The Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) were established in
Victoria
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under the ''Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994''. Originally known as Catchment and Land Protection Boards, the CMAs were changed to their present name in 1997.
Catchment management authorities are unique because the area they govern corresponds to the naturally occurring drainage basins, enabling
integrated catchment management Integrated catchment management (ICM) is a subset of environmental planning which approaches sustainable resource management from a catchment perspective, in contrast to a piecemeal approach that artificially separates land management from water man ...
.
Catchment Management Authorities
There are 10 CMAs covering the whole of Victoria, these are divided into a total of 39 river basins (some basins are shared by more than one CMA):
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Corangamite
**Barwon basin
**Corangamite basin
**Moorabool basin (part)
**Otway basin
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East Gippsland
East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering 31,740 square kilometres (14%) of Victoria. It has a population of 80,114.
Australian Bureau of Statistics2006 Census Community Profile Series: East Gippsland (St ...
**East Gippsland basin
**Mitchell basin
**Snowy basin
**Tambo basin
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Glenelg Hopkins
**Glenelg basin
**Hopkins basin
**Portland basin
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Goulburn Broken
**Broken basin
**Goulburn basin
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Mallee
**Avoca basin (part)
**Mallee basin
**Wimmera basin (part)
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North Central
**Campaspe basin
**Loddon basin
**Avoca basin (part)
**Wimmera basin (part)
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North East
**Kiewa basin
**Ovens basin
**Upper Murray basin
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Port Phillip and Western Port
**Bunyip basin
**Maribyrnong basin
**Moorabool basin (part)
**South Gippsland basin (part)
**Werribee basin
**Yarra basin
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West Gippsland
West Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, extends from the southeastern limits of metropolitan Melbourne and Western Port Bay in the west to the Latrobe Valley in the east, and is bounded by the Strzelecki Ranges to the south ...
**Latrobe basin
**South Gippsland basin (part)
**Thomson basin
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Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria. The district is located within parts of the Loddon Mallee and the Grampians regions; and covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Aust ...
**Millicent Coast basin
**Wimmera basin (part)
Regional catchment strategies
Every 5 years the CMAs are required under Section 12 of the Act, to produce a regional catchment strategy, which is a statement of how the CMA plans to manage its region over the coming 5 years and is developed with the principles of
integrated catchment management Integrated catchment management (ICM) is a subset of environmental planning which approaches sustainable resource management from a catchment perspective, in contrast to a piecemeal approach that artificially separates land management from water man ...
. It should cover the condition of the land and water, assess
land degradation
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.
It is viewed as any change or disturbance to the land perceived to be deleterious o ...
and prioritise areas for attention, set out a program of works to be undertaken and who will be undertaking the works, specify how the works and land and water condition will be monitored and provide for review of the strategy. The regional catchment strategy can also undertake to provide incentives to landholders, educational programs, research and other services.
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994
', s.12, page 49. Victorian Government, 2007.
See also
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Integrated catchment management Integrated catchment management (ICM) is a subset of environmental planning which approaches sustainable resource management from a catchment perspective, in contrast to a piecemeal approach that artificially separates land management from water man ...
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Catchment management
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the ...
References
External links
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority websiteEast Gippsland Catchment Management Authority websiteGlenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority websiteGoulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority websiteMallee Catchment Management Authority websiteNorth Central Catchment Management Authority websiteNorth East Catchment Management Authority websitePort Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority websiteWest Gippsland Catchment Management Authority websiteWimmera Catchment Management Authority website Science week catchment factsheet
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