The Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund and the Environmental Water Trust – using markets and innovative financing to restore wetlands and floodplains in the Murray-Darling Basin for financial, social and environmental outcomes

The Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund has been established and capitalized to achieve integrated financial, social, cultural and environmental outcomes. The Fund is the world’s first investor-funded solution to address water scarcity and account for the needs of irrigators, communities and nature. The Fund will donate through the Environmental Water Trust. Environmental watering projects will be planned and undertaken initially in the southern connected Murray-Darling Basin.