Sold Down the River

Discover the critical narrative of Australia's water crisis in 'Sold Down the River', a compelling trade paperback published in 2021 by The Text Publishing Company. With 336 pages of insightful analysis, this essential read delves deep into the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia's greatest environmental asset, covering an area larger than France and home to over forty Indigenous nations. The authors, Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells, expertly illuminate the consequences of the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan, demonstrating how it has failed farmers and rural communities, resulting in significant environmental degradation in the planet's driest inhabited continent.

This book is a must-have for anyone interested in Australia's water management issues, agriculture, and environmental policy. Through interviews with irrigators, farmers, Traditional Custodians, and water traders, Hamilton and Kells unravel a narrative entwined in exploitation and opportunity. Understanding Australia's ecological future lies in understanding its water; hence, 'Sold Down the River' is essential reading for environmentalists, policymakers, and anyone who cares about the land and its resources.

'Witness the truth behind Australia's water crisis, and join the dialogue with 'Sold Down the River', available now at Smartfox NZ with FREE shipping! Explore the intersection of history, policy, and environmental stewardship today.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781922458124
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 336


Description:
The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia's greatest environmental asset. The story of water in Australia is written into its ancient rivers, creeks and wetlands. It's home to more than forty Indigenous nations, and it covers an area bigger than France. It is the beating heart of our regions and sustains 40 per cent of our food production.

In 2012 Australia signed up to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, a scheme designed to create a market for the Basin's water and to safeguard the environment.

But the Plan has gone horribly wrong. It has sold our farmers and rural communities down the river. It has contributed to appalling environmental damage on the planet's driest inhabited continent. It has allowed a ruthless market to form, exploited by traders who buy and sell water as if it were a currency like Bitcoin.

Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells, both experts in public policy, have interviewed irrigators, farmers, Traditional Custodians and water traders to tell this disastrous story. In doing so, they bring to light how we have failed to protect our most precious natural resource.

You can't understand Australia without understanding water. Sold Down the River is compulsory reading for all of us.

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