A practical approach for addressing cumulative impacts in reforms of Australia’s environment laws, in a way that minimises burden on developers and is within Commonwealth powers.

Assessment of whether river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin have achieved minimum flow requirements needed to ensure the river health.

The Wentworth Group has made this submission to the Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water on Opportunities for Water Recovery under the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists made this submission to the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023- Draft exposure

Wentworth Group's Response to the Final Report of the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units

The Wentworth Group welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the independent review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists would like to pay tribute to Dr Ronnie Harding FEIANZ, a founding Member of the organisation and a champion of environmental education, who passed away on June 18, 2022.

This paper provides a critique of DPIE-W’s review of the Wentworth Group report "Assessment of river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin: Observed versus expected flows under the Basin Plan 2012-2019."

On 24 September, the work of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists was misrepresented at the NSW Upper House Inquiry in Floodplain Harvesting. As this occurred when we were not able to address these inaccurate comments, we now seek to clarify the record.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defenders Office made the following submission to the Inquiry into the NSW Government's Management of Floodplain Harvesting

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defenders Office response to NSW Government claims related to access to information about the floodplain harvesting licencing framework

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defenders Office made these submissions to the NSW Government on the draft rules for floodplain harvesting licences to be included in water sharing plans

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists made this submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists reviewed the NSW draft WRPs/WSPs against the safeguards we consider necessary to ensure water resource plans developed for the Basin Plan will achieve the Plan’s objectives and meet statutory requirements.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists made this submission to the Draft Native Fish Strategy in April 2020.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists made this submission to the independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in April 2020.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists made this submission to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority on the draft Basin-wide environmental watering strategy in August 2019.

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry Bill seeks to establish an inquiry with the powers of a Royal Commission to investigate the management of the Basin water resources and the implementation and enforcement of the Basin Plan.

In March 2019 Wentworth Group reviewed the Victoria's North and Murray Water Resource Plan (WRP).

In January 2019 the Wentworth Group produced this snapshot report on the Murray Darling Basin.

We propose nine criteria which we believe all Water Resource Plans and related planning instruments should meet in order to satisfy Basin Plan requirements.

In July 2018 the Wentworth Group made this submission to the New South Wales Government in relation to the consultation paper on the ‘NSW Updated factors for water recovery’ and the Water reform technical report titled ‘Derivation of LTDLE factors in NSW’ published in May.

This advice explains what is needed to ensure that state governments modify their projects in line with the Basin Plan, to restore credibility to the SDL adjustment process.

In April 2018 Wentworth Group made this submission to the NSW Water Reform Action Plan.

This report is the first independent and comprehensive review of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin since the Basin Plan was agreed by the Australian Parliament in 2012.

In May 2017 the Wentworth Group made this submission to the Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy as part of the 2017 review of climate change policies.

In April 2017 the Wentworth Group made this submission to the Productivity Commission on the National Water Reform Issues Paper.

A model for environmental accounting for measuring the condition of assets over time, with examples from the regional trial.

The first of two reports evaluating the application of the Accounting for Nature model as part of the Australian Regional Environmental Accounts Trial.

Transformative, long-term economic and institutional reforms that Australia must implement if it is to create a healthy environment with a productive economy.

Transformative, long-term economic and institutional reforms that Australia must implement if it is to create a healthy environment with a productive economy.

In September 2014 the Wentworth Group made this submission to the Independent NSW Biodiversity Legislation Review Panel.

In April 2014 the Wentworth Group made a submission to the Senate Committee Inquiry into Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 [Provisions] and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014 [Provisions].

In January 2014 the Wentworth Group made a submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into the Government's Direct Action Plan.

Describes how the Accounting for Nature model uses science and statistics to create a common unit of measure for environmental accounting.

Peter Cosier presented a keynote address, Accounting for Nature: A Common Currency for Measuring the Condition of Our Environment in NZ.

Plan for a reduction in extractions combined with relaxation of eight constraints, falls well short of satisfying the requirements of the Water Act 2007.

Response to plan changes released on August 6, 2012. Once again the taxpayer pays, individuals benefit and the river loses.

Peter Cosier and Carla Sbrocchi presented to the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting in Rio de Janeiro.

Peter Cosier and Carla Sbrocchi presented at an Australian Bureau of Statistics conference.

Prof Bruce Thom delivered the Keynote Address at the Australian Coastal Councils Conference, "Caring for Our Coasts?" in Hobart on 6 March 2012.

A paper presented to the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental Accounting at the Technical Meeting on Ecosystem Accounts in London.

This report seeks to identify the scale of reductions in diversions required within each of the 18 catchments of the Basin.

In September 2008 this Submission was tabled at the Senate inquiry into water management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes.

Australia is going to have to get by with a lot less water, a whole lot sooner than we thought. Urgently accelerating agreed water reforms.

Landscape conservation founded on simplicity and flexibility, balancing investment security with high environmental standards.