Wetlands publications

Wetlands monitoring guidelines

Biological surveying is conducted in many areas of the state, covering a range of ecosystems including wetlands.

• Rapid indicator assessment of Western Australian inland aquatic ecosystems776.64 KB describes a standard set of methods for assessing and reporting on key indicators of condition at significant wetlands in Western Australia.

Monitoring provides general guidance on monitoring plants and animals.

• Chapter 4: Monitoring wetlands in A guide to managing and restoring wetlands in Western Australia, provides guidance on wetland monitoring design, implementation and analysis.

Brochures

Protecting our wetlands in Western Australia 803.8 KB

Policies

• Wetlands Conservation Policy for Western Australia6 MB
• Wetlands Conservation Policy for Western Australia171.92 KB(text only version)
  
• Environmental Protection Authority Position Statement 4: Environmental Protection of Wetlands
• Environmental Protection (Western Swamp Tortoise Habitat) Policy 2002

Guidelines

• Guidelines checklist for preparing a wetland management plan456.17 KB 
• Environmental Protection Authority Guidance Statement 33: Environmental Guidance for Planning and Development (see chapter B4)
• Draft Swan Coastal Plain Evaluation Methodology 20171.46 MB
  
  • Wetland evaluation desktop and site assessment template40.08 KB
  • Evaluation criteria template34.43 KB 
• Wetland identification and delineation: information for mapping and land use planning on the Swan Coastal Plain145.61 KB

Technical reports

See wetland mapping and wetlands monitoring and research for a range of technical reports.

A wide range of wetland publications and reports can be found at the department's Conservation Library.

• The State of the Environment Report 2007 reports on the condition of the State's environment, the major environmental issues facing the State, and identifies what we are doing, and should be doing, to improve the environment for now and in the future.
• The Wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain is a series of wetland research projects no longer in print, but available through the department's Conservation Library.

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation publications

• The Water notes series provides a general guide to river and wetland ecology, restoration and management and is designed to complement the more comprehensive and technical River restoration manual 
• Native vegetation of estuarine and saline waterways in south Western Australia
• Native vegetation of freshwater rivers and creeks in south Western Australia