Water in healthy landscapes 6: What is Natural Infrastructure?

Описание: This animation is one of a series developed to support public understanding of the principles of landscape rehydration and restoration.

This full series includes:

1. Solar Energy: how plants, cycling water, manage the energy of the sun    • Water in healthy landscapes 1: Solar energy  

2. The Small Water Cycle
   • Water in healthy landscapes 2: The small w...  

3. Erosion and Deposition: how water, powered by gravity, shapes our landscapes
   • Water in healthy landscapes 3: Erosion & D...  

4. Surface Roughness: why vegetation is key to slowing water’s path
   • Water in healthy landscapes 4: Surface Rou...  

5. Soil infiltration: Managing the soil surface to retain soil moisture
   • Water in healthy landscapes 5: Soil Infilt...  

6. What is Natural Infrastructure?
   • Water in healthy landscapes 6: What is Nat...  

7. Regenerating Landscapes with Natural Infrastructure
   • Water in healthy landscapes 7: Regeneratin...  

8. Building resilience into the Landscape Mosaic
   • Water in healthy landscapes 8: Building re...  

©Mulloon Institute 2024/25

Animation: Timothy Lee & David Lobb
Sound Design: Justin Hewitson
Narration: Peter Hazell Creative Direction: Laura Fisher & Erin Healy

Script & Science Communication: Tam Connor, Laura Fisher, Peter Hazell, Erin Healy, Laura Norman, Bill McAlister, Sam Skeat, Kelly Thorburn & Tony Wells. ©2024-2025

Animations 1 – 5 received funding from the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust, and the Australian Government through a Citizen Science grant.

Animations 6 – 8 received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, and support from the Aridland Water Harvesting Study at the US Geological Survey.

Mulloon Institute is a not-for-profit research, education and advocacy organisation dedicated to sustainable agriculture and land regeneration. It specialises in restoring the healthy movement, storage and cycling of water in landscapes at both property and catchment scales. For further information about our work, visit https://mullooninstitute.org

Mulloon Institute acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we live, learn and work.