WetlandUpdate May 2015

South East Queensland groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs)

South East Queensland GDE products including:

• How GDEs are mapped
• GDE FAQs
• Updated GDE conceptual models
• Mapping rule-sets to better identify and understand GDEs in South East Queensland
• Groundwater dependent ecosystems in South East Queensland handbook that combines all the GDE information into a user friendly, flexible e-reference book (downloadable as a pdf). The handbook has been developed to assist stakeholders in mapping and managing GDEs in their catchments.
• GDE mapping

Video presentation—Why are Queensland's migratory shorebirds disappearing?

Why are Queensland's migratory shorebirds disappearing?

Millions of migratory shorebirds migrate annually from Arctic Russia and Alaska to Australia. Recent research shows that some species have declined nationally by more than 75% in 20 years. Data from Moreton Bay indicate that migratory shorebirds are declining while resident species are not, suggesting that the causes of these declines might lie outside Australia.

Duration 44:10

Wetlands education modules

A series of on-line education modules have been prepared as a resource for people who want to learn more about wetlands. Users can download and use the contents of these education modules to meet their learning and training needs. This information should be used in conjunction with information found on this website.

Three specialised education modules on advanced wetland topics are being released:

• The Ramsar Convention in Queensland
• Aquatic Conservation Assessment using AquaBAMM
• Groundwater dependent ecosystems

Wetlands naming protocol fact sheet

Wetlands naming protocol

The Queensland Government encourages the community to suggest new names for geographic features in Queensland that have yet to be officially named.

The place naming process includes consideration of naming issues, provision of recommendations to the relevant Minister under the Place Names Act 1994, publication of notices and maintenance of the gazetteer or register of place names.

Updates, improvements and links

• The Changes in Climate page has been updated to include links to climate change presentations from the Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program.
• Video tour of migratory shorebird research at the Fuller Lab (Duration 8:10)

Updated tools fact sheet

WetlandUpdate

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Last updated: 12 May 2015