‘We don’t hear the frogs, we don’t see the birds’:
government repeatedly delayed water to NSW wetlands, documents reveal

"The New South Wales government has routinely delayed environmental flows to critical wetlands in the state’s north-west in favour of farming, despite admitting it could harm the breeding cycles of frogs and endangered birds and damage local ecosystems."

“I was furious when I saw the impact that delaying the delivery of environmental water is having on the wetlands and the thousands of waterbirds and other animals that rely upon healthy wetland ecosystems to survive." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/nsw-government-delayed-water-wetlands-documents-reveal

#biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #Ramsar #wetlands #GwydirWetlands #NSW #EnvironmentalFlows #birds #frogs #turtles #waterbirds #MassMortalities #irrigation #governance

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

“Quite simply the environment is the loser along with the taxpayer...The failure to implement what was promised means that turtles, fish and wetlands die.”

The Greens environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, said the report “makes it abundantly clear that despite millions of dollars being splashed around, it has not gone to protecting the river”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/23/governments-failed-to-deliver-160m-of-river-improvements-including-for-now-parched-nsw-wetlands-report-finds
#water #wetlands #failure #MDB #biodiversity #wildlife #EnvironmentalFlows #ecosystems #rivers #NSW #RAMSAR #governance

Release the water, ecologists say

"Conservation biologists say the Gingham Waterhole in the Gwydir Wetlands near Moree is facing an "ecological disaster" due to water flows being halted in the area".
"Australia has a responsibility under the Ramsar Convention to protect the wetlands." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/mud-turtle-rescue-at-gwydir-wetlands/106577116
#biodiversity #wildlife #turtles #water #RAMSAR #irrigation

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

"...The sudden cessation of flows by WaterNSW had resulted in the deaths of many native animals that relied on the wetlands to survive." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands

#Moree cotton >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=moree%20cotton

#water #wetlands #ecosystems #biodiversity #NSW #Ramsar #wildlife #turtles #birds #Moree #GwydirWetlands #governance #EnvironmentalFlows