The Trust was originally established by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW in 2007, with initial funding from the former NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. In June 2014, the Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group Ltd. acquired
The Trust was originally established by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW in 2007, with initial funding from the former NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. In June 2014, the Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group Ltd. acquired the Environmental Water Trust and in 2015, The Nature Conservancy Ltd partnered with the Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group Ltd. to further develop the Trust.
The Trust is a national independent non-government charitable organisation that facilitates investment in the long-term environmental health of Australia’s rivers and wetlands. The Environmental Water Trust will seek to provide a crucial non-government vehicle for river and wetland conservation, just as the land trusts have done for the terrestrial estate.
Why is this so important?
“The crisis in water demands all the effort we can muster for our rivers and wetlands. River red gums are dying because they no longer g