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Title: State of play, Peel-Harvey eastern estuary catchment environmental assessment : discussion paper / prepared for Department of Water ; URS (URS Australia Pty Ltd)
Author: Western Australia. Dept. of Water. ; URS Australia.
Publisher: East Perth, W.A. : URS Australia,
Year: 2007.
Description: xiv, 241 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Subject: Environmental policy Western Australia Peel-Harvey Coastal Plain Catchment. ; Peel Harvey catchment (W.A.) ; Western Australia. ; Wetland conservation Western Australia Peel-Harvey Coastal Plain Catchment. ; Land use. ; Peel-Harvey Coastal Plain Catchment (W.A.) ; Riparian areas. ; Land use Environmental aspects Western Australia Peel-Harvey Coastal Plain Catchment. ; Wetland conservation. ; Environmental assessment. ; Environmental policy.
Notes: Cover title. "10 July 2007" "Report no.: R1157"
Bibliography: p. 217-240.
Type: Book
Abstract: "The study area comprises most of the Peel-Harvey eastern estuary catchment and includes important riverine, riparian, wetland and estuarine environments. Since European colonisation of Western Australia the catchment has been transformed ... at a social cost ... and at an environmental cost with the eutrophication of waterways, disruption to natural hydrology and excessive loss of native vegetation and habitat. To help position the State Government and its agencies to capitalise on the opportunities of r