I am making planning decisions or giving advice
The below links have been provided to guide planners and consultants to technical information to assist in decision-making processes.
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Start the process of identifying and classifying your wetland here. Click here to view System Definitions to determine whether a wetland is lacustrine, palustrine, estuarine, marine or a spring. There are a number of ways to classify wetlands. Click here to view how Ramsar, the Directory of Important Wetlands and other authorities classify wetland types. Click here also for the Queensland Wetlands Program’s typologies and Wetland Description tool to further distinguish sub-types of lacustrine and palustrine wetlands. The wetland science conceptual models graphically illustrate and detail the processes, features and components of different wetland types.
These profiles are a tool to help wetland managers identify:
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The wetland science conceptual models graphically illustrate and detail the natural processes, features and components of different wetland types.
These models graphically illustrate the impact stressors such as weeds, pollution, pests and human activities have on different types of wetland ecosystems. |
Click here for species information and indicator species lists. Search by basin, Natural Resource Management region or local government area to find which species of flora and fauna depend on the wetlands in that area for survival. |
Maps are available through an interactive online map server or in PDF format. Answers to FAQs relating to the Queensland Wetlands Program Wetland Mapping project and it’s products. |
Click here for an overview of programs, policy and legislation relating to wetlands, and links to policy documents, information on government-led programs and legislation. Use this tool to search for relevant wetlands legislation, policies and planning instruments.
Request a Map of Referable Areas. |
Access wetland rehabilitation guidelines and management plans.
A how-to-guide for rehabilitating wetlands that draws on first-hand experience and expert input. Practical guides for managing 14 types of wetlands.
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Soil indicators can be used to define wetland boundaries. Lists of species dependent on wetlands for survival. List of hydrophytes to help identify wetlands. |
Interactive map server WetlandMaps shows RAMSAR and Directory of Iportant Wetland layers. Click here for an overview of programs, policy and legislation relating to wetlands in Queensland.\ Click here for lists of Queensland wetlands acknowledged under the international Ramsar convention and national Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA). Search by basin, NRM region or local government area to find Ramsar or DIWA sites in Queensland. This page enables you to perform a property search and obtain a ‘Map of Referable Areas’ in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) that can be e-mailed to a valid e-mail address. |
Click here for links to funding opportunities. Click here for links to organisations that work on or with wetlands.
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Last updated: 23 October 2009