• Page 1Natural history and ecology of the Lake Eyre Basin

    • Page 1Natural history and ecology of the Lake Eyre Basin
    • Page 3The Lake Eyre Basin - one of the world’s great desert river systems
    • Page 19Water - where, when, how much?
    • Page 31Fish distribution, status and threats in the rivers and springs of the Queensland Lake Eyre Basin
    • Page 43Natural flows drive the ‘boom and bust’ ecology of fish in Cooper Creek, an arid-zone floodplain river
    • Page 55Turtles of Cooper Creek - life in the slow lane
    • Page 63Developing the desert - potential effects on wildlife
  • Page ixPreface
  • Page xiAcknowledgements
  • Page xiiList of Contributors

  • Page 75Cultural and socio-economic dimensions of the rivers

    • Page 75Cultural and socio-economic dimensions of the rivers
    • Page 77Connecting the Champions of the Lake Eyre Basin Rivers
    • Page 95Looking after the rivers - a view from nearly 50 000 years of experience
    • Page 103Caring for our sacred waterways - learning from our past
    • Page 107River sustainability - essential for the livelihoods of landholders
    • Page 113Clean green beef - the importance of free-flowing rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin
    • Page 119A life living between a river and a creek
    • Page 123Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre - not just a wildlife paradise but also an economic lifeline
    • Page 127When our rivers ran dry - 30 years of water resource development in the Murray-Darling Basin
    • Page 137A river and a livelihood - all but lost in a decade
    • Page 145Making a living from the Macquarie Marshes - coping with decisions upstream
    • Page 151‘Once more into the breach, dear friends…’ - the ongoing battle for the Cooper
    • Page 159River and wetland health in the Lake Eyre Basin - an economic perspective
    • Page 173Mining and the Lake Eyre Basin environment - past, present and possible futures

  • Page 193Looking after the rivers

    • Page 193Looking after the rivers
    • Page 195Sustainable management of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers - regulate, educate or open the gate?
    • Page 213Water governance in Queensland - implications for Wild Rivers declarations in the Lake Eyre Basin
    • Page 229Sustainability for the rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin
  • Page 241Index