Chain of ponds: new ground in waterway management
Case study: a collaboration between 15 organisations is transforming Moonee Ponds Creek into an iconic waterway for all Melburnians.
Case study: a collaboration between 15 organisations is transforming Moonee Ponds Creek into an iconic waterway for all Melburnians.
The Two Great Ramsar Wetlands project is a five-year project (2018-23) led by Melbourne Water that aims to bring key agencies, land managers and community groups together to reduce the threats to the Port Phillip and Western Port Ramsar sites at Port Phillip Bay (western shoreline) and Western Port.
Reel Big Fish – Western Port is a three-year project that aims to improve and increase the extent of suitable habitat for recreational fish species in Western Port while also increasing knowledge and building capacity with the recreational fishing community.
The Waterways of the West – Traditional Owner Engagement Project links community environmental groups based in the Maribyrnong and Werribee catchments with the cultural knowledge and land management expertise of Traditional Owners.
The Ramsar Protection Program is a long-term, collaborative environmental program working to maintain or improve the ecological values of the Western Port and Port Phillip Bay western shoreline Ramsar wetlands sites.
Port Phillip Community Shellfish Reef is a three-year project working to restore functionally-extinct shellfish reef ecosystems in eastern Port Phillip Bay and increase knowledge and build capacity within the recreational fishing community.
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Water is essential to our way of life. That’s why we’re transforming part of the D1 Drain in Werribee into a natural waterway where native wildlife can thrive and communities can come together.