EPBC Biodiversity Threat Assessment: River Murray Downstream of the Darling

EPBC Biodiversity Threat Assessment: River Murray Downstream of the Darling River, and Associated Aquatic and Floodplain Systems October 2024 EPBC Biodiversity Threat Assessment: River Murray Downstream of the Darling River, and Associated Aquatic and Floodplain Systems | October 2024 The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is the voice of Australian farmers. [...] The 2023 nomination and subsequent Biodiversity Threat Assessment of the River Murray Downstream of the Darling River, and Associated Aquatic and Floodplain Systems ecological community for inclusion to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 list of threatened ecological communities is a complex process that requires careful time and consideration. [...] The river and its environs are highly developed landscapes that are tightly governed under state and federal law related to the Water Act 2007 and its subordinate Murray Darling Basin Plan, the implementation of which has seen significant and ongoing investment in the acquisition and utilisation of significant quantities of environmental water. [...] 3 mailto:EPBCNOM@dcceew.gov.au EPBC Biodiversity Threat Assessment: River Murray Downstream of the Darling River, and Associated Aquatic and Floodplain Systems | October 2024 Eligibility and Proposed Conservation Status The River Murray Downstream of the Darling River, and Associated Aquatic and Floodplain Systems ecological community is described as the collection of native plants, animals, and o. [...] It is also noted that this process appears to lack the context of the existing water and environmental management regimes that underpin the Water Act 2007 and the accompanying Murray Darling Basin Plan.