Protocols

Report on Indicator Protocol Trial for Soil Carbon Monitoring, NSW

This document reports on a soil monitoring trial in the Border Rivers Gwydir (BRG) Catchment of north-west NSW. The objective was to assess a monitoring protocol and approach to estimate soil carbon under different land uses and to provide a framework for future soil carbon monitoring.

Towards a national protocol for monitoring & reporting of status & trends in significant native species & ecological communities

This report is the result of a project commissioned as an adjunct to the second National Biodiversity Assessment. The objective was to draft a national protocol for monitoring and reporting of significant native species and ecological communities and ecological communities, based on a review of literature and consultation with stakeholders. The report provides an introduction to the project, a brief synopsis of the current national and international context. It outlines the consultation (more)...

Socio-economic Indicator Headings

Matter for target - Ecologically significant invasive species

The Vertebrate Pest Committee (VPC) as the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) for invasive species, asked the NLWRA to scope a data infrastructure and monitoring project, and to develop a National Invasive Animals Assessment work plan complementary to the National Pest Animals Strategy and the National Framework for Invasive Species Management. The NLWRA’s objectives that will be met by (more)...

Review of alien fish monitoring techniques, indicators and protocols

This report is an advisory document that has been commissioned by the National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) and prepared by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre. The report, Review of Alien Fish Monitoring Techniques, Indicators and Protocols: Implications for National Monitoring of Australia’s Inland River Systems, is not intended to be an exhaustive review. It brings together fundamental information regarding alien fish to inform (more)...

Indicator protocol: distribution and abundance of significant invasive vertebrate pests

This document presents the recommended monitoring protocol for collecting, collating and reporting information on the distribution and abundance of significant invasive vertebrate pests, at the national, state and territory, and regional levels.

Indicator protocols: impact of weeds on assets

This document presents the recommended monitoring protocol for assessing the impact of weeds on assets, for application at the regional, state/territory and national levels.

Indicator protocols: extent, density and distribution of weeds

This document presents the recommended monitoring protocol for collecting, collating and reporting information on the extent, distribution and abundance of significant invasive vegetation species (weeds) for national, state/territory and regional application.

Socio-economic indicator protocols

The Workplan aims to identify socio-economic indicators to assess the: capacity of land managers to change and adopt sustainable management practices capacity of regional organisations to make decisions on NRM issues and the social and institutional foundations of NRM programs, and the interlinkages between the above and their relationship to the achievement of longer term changes to the:   (more)...

Indicator protocols: location, size and intensity of salt-affected areas

Salinisation occurs where soils and vegetation are degraded by the discharge and evaporative concentration of saline groundwater. This commences when the water table either reaches the root zone or where it can be evaporatively concentrated (commonly within two metres of the ground surface). Monitoring the expansion or contraction and intensity of salt affected areas provides an effective tool for assessing changes in salinity status over time. It can also aid in determining risk and (more)...