This Agreement applies to that area of the Paroo River Catchment as defined in article 1.1. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the development or adoption, and implementation of policies and strategies concerning water and related natural resources that might be affected by or might affect the management of the quantity or quality of water in the water systems of the Paroo River Catchment or the ecosystems of which such water is a part, in the Paroo River Agreement Area to avoid or eliminate so far as reasonably practicable adverse cross-border impacts. The objectives of this Agreement are: (a) to provide a means for the Parties to achieve the purposes of the Agreement; (b) to define a process and context for raising and addressing water and related natural resource management issues in the Paroo River Agreement Area that have cross-border impacts, particularly those related to water quantity and quality, and flow regimes; (c) to provide an emphasis for this catchment under the Border Catchments Memorandum of Understanding and the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement; etc. Consideration of issues relating to this Agreement will be under the Border Catchments Ministerial Forum or the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council when the former is no longer in operation.
Australie · 2003-07-18