Riparian rehabilitation

Freshwater ecosystems

Indicator

Riparian zone rehabilitation

Increasing vegetation

225,732 plants
planted

Weed management

1,918 hectares
treated for weeds

On-ground projects

610 discrete project sites
have been worked on
across 48 projects

Erosion management

18.5 hectares along
0.25 km treated for erosion

Riparian areas provide both water quality regulation and aquatic habitat provisioning services. Key objectives of riparian rehabilitation include:

Reducing fine sediment pollution.
Reducing the loss of high-quality agricultural soils.
Improving water quality in water supply catchments.
Improving freshwater aquatic ecosystem biodiversity.
Enhancing cultural and recreational values.

Many organisations across the region take action to rehabilitate these critical landscape areas. Interventions include habitat restoration and rehabilitation, weed control, and erosion management (streambank stabilisation works).

Here's a snapshot of just some of the action over the past 5 years. These numbers will grow as more groups from across the region contribute their data.

Waterway health

*Numbers as provided by contributors to the stewardship pilot (for the period 2019/20 - 2023/24). These numbers will increase as more groups from across the region submit data to the stewardship initiative as the project grows in the coming years.

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