3.4 - Australia

Question 1

Australia (Main Points)

Answer 1

Sub Tropical Ridge (STR)
El Niño events enhancing dry climate & natural anthropogenic climate variability
Deforestation, Surface Water, GW, Emissions

Question 2

Murray Darling Basin PLan

Answer 2

2012 - Legislation that guides authorities on how to manage the basin
Aims to share water between all users and return water back to the system
Scheme involves buyback scheme where taxpayers buy water back from farmers
However, agriculture can now pump out more water

Question 3

Stakeholders

Answer 3

See OneNote lesson for Wag1