Enhancing monitoring and e-flow management: Insights from Flow-MER interviews and surveys

Annual Forum
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2023
Basin-scale
Presenters:
Xiaoyan (Diana) Dai

Presentation Description

Management decisions for the planning and implementation of e-flows are challenging. This raises questions as to the extent knowledge is available regarding ecological responses to e-flows, as well as the potential for acquiring additional information to enhance the management of e-flows. As such, a crucial aspect of e-flow management decisions is monitoring. Monitoring plays a unique role, allowing managers to recognize the state of the ecosystem, determine whether intervention is required under specific circumstances and better understand system behaviour and dynamics to inform future management. However, general principles regarding the design of long-term, large-scale e-flow monitoring programs are fragmented across ecosystem components. Therefore, this necessity to improve monitoring and management motivates my research. I have conducted interviews and surveys among scientists and managers, gathering valuable insights into their experiences, with monitoring and e-flow practices (using Flow-MER as a specific case study). The questions covered their perspectives on the monitoring’s role within e-flow programs, their overall evaluation of Flow-MER in various criteria, as well as identifying its most prominent strengths and primary drawbacks. I will present some of the interview and survey results during the Flow-MER forum. Additionally, I will conduct a live poll to prompt interactive discussions and gather the audience’s reactions regarding the outcomes of the research to date.

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Artwork credit: Wiradjuri Artist Rebecca Salcole
Acknowledgement of Country

The Flow-MER Program team acknowledges the First Nations communities of the Murray–Darling Basin and pays respect to Elders past and present.

We acknowledge First Nations people as the Traditional Owners of the land, water and sky Country across the Basin and value the expertise, wisdom and enduring connections that have informed their care for Country over millennia.

We recognise the intrinsic connection of First Nations people to Country, and we value the enduring cultural, social, environmental, spiritual, and economic connection to the rivers, wetlands, and floodplains of the Basin. We are committed to working with First Nations people across the Murray–Darling Basin to build relationships in a meaningful and genuine way to support and empower them in reaching their aspirations.

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