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Wetland ecology

The department is taking a leadership role in developing science-based management strategies, such as ecological and hydrological modelling and environmental impact assessment to deal with the ecological crisis in the Lower Lakes.

CSIRO and the University of Western Australia are collaborating with the department to trial a bioremediation technique to offset the impacts of acid sulfate soils that threaten the lakes.

The Acid Sulfate Soils Research Program was undertaken to fill critical knowledge gaps related to the risks posed by exposure of acid sulfate soils in the Lower Lakes.

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.