The Murray-Darling River Basin provides water to more than 3.6 million Australians and covers more than a million square kilometres. Despite 30 years and billions of dollars spent trying to protect it, researchers say the waterway is in declining health.
It covers more than a million square kilometres and provides water to more than 3.6 million people.
"The Murray Darling Basin Plan is a $13 billion public expenditure effort trying to, with the objective of restoring water from irrigators to the environment. We are 10 years into that plan, and we expected to see some significant environmental improvements, but of 12 environmental indicators we looked at, only two were actually met, and that was a bit of a shock.
"We've seen water bird populations decline overall in the Murray Darling Basin by about sixty percent. We've also seen an increase in the frequency of fish kills several in Menindi lakes in the Barker Darling River around Menindi in recent times since 2019." Craig Wilkins from the Murray Darling Conservation Alliance says the findings of the report are not surprising, but believes there is still hope for improvement.
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