A Victorian landcare group has filed legal proceedings against the federal government, challenging the approval of the Nyah flood plain project, alleging it is a 'dodgy water offset project' that is environmentally damaging.
A community landcare group in Victoria's north west has launched legal proceedings against an "unlawful" environmental water project in the Murray-Darling Basin .
Nestled on the gleaming umber of the Murray River, several wetlands around her hometown of Swan Hill are recognised as internationally significant by the United Nations. The Nyah and Vinifera projects are officially known as Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Projects. They are two of nine projects along the Murray that aim to artificially flood landscapes — using pumps, man-made embankments and dam spillways — to achieve ecological outcomes."The concerns are that they will cause unbelievable damage and scar the landscape. Our group feels that the ecology of these areas will be affected.
Environmental Justice Australia lawyer Nicola Silbert, representing Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park, said her client was concerned the project provided justification for the overall reduction of water for the environment across the Murray-Darling Basin. Ms Silbert said her client hoped that this case would set a precedent that "protects the Murray River" from artificial engineering projects.
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