Nebine 200 28,800 15,400 Fringing/within Nebine Creek Condamine Balonne (lower Balonne) 11,500# 36,100# 62,900# Lignum in Narran Lakes Fringing/within the Condamine, Balonne, Birrie, Bokhara, Culgoa, Maranoa, Merivale & Narran rivers Moonie 2,200 2,500 7,900 Fringing/within Moonie River Border Rivers 10,700 3,800 35,200 Lignum in the lower Border rivers region Fringing/within the Barwon, Dumaresq, Macintyre rivers & Macintyre Brook Barwon Darling 7,800# 11,700# 14,900# Fringing/within the Barwon and Darling rivers Area estimates (ha) are from: Cunningham SC, White M, Griffioen P, Newell G and MacNally R 2013, ‘Mapping vegetation types across the Murray-Darling Basin’, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra # considered to be an underestimate due to technical limitations in determining the lateral extent of floodplain inundation achieved through Basin Plan implementation WATERBIRDS Maintain current species diversity Increase Basin-wide abundance of waterbirds by 20–25 per cent by 2024 Up to 50 per cent more breeding events (Basin-wide) for colonial nesting waterbird species A 30–40 per cent increase in nests and broods (Basin-wide) for other waterbirds Important Basin environmental assets for waterbirds in the northern unregulated rivers Environmental asset Total abundance and diversity Drought refuge Colonial waterbird breeding Shorebird In scope for Commonwealth watering Narran Lakes * * * Yes Cuttaburra channels * * * Minor in-stream contribution Yantabulla swamp * Upper Darling River * * Talyawalka system * No NATIVE FISH No loss of native species Improved population structure of key species through regular recruitment, including Short-lived species with distribution and abundance at pre-2007 levels and breeding success every 1–2 years
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