Managing Riparian Land
To Achieve Multiple Objectives

Contents

• Theme: Managing riparian lands to achieve multiple objectives
• Using riparian land to improve the productivity of crops and pastures
• Using riparian land as wildlife corridors
  • Case study: The Hill
• Harvesting non-wood products from riparian land
• Harvesting wood products from riparian land
  • Case study: Moffitts
• Rapt in rivers: Rivers Arena update
• Oral history
  • Learning through listening: Dairy Farmers CD
  • Mapping the journey:Your opportunity to contribute
• It's a Wrap: news from around Australia's States and Territories
• Kids River Health Conference

Managing Riparian Land to Achieve Multiple Objectives

Most people have a view about how riparian land should be used and managed. They can be views about public issues, like protection of riparian land for biodiversity or for town water supply, or private issues like land values or financial returns. Whatever the view, when people decide to manage their riparian lands differently it is often to address a single management issue. By considering the full range of functions performed by riparian lands, however, managing for a single issue can be the starting point from which further environmental and productive benefits can be gained.

From the Editor

Trade-offs and compromises between environmental and productive objectives are characteristic of decision making in natural resources management. This edition of RipRap aims to show you how win-win situations for the environment and financial bottom line can be gained by managing your riparian zone to achieve multiple objectives. We have integrated the research findings from four R&D programs to provide different perspectives and management approaches for riparian areas, and we hope that you find this information useful and relevant for your decision making. This edition also provides updates on Land & Water Australia's Rivers Programs and the research being undertaken through these initiatives.A new oral history CD - Dairy Farmers Going with the Flow- is now available (page 16) and marks the first in what we hope to be a series in which different industries talk about what they are doing to make their farms sustainable.We also give you the opportunity to contribute stories about your rivers and riparian environments along the Bicentennial National Trail (page 17). I hope you enjoy this edition of RipRap, and encourage you to follow-up any of the articles you find interesting with the contact details provided.

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