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Mapping the Spatial Footprint of Australian Agricultural Industries

The purpose of this project was to generate spatial datasets that identify the extent of land used by Australian agricultural industries.

Mapping the spatial footprint of Australian agricultural industries

This report describes spatial datasets derived from the Agricultural Census that identify the extent of land used by Australian agricultural industries and maps the spatial footprint of six industries of interest to the Signposts project. These maps show where production of cotton, milk cattle , beef cattle, wine grapes, horticulture and grains occur and have changed over time. There are two spatial boundaries structures that have been used in this report, one is based on statistical local areas and (more)...

A remote sensing approach for mapping and classifying riparian gully erosion in Tropical Australia

Recent aerial and ground reconnaissance through the Gulf of Carpentaria has identified riparian gully erosion as one of the dominant contemporary sediment sources to many of the large rivers draining into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Similar processes have also been identified in the Savannah regions of the NT and WA, particularly the Victoria and Ord Rivers. It has also been suggested that broad scale gully erosion of this type and associated local (more)...

Indicator for Site-Based Erosion Assessment Using a Mixture of Field Data and Modelling

National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

 This document reports on the Wind Erosion Assessment Model (WEAM) for field-based wind erosion risk assessment. The objective was to assess if WEAM could be used by regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies to assess erosion levels of different land management practices on different (more)...

Modelling impacts of vegetation cover change on regional climate

Climate change is now the major and most urgent environmental issue facing Australia. Australia is particularly vulnerable to climate change, as it will compound existing land use pressures on natural resources, agriculture and native ecosystems. Australia’s current policy response to climate change has focused on mitigation and adaptation of forecasted changes attributable to greenhouse gas emissions. However, these responses do not include the two-way interactions and feedbacks of the land (more)...

The Economic Value of Improving Pasture Production on Saltland in Southern Australia

SGSL Economics Theme

This paper reports the findings of the Economics Theme. The main aims of the Economics Theme were: To provide assessments of the economic value of forage produce from salt-tolerant perennial pastures at each of the SGSL research sites; To identify the economic constraints to the adoption of saltland pastures; Understand the factors affecting the profitability of saltland pasture systems; Provide estimates of the value (more)...

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R&D meets farmers' needs in a changing climate

With climate change predictions pointing to Australia’s climate becoming even more variable, farmers are looking for more accurate seasonal forecasts that can be interpreted to help them better make decisions about planting, sowing, harvesting and stockin

Irrigation Futures of the Goulburn Broken Catchment

The Goulburn Broken Irrigation Futures project used scenario planning with extensive stakeholder engagement to develop a vision and strategies for irrigated agriculture in the region over the next 30 years.

Quantifying surface water - groundwater exchange using thermal & chemical measurements

This project will develop field equipment and a proven scientific methodology that will quantify surface water - groundwater transfer to aquifers beneath river beds and therefore contribute to the mapping of the many and complex connections and interactions between groundwater and the surface water - dams, lakes, rivers, wetlands.