Northern Australia Irrigation Futures

Providing new knowledge, tools, and processes to support debate
and decision making regarding irrigation in northern Australia

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NAIF CDS23 Final Reports

• NPSI CDS23 Final Report, December 2007 (PDF, 446 kb)
• NPSI CDS23 Final Technical Report, December 2007 (PDF, 324 kb)

NAIF Research Bulletins

• Northern Australia Irrigation Futures Overview May 2008 (PDF, 3544kb)
• Frameworks to Support Irrigation Decision Making in Northern Australia May 2008 (PDF, 436 kb)
• Understanding Water Systems of Northern Australia May 2008 (PDF, 350 kb)
• Irrigation Mosaics in Northern Australia May 2008 (PDF, 379 kb)

NAIF Project Reports

• Report on the UNESCO-IHP HELP Meetings, Portugal, June 2009 (PDF, 2 MB)
• Dent, M., Bristow, K.L., Camkin, J.K. and E. Bohensky. 2008. Implementing the National Water Initiative: Benefiting from lessons derived from a cross-comparison of Australian and South African Experiences. Report on a working trip to Australia by Dr Mark Dent. June 2008. 86pp. (PDF, 3.5 MB)
• NAIF: Sharing the Learnings - Workshops held September to November 2007 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Report on Lower Burdekin Field Trip: An Awesome "Dam" Experience, 4 July 2007 (PDF, 743 kB)
• Report on the Brisbane Workshop with Queensland Government Agencies, 3 August 2004 (PDF, 112 kB)
• Report of Darwin Workshop, 22 June 2004 (PDF, 1.49 MB)
• Report of Stakeholder Consultations in Western Australia, 31 May 2004 (PDF, 138 kB)

NAIF Technical Reports

• Petheram, C., Tickell, S., O’Gara, F., Bristow, K.L., Smith, A. and P. Jolly. 2008. Analysis of the Lower Burdekin, Ord and Katherine-Douglas-Daly Irrigation Areas: Implications to future design and management of tropical irrigation. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No. 19/08, CRC for Irrigation Futures Technical Report No. 05/08. 101 pp. (PDF, 5.7 MB)
• Cook, F.J., Xevi, E., Knight, J.H., Paydar, Z. & K.L. Bristow. 2008. Analysis of biophysical processes with regard to advantages and disadvantages of irrigation mosaics. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No. 14/08, CRC for Irrigation Futures Technical Report No. 07/08. 68 pp. (PDF, 707 kB)
• Petheram, C and K.L. Bristow. 2008. Towards an understanding of the hydrological factors, constraints and opportunities for irrigation in northern Australia: A review. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No. 13/08, CRC for Irrigation Futures Technical Report No. 06/08. 111 pp. (PDF, 5.6 MB)
• Camkin, J.K., Story, J. and K.L. Bristow. 2007. An Ecologically Sustainable Developmen component system to support irrigation decision-making in northern Australia. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No.78/07, CRC for Irrigation Futures Technical Report No. 10/07. 27 pp. plus Appendices. (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Camkin, J.K., Kellett, B.M. and K.L. Bristow. 2007. Northern Australia Irrigation Futures: Origin, evolution and future directions for the development of a sustainability framework. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No.73/07, CRC for Irrigation Futures Tech. Report No. 11/07. 48 pp. (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Paydar, Z., Cook, F.J., Xevei, E. and K.L. Bristow. 2007 Review of the current understanding of irrigation mosaics. CSIRO Land and Water Science Report No. 40/07, CRC for Irrigation Futures Technical Report No. 08/07. 38 pp. (PDF, 472 KB)
• Petheram, C., Charlesworth, P.B. and K.L. Bristow. 2006. Managing on-farm and regional water and salt balances in Mona Park. CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report No. 23/06, July 2006. 50 pp. (PDF, 5.1 MB)
• Kellett, B., Walshe, T. and Bristow, K.L. 2005. Ecological Risk Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Burdekin. CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report 26/05 (PDF, 631 kB)
• Kellett, B., Bristow, K.L. & P.B. Charlesworth. 2004. Indicator Frameworks for Assessing Irrigation Sustainability. CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report No. 01/05 (PDF, 294 kB)