Water Resources and Agriculture Development Planning

The Australian and Indonesian governments have agreed under the Water MoU to cooperate on water resources management; agriculture and irrigation; and water supply and sanitation.

Australia and Indonesia are working more closely to improve how water resources are managed for their communities. The Indonesia-Australia MoU on Water Resources and Agriculture Development Planning (the Water MoU) provides a platform not only for government-to-government policy exchange and information sharing, but also for collaboration and cooperation between private sector partners on water management.

The Australian and Indonesian governments have agreed under the Water MoU to cooperate on water resources management; agriculture and irrigation; and water supply and sanitation.

Activities carried out under the MoU include flood risk management training in Brisbane in November 2018, a water law workshop in Jakarta in November 2018 and an irrigation modernisation project in north Lombok in February 2019. Future proposals under consideration include further flood resilience training, use of remote sensing technology for water quality and the potential of coastal reservoirs.