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Suggest this article be moved to Wild river (non-plural)? Think outside the box 14:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Herewith is an initially organic, growing assembly of references, links and other materials that are expected to be useful to expanding this article:
"the longest-running, public international environmental forum"
"The WILD Foundation defines wilderness areas as: The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet – those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with roads, pipelines or other industrial infrastructure ... The essence of a wilderness area is that it is a place where humans can maintain a relationship with wild nature. Whether that relationship is characterized by recreational use or traditional, indigenous use does not matter, so long as the relationship is predicated on a fundamental respect for – and appreciation of – wild nature."
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dams and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes. (Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, October 2, 1968)"
"Section 1 presents a brief background to the identification phase of the project, including the involvement of State and Territory agencies. Section 2 provides an overview of the Wild Rivers Model. Technical details of the operation of the model and the development of the supporting database are presented in Section 3. The Wild Rivers software was developed to enable update, display and interrogation of the Wild Rivers database. Its functions and use are described in Section 4."
"Undertaking a national assessment imposes many constraints and limitations, in particular in relation to data availability and hence the complexity of the model used. In Section 5 these issues are discussed along with suggestions for future improvements."
"In The Nature of Northern Australia, four eminent Australian scientists – Dr John Woinarski, Professory Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr Barry Traill – reveal the global conservation importance of Northern Australia. They show that, unlike much of southern Australia, nature remains in abundance in the North, with the world’s largest and healthiest expanse of tropical savanna and some of the world’s healthiest wild rivers."
Queensland has a number of river systems which have been almost untouched by development and are therefore in near natural condition, with all, or almost all, of their natural values intact.
One way of preserving this valuable part of our natural heritage for the benefit of current and future generations is to designate them as ‘declared wild rivers’.
wild river means a river described as a wild river in a wild river declaration
The Commission notes that Indigenous peoples of the Archer, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins disagree with the term ‘wild rivers’. They argue that the term is culturally inappropriate and implies that the land and waters in a proposed declaration were uninhabited and predominantly void of human activity. The use of the term ‘wild’ does not equate with Indigenous peoples’ perspectives and their continuing use of the rivers.
The Commission is concerned that declarations made over the rivers and their interconnected waterways, may affect the exercise and enjoyment of Indigenous peoples human rights, in particular, those related to the access, use and occupancy, management and conservation, cultural and development rights to their lands, waters and natural resources.
the Commission is concerned that the legislation and proposed declarations do not consider the cultural value of the rivers and their interconnected waterways to Indigenous peoples. The Commission is of the view that the protection of wild rivers must include recognition of Aboriginal title and the active participation of Traditional Owners and Indigenous communities.
Bruceanthro ( talk) 08:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
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Just while expanding this article .. I've cut and pasted the original text here, as follows:
A wild river is a free flowing river system that has all or almost all of its natural features intact. [1] The Wild Rivers Project defines a wild river as "a channel, channel network, or connected network of waterbodies, of natural origin and exhibiting overland flow [which] have not been significantly altered since European settlement". [2] This usually entails being free of major dams, weirs and pollution from intensive agriculture and land clearing. The term is mostly used in Australia, and includes the use of a river to help sustain healthy ecosystems for native plants and animals and to support sustainable grazing, fishing and eco-tourism. Globally, only about 40% of rivers could be classed as 'wild', as most have been substantially modified by human development. In Queensland, Australia, the State Government has introduced special legislation (The 'Wild Rivers Act') to protect the remaining free flowing rivers in that State from inappropriate development.
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Suggest this article be moved to Wild river (non-plural)? Think outside the box 14:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Herewith is an initially organic, growing assembly of references, links and other materials that are expected to be useful to expanding this article:
"the longest-running, public international environmental forum"
"The WILD Foundation defines wilderness areas as: The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet – those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with roads, pipelines or other industrial infrastructure ... The essence of a wilderness area is that it is a place where humans can maintain a relationship with wild nature. Whether that relationship is characterized by recreational use or traditional, indigenous use does not matter, so long as the relationship is predicated on a fundamental respect for – and appreciation of – wild nature."
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dams and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes. (Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, October 2, 1968)"
"Section 1 presents a brief background to the identification phase of the project, including the involvement of State and Territory agencies. Section 2 provides an overview of the Wild Rivers Model. Technical details of the operation of the model and the development of the supporting database are presented in Section 3. The Wild Rivers software was developed to enable update, display and interrogation of the Wild Rivers database. Its functions and use are described in Section 4."
"Undertaking a national assessment imposes many constraints and limitations, in particular in relation to data availability and hence the complexity of the model used. In Section 5 these issues are discussed along with suggestions for future improvements."
"In The Nature of Northern Australia, four eminent Australian scientists – Dr John Woinarski, Professory Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr Barry Traill – reveal the global conservation importance of Northern Australia. They show that, unlike much of southern Australia, nature remains in abundance in the North, with the world’s largest and healthiest expanse of tropical savanna and some of the world’s healthiest wild rivers."
Queensland has a number of river systems which have been almost untouched by development and are therefore in near natural condition, with all, or almost all, of their natural values intact.
One way of preserving this valuable part of our natural heritage for the benefit of current and future generations is to designate them as ‘declared wild rivers’.
wild river means a river described as a wild river in a wild river declaration
The Commission notes that Indigenous peoples of the Archer, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins disagree with the term ‘wild rivers’. They argue that the term is culturally inappropriate and implies that the land and waters in a proposed declaration were uninhabited and predominantly void of human activity. The use of the term ‘wild’ does not equate with Indigenous peoples’ perspectives and their continuing use of the rivers.
The Commission is concerned that declarations made over the rivers and their interconnected waterways, may affect the exercise and enjoyment of Indigenous peoples human rights, in particular, those related to the access, use and occupancy, management and conservation, cultural and development rights to their lands, waters and natural resources.
the Commission is concerned that the legislation and proposed declarations do not consider the cultural value of the rivers and their interconnected waterways to Indigenous peoples. The Commission is of the view that the protection of wild rivers must include recognition of Aboriginal title and the active participation of Traditional Owners and Indigenous communities.
Bruceanthro ( talk) 08:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Africa
Australia
North America
South America
Just while expanding this article .. I've cut and pasted the original text here, as follows:
A wild river is a free flowing river system that has all or almost all of its natural features intact. [1] The Wild Rivers Project defines a wild river as "a channel, channel network, or connected network of waterbodies, of natural origin and exhibiting overland flow [which] have not been significantly altered since European settlement". [2] This usually entails being free of major dams, weirs and pollution from intensive agriculture and land clearing. The term is mostly used in Australia, and includes the use of a river to help sustain healthy ecosystems for native plants and animals and to support sustainable grazing, fishing and eco-tourism. Globally, only about 40% of rivers could be classed as 'wild', as most have been substantially modified by human development. In Queensland, Australia, the State Government has introduced special legislation (The 'Wild Rivers Act') to protect the remaining free flowing rivers in that State from inappropriate development.
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