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burnt as part of farm fire risk management 13 developed to dam, weir, holding storage. medium exposure but are being subject to land use intensification or wetlands occur in moderately developed basins but built infrastructure that generates direct site impacts on wetlands (e.g. bund walls, dams, road crossings) is extensive. point source discharges results in some hydrological changes in receiving aquatic ecosystems. High – very high Where wetlands occur in basins : with a predominantly extensive land use pattern but there has been significant current or historical development of land degradation (particularly alluvial gully and waterway bank erosion) and some impairment of regulatory ecosystems services controlling contaminant load retention/ transport. with a variegated pattern of land use but land use practices result in significant off
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