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About this episode
Understanding and successfully managing river flows is vital for sustaining human communities, the river environment, and its ecosystems. However, the methods currently used to assess river flow needs are limited in the face of increasing pressures from an uncertain and changing climate. Academics at the University of Melbourne are rethinking the approach to these assessments. This includes work by Professor Avril Horne, Dr Andrew John and their collaborators to present a more integrated and holistic method, which provides much-needed room for learning over time, and to understand the vulnerability, robustness, and adaptability of river flow regimes.
Original Article Reference
This SciPod is a summary of the papers ‘Not Just Another Assessment Method: Reimagining Environmental Flows Assessments in the Face of Uncertainty’, doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.808943, and ‘Robust Climate Change Adaptation for Environmental Flows in the Goulburn River, Australia’, doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.789206.
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