River Health Targets

The following Catchment Condition (CT) and Management Targets (MT) were developed for the River Health theme:

State-wide targets: Improving condition of riverine ecosystems, and condition and extent of important wetlands; reducing declines in the condition of marine waters and ecosystems; improving the ability of groundwater systems to support groundwater-dependent ecosystems and designated beneficial uses; improving estuary condition
CT RH1 Riparian lands: Improving the health of riparian lands	MT RH1-1 Riparian conservation: Increasing the length of river and stream banks being managed primarily for conservation to 23% or 150 km of reaches in this category
	MT RH1-2 Riparian vegetation regeneration: Increasing the length of river and stream banks being managed under assisted regeneration so that 18% or 260 km of these riverbanks have improved
	MT RH1-3 Riparian vegetation rehabilitation: Establishing 600 000 plants on reaches that have been identified to need revegetation
	MT RH1-4 Best practice for public recreation areas: Managing 10 existing public passive recreation river access areas using current best practice principles with strategies for implementation
CT RH2 Aquatic biodiversity: Improving sustainability of key native aquatic populations and the recovery of threatened aquatic species	MT RH2-1 Restoration of in-stream habitat: Increasing the length of improved in-stream habitat using appropriate in-stream works (e.g. adding woody debris and removing barriers to fish passage)
CT RH3 Wetlands: Understanding, maintaining and improving wetlands function (in peat-based swamps; and sandstone-based upland, riverine floodplain and estuarine wetlands)	MT RH3-1 Important wetlands: Increasing the area of important wetlands with recovery
CT RH4 Groundwater: Improving the ability of groundwater systems to support groundwater-dependent ecosystems and beneficial uses
CT RH5 Estuary and marine condition: Reducing decline and improving estuarine and marine ecosystem functioning	MT RH5-1 Estuary and coastal management plans: Implementing or assisting with implementation of relevant, high priority actions in estuary management or other management plans