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Water banking and developing it in Australia

Posted on August 12, 2013 by tikiwanderer

One idea that’s cropped up occasionally recently is water banking. The basic idea is that you take water in flood years and set it aside for use in drought years. Simple enough, and a compelling concept given the increased variability … Continue reading →

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“Build it and they will follow” – said no koala ever

Posted on August 6, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Interesting piece of research to cross my desk today: using koalas to assess whether environmental rehabilitation worked. It’s part of a larger picture going on in environmental science nowadays about how to make good decisions – which is tricky when … Continue reading →

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