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Natural Resource Models in the Rangelands, A Review Undertaken for the National Land and Water Resources Audit

Rangelands are highly complex agro-ecological systems subject to considerable rainfall variability. This spatial and temporal heterogeneity, when combined with a complex socioeconomic environment, means that it is almost impossible to use empirical stu

National Land & Water Resources Audit Socio-Economic Work Plan

This work plan seeks to address a number of major challenges in this area, namely to: develop clearer conceptual frameworks in which to use and interpret socio-economic data for policy and program management purposes; identify relevant socio-economic indicators to support NAP/NHT program monitoring and evaluation; better document the links between natural resource condition, farm management practices/ land (more)...

Social and economic profiles for selected regions within Australia's Rangelands 2004

The following information has been compiled to provide a regional profile for selected regions within Australia’s rangelands.
The profile presents a range of indicators that have been identified as being useful for informing rangeland mana

Non-pastoral agriculture in the rangelands

The objective of the study was to report on land use in the rangelands from the viewpoint of the importance of the non-traditional (non-pastoral) agricultural land uses. Particular attention was given to the range of commodities produced, the location

Socioeconomic Indicators for Natural Resource Management

This report provides an initial stocktake of socio-economic indicators currently used to design, monitor and evaluate Australian Government natural resource management programs.

Issues and Opportunities for Natural Resource Information

The workshop objectives were all achieved. They were: develop a shared vision for a national, linked, distributed natural resource information system raise awareness and understanding of interoperability and associated issues demonstrate and discuss current implementations and other initiatives discuss and prioritise the requirements and impediments for developing national natural resource information interoperability develop a (more)...

Report Card Review and Concept Development

A wide variety of resource condition and trend assessment frameworks and initiatives are currently available from within Australia and Internationally.

The Audit is currently developing a ‘Report Card’ concept to enable the dynamic

Natural Resource Information - Getting It All Together

This paper discusses some issues and opportunities for interoperability: what it involves, why we should care about it, and how it can be achieved. It explains the benefits for all stakeholders, identifies the main issues that lie on the road to achiev

Assessment of Data Requirements and availability to address natural resource condition and trend indicators. Part C: report

One of the key deliverables of the project was an evaluation of the protocols that underpin the indicators and their associated Matters for Target.

A detailed evaluation of these protocols was made against a set of objective criteria th

Assessment of Data Requirements and availability to address natural resource condition and trend indicators. Part B: report

The lists of data needs for all the indicators were sent for comment to selected experts in national agencies and to representatives of the technical advisory groups that had largely been responsible for developing and documenting the indicators under