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Two decades of cooperation, restoration, and protection of the river system.

The Gunbower Forest covers 19,931 ha on the mid Murray floodplain in northern Victoria.

Mildura’s native seed bank helps revitalise Country.

Koondrook–Perricoota Forest covers 31,150 ha in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

Over recent years there have been significant changes on the River Murray, including expansion of permanent horticulture, recovery of water for the environment, increased trade and reduced channel capacity through the Barmah–Millewa forest. These changes have resulted in concerns that the river system will not be able to deliver water allocation to users when they need it.

Australia is one of the driest continents on earth. As such, many thousands of weirs and floodplain levee banks, dams and intra- and inter-basin water transfers schemes have been constructed.