16–45 very dry dry moderate wet dry 46–60 dry dry moderate wet wet 61–85 dry moderate wet wet very wet 86–100 n/a moderate wet very wet very wet Note: n/a means that it is improbable that this combination will arise and so no resource availability scenario is specified. Table : Management outcomes for each resource availability scenario Note: More than one resource availability scenario could apply at one time (for example, between different water resource plan areas across the Basin). Resource availability scenario Very dry Dry Moderate Wet Very wet Avoid Ensure Maintain Improve the Improve the health and irretrievable environmental ecological health and resilience of loss of or assets health and resilience of ecosystems: damage to, maintain resilience: Enable growth, reproduction environmental basic Enable and large-scale recruitment assets: functions and ecosystems: growth, for a diverse range of flora resilience: Avoid critical reproduction Enable and fauna. loss of Support the and growth, Promote higher species, survival and reproduction connectivity. communities, viability of recruitment and Support high-flow and and threatened for a diverse floodplain functions. ecosystems. species and range of recruitment Maintain communities. flora and for a diverse critical fauna. range of Maintain refuges. flora and environmental Promote fauna. Avoid assets and low-lying irretrievable ecosystem Promote damage or functions, higher catastrophic including by connectivity. events. allowing Support drying to connectivity. Allow drying occur Support to occur, consistent and high-flow where with natural floodplain river and appropriate, outcomes wetting-drying functions. floodplain but relieve cycles. functions. severe unnaturally Maintain prolonged dry refuges. periods. Management Appendix 3 Principles to be applied to determine priorities. Principle 1 Consistency with principles of ecologically sustainable development and international agreements
16–45 very dry dry dry moderate wet 46–60 dry dry moderate wet wet 61–85 dry moderate wet wet very wet 86–100 n/a moderate wet very wet very wet Note: n/a means that it is improbable that this combination will arise and so no resource availability scenario is specified. Table : Management outcomes for each resource availability scenario Note: More than one resource availability scenario could apply at one time (for example, between different water resource plan areas across the Basin). Resource availability scenario Very dry Dry Moderate Wet Very wet Management outcomes Avoid irretrievable loss of or damage to, environmental assets: Avoid critical loss of species, communities, and ecosystems. Maintain critical refuges. Avoid irretrievable damage or catastrophic events. Allow drying to occur, where appropriate, but relieve severe unnaturally prolonged dry periods. Ensure environmental assets maintain basic functions and resilience: Support the survival and viability of threatened species and communities. Maintain environmental assets and ecosystem functions, including by allowing drying to occur consistent with natural wetting-drying cycles. Maintain refuges. Maintain ecological health and resilience: Enable growth, reproduction and recruitment for a diverse range of flora and fauna. Promote low-lying connectivity. Support and floodplain functions. Improve the health and resilience of ecosystems: Enable growth, reproduction and recruitment for a diverse range of flora and fauna. Promote higher connectivity. Support high-flow river and floodplain functions. Improve the health and resilience of ecosystems: Enable growth, reproduction and large-scale recruitment for a diverse range of flora and fauna. Promote higher connectivity. Support high-flow and floodplain functions. Appendix 3 Principles to be applied to determine priorities. Principle 1 Consistency with principles of ecologically sustainable development and international agreements
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