This project is a joint initiative of the MDBC and the cotton industry to determine an appropriate model for the introduction of an industry wide environmental audit and certification scheme.

The application of cotton defoliants has on occasions been observed to effect the growth of native trees.

Creation of lagoons or wetlands. River stabilization techniques. On farm reafforestation. The benefits and disadvantages of these to the landholder and to the environment.

ACF simply contends that far too much water has been taken from the Murray Darling for irrigation and that insufficient water is left to manage in ways which meet the ecological needs of the rivers and their floodplai

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