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For the last three centuries forests have been recognised as providing the best water catchments and valued for their sustained output of high quality water. The world-wide management issues of sustaining riparian forests are examined, using the River Murray forests as an example.

This book provides scientific evidence to underline the notion that forests offer the most reliable water catchments in the natural environment. The unique Australian ecosystem provides valuable information on the water yields and hydro-ecology of forests. Insights can be transferred to other climate zones and conditions.In this second edition, the author puts a particular focus on the most prominent challenges of our time, in relation to water management. Ground salinity, climate change, and droughts have all been newly added to this updated edition. One of the most important concepts is...

Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community. They interact with water and soil in a variety of ways, providing canopy surfaces which trap precipitation and allow evaporation back into the atmosphere, thus regulating how much water reaches the forest floor as through-fall, as well as pull-water from the soil for transpiration.

The discipline -forest hydrology- has been developed throughout the 20th century. During that time human intervention in natural landscapes has increased, and land use and management practices have...