Abstract About 5–10% of the world's land surface is currently wetland but possibly> 70% is
already destroyed or impaired. Conservation of these unique ecosystems lags progress in …

The Murray–Darling Basin is Australia's food bowl and home to many iconic water bodies
that are culturally and ecologically highly valued. The recent Millennium Drought (from mid …

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

Decreases in shorebird populations are increasingly evident worldwide, especially in the
East Asian—Australasian Flyway (EAAF). To arrest these declines, it is important to …

The state of global freshwater ecosystems is increasingly parlous with water resource
development degrading high-conservation wetlands. Rehabilitation is challenging because …

Estuaries in rainfall poor regions are highly susceptible to climatic and hydrological
changes. The Coorong, a Ramsar-listed estuarine-coastal lagoon at the end of the Murray …

Executive summary This report provides an update of population estimates for the 37
species of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) that regularly …

The world's freshwater biotas are declining in diversity, range and abundance, more than in
other realms, with human appropriation of water. Despite considerable data on the …

In this study, the heavy metal exposure risk model was employed to assess the exposure
risk to a predominantly herbivore waterfowl, Northern Pintail, wintering in two wetland …

Understanding how migratory waterbirds respond to hydrology and climate is of great
importance for providing valuable insight into conservation in wetland system. Dongting …