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Signposts for Australian Agriculture – Review of social components of the framework

Signposts for Australian Agriculture is a project coordinated by the National Land and Water Resources Audit, with initial funding from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Recognising the importance of this initiative, the Bureau of Rural Sciences has allocated its own funding to support Signposts. The 2005-06 funding includes provision to carry out a review of the social components of the Signposts for Australian Agriculture Framework. This review follows on from a review carried out (more)...

About the Audit

The National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) collates data and information on the status of Australia’s natural resources and contextual social and economic information. The information is used to assist in identifying Australia’s natural resource management priorities and will be used to support the evaluation of current and future natural resource management (NRM) investments. The Audit is working with all (more)...

How much water does a woodland or plantation use: a review of some measurement methods

Determining the water balance of a landscape is important to sustainable management of water, vegetation and land resources. Water flow through vegetation is the principle pathway for the discharge of water from Australian landscapes. The rate of this discharge is determined by solar radiation, leaf area index, vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture content. Tree transpiration from plantations and native woodlands and forests is an important determinant of the water balance of much of the (more)...

Developing a Model for Environmental Weed Management in Fragmented Landscapes

The Environmental Weed Management Action Tool, EWeedMAT, was initially developed in the South East Natural Resources Management (SENRM) Region of South Australia (Herpich, 2006). Like much of temperate Australia, remnant native vegetation in this region…

Vital role for Australian irrigation

Discusses irrigation in Australia in the context of global food security, decreasing water resources and the contribution of research and development to innovation.

Irrigation Futures of the Goulburn Broken catchment - Summary Fact Sheet June 2007

The world is changing. Climate, trade policies, governments, economic conditions and community preferences all change, often unpredictably. How will these changes affect irrigated agriculture in the Goulburn Broken catchment over the next 20 to 30 years? In the face of this uncertainty, how do we plan for a thriving economy, vital communities and a healthy environment in future decades?

Views on Irrigation Policy in Australia and Experiences from Brazil and China

Water policy in Australia is undergoing considerable and unprecedented change. Most recently, the emphasis on the sustainable management of water resources in the Murray Darling Basin has seen a shift of control from the States to the Commonwealth. The declining availability of water and the subsequent approaches taken by governments have come under increasing scrutiny from the public. Indeed, the actions associated with water policy in Australia, particularly water used for irrigated agriculture, have (more)...

Knowledge management in irrigated cotton and grains - stage II

This report summarises the major findings which have arisen from the project Knowledge Management in Cotton and Grains Irrigation. This report should be considered in conjunction with the detailed evaluation report prepared by Coutts JR consultants. The lessons learned are detailed and recommendations provided where appropriate. They are discussed under the following headings: Knowledge Management concepts and (more)...

Views on Irrigation Policy in Australia

Water policy in Australia is undergoing considerable and unprecedented change. Most recently, the emphasis on the sustainable management of water resources in the Murray Darling Basin has seen a shift of control from the States to the Commonwealth. The declining availability of water and the subsequent approaches taken by governments, have come under increasing scrutiny from the public. Indeed, the actions associated with water policy in Australia, particularly water used for irrigated (more)...

Sustainable Development of Tropical Australia: R&D for Management of Land, Water and Marine Resources