An Australian Farmer owns land that borders onto a river in New South
Wales. The river is managed by a state Government organization, the
Dept of Land and Water Conservation(DLWC), as a canal to feed water to
an Irrigation Area downstream. The aggressive and unnatural management
of the river has led to a huge increase in erosion. This is admitted
to by the DLWC. The erosion of the land has resulted in loss of both
valueable land and by extension a loss of production to the farmer.

I am interested in how other western democratic nations have dealt
with similar issues.
My question has 3 parts.
1.	How do other nations deal with compensation to landowners for
damages arising from man-made erosion?
2.	What measures have been used to minimize erosion in rivers for the
future?
3.	What measures have been adopted to repair the damage caused by
erosion to rivers?

I would be interested in extending the question and the fee if the
research revealed other related issues that would be of assistance in
this debate.