Delivering practical wetland management solutions to regional natural resource management bodies, local governments, communities and landholders across Australia

Building regional and local capacity for wetland management

Wetland Management Solutions (WMS) is an innovative partnership of wetland practitioners offering wetland management tools designed for your needs.

WMS is:

• a national coalition of wetland specialist organizations and professionals
• a comprehensive portfolio of wetland management expertise
• a suite of national and regional projects supporting wetland management in regional and urban Australia
• an information broker for wetlands management
  

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Wetland Management Solutions: the Partners

The Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia Consortium (Wetlands.edu)

• Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia
• The WET Program - Sydney Olympic Park Authority
• Banrock Station Wine and Wetland Centre, and
• Regional Ecosystem Services - comprising MainStream Environmental Consulting
  (Bill Phillips), Water’s Edge Consulting (Rhonda Butcher)
  and Jennifer Hale Consulting
  

WWF Australia

Wetlands International – Oceania

Wetland Care Australia

 

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WMS Projects

1. Wetlands.edu — delivering a national wetland management train-the-trainer program

[Wetlands.edu]
Delivering a national wetland management train-the-trainer program for regional NRM and catchment bodies, local governments, and their stakeholders.
Project Contact : Bill Phillips - wetlands.edu@mainstream.com.au

2. WetlandLink

[WetlandLink]
Providing targeted wetland management information to landholders on the NSW coast in collaboration with catchment management authorities.
Project Contact : Liza Schaeper - lizaschaeper@wetlandcare.com.au

3. Shorebird Conservation Project (2006-2007)

A two year project, completed in August 2007, which produced a national Shorebird Conservation Toolkit containing information and resources to help protect and enhance shorebird habitat across Australia. The toolkit was used
to support development of projects in four priority regions for shorebirds - Northern Territory, Rangelands (WA), West Gippsland (VIC) and
South East (SA).

4. Enhancing recognition and management of important wetlands in remote regions

[Wetlands International – Oceania]
Assisting remote NRM regions across Australia with important wetland (Ramsar, Directory and shorebird site) assets to recognise and manage their important wetland sites.
Contact : Roger Jaensch - roger.jaensch@wetlands-oceania.org

 

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Support coordination of Wetland Management Solutions:

Dr Bill Phillips
Telephone: (02) 6281 7470 / 0438 817 470
Email: wetlands.edu@mainstream.com.au

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Establishment funding for this project has been provided by the
Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust

Australian government disclaimer: 

"The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.

While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication."

 

 

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