Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:30 pm
-
2:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Environment 2, Room 2006, University of Waterloo
The
Murray-Darling
River
Basin
(MDB)
is
Australia's
most
economically
and
culturally
significant
river
system.
In
2007
a
new
Water
Act
was
introduced
that
was
seen
by
many
to
be
the
harbinger
of
a
Commonwealth-led
basin-saving
era.
In
this
presentation
I
will
use
recent
research
from
the
Systemic
Governance
Research
Program
based
within
the
Monash
Sustainability
Institute
to
explore
why
the
hopes
of
many
were
quickly
dashed.
Drawing
on
our
overall
approach
the
case
for
an
alternative
way
of
understanding,
managing
and
researching
the
MDB
will
be
outlined.