Ramsar Rolling Review

 WEC project managed the Ramsar Rolling Review (2009-2011) which aimed to provide targeted information, based on Ecological Character Descriptions, to assess the status of ecological character of Australia's 64 Ramsar wetlands. The project will:

• Allow investments to be targeted to imminent threats
• Provide benchmark and ongoing data to support monitoring and evaluation
• Help fulfill Australia's Ramsar obligations
• Support effective implementation of the EPBC Act

 Butcher, R., Brooks, S., Cottingham, P., Hale, J., and Watkins, D. 2011. Ramsar Rolling Review: Phase 2 pilot testing. Submitted to Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, October 2011.

 Butcher, R., Brooks, S., Cottingham, P., Hale, J., Lee Long, W., and Watkins, D. 2010. Ramsar Rolling Review: Development and pilot testing the Site Status Form and threat conceptual models for Australia’s Ramsar sites. Submitted to the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. May 2010.

Ecological Character Descriptions

 Ecological Character Description for Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands. Butcher, R., Hale, J., and Cottingham, P. 2011. Report to the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mt Gambier South Australia.

 Ecological Character Description for Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes, Victoria. Butcher, R and Hale, J. 2011. Report prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Gunbower Ramsar site, Victoria. Hale, J. and Butcher, R. 2011. Report prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Barmah Forest, Victoria. Hale, J. and Butcher, R. 2011. Report prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Coongie Lakes, South Australia. Butcher, R and Hale, J 2011. Prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Narran Lake Nature Reserve, NSW. Butcher, R., Hale, J., Thoms, M, and Capon, S. 2011. Prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Western District Lakes, VIC. Hale, J. and Butcher, R. 2011 Prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Apsley Marshes, TAS. Hale, J and Butcher, R. 2011 Prepared for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for The Dales, Christmas Island. Butcher, R. and Hale, J. 2010. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for Hosnies Spring, Christmas Island. Hale, J. and Butcher, R.  2010. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

 Ecological Character Description for the Banrock Station Wetland Complex, South Australia. Butcher, R., Hale, J., Muller, K., and Kobryn, H. 2009. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

  Ecological Character Description for the Eighty-mile Beach Ramsar Site, Western Australia. Hale, J. and Butcher, R. 2009. Report to the Department of the Environment and Conservation, Western Australia.

 Ecological Character of the Peel Yalgorup Wetland of International Importance. Hale, J., and Butcher, R. 2007. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia. 

Ecological Character of the Coorong, Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland of International Importance. Phillips, B., and Muller, K. Technical advice provided by Rhonda Butcher and Jennifer Hale. 2006. Report prepared for the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage.

 Ecological Character of the Lake MacLeod wetland of international importance. Phillips, B., Butcher, R., Hale, J., and Coote, M. 2005. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.

Ramsar Management Plans

 Ramsar Management Plan for Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands. Butcher, R., Cottingham, P., and Hale, J. 2008. Draft report to Department of Environment Heritage, Mt Gambia South Australia.

  Butcher, R. 2011. Technical review of The Coorong, Lakes ALexandrina and Albert Ecological Character Description - Phillips and Muller (2006). Report to Department of Environment and Natrual Resources, South Australia.

Phillips, B., Butcher, R.J., and Hale, J. 2005. Implementing the Ramsar Convention’s “Strategic framework for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance” in Australia.