We've done the south, now for the north.
Australia’s tropical northern rivers still run wild and free...
https://theconversation.com/taming-wild-northern-rivers-could-harm-marine-fisheries-and-threaten-endangered-sawfish-212690
#Water #OverExtraction #MurrayDarling #irrigation #biodiversity
Australia’s tropical northern rivers still run wild and free...
https://theconversation.com/taming-wild-northern-rivers-could-harm-marine-fisheries-and-threaten-endangered-sawfish-212690
#Water #OverExtraction #MurrayDarling #irrigation #biodiversity
Taming wild northern rivers could harm marine fisheries and threaten endangered sawfish
Any plan to dam or extract water from some of Australia’s last wild rivers must carefully consider the consequences. Prawn, mud crab and barramundi fisheries could suffer in the Gulf of Carpentaria.