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Encouraging Participation in Market Based Instruments and Incentive Programs

This is the final report of the LWA funded research project CSU29. The goal of this research project has been to understand how to improve the design and delivery of MBIs and incentive programs to increase the participation of landholders. Low levels of participation can reduce the ability of programs to achieve their desired outcomes, as well as reduce their efficiency. To understand how to increase landholder participation, answers to (more)...

Provision for Cultural Values in Water Management

The Anmatyerr Story

This report was created in a spirit of “working together”, a term coined to capture the research by Don Presley, a senior Anmatyerr man. This report is a case study of research which aims for Anmatyerr tyerrty (people) to be active ambassadors for their land and water in regional decision making processes, especially in relation to the Ti Tree Water Resource Strategy. Water is central to the law and (more)...

Northern Australia Irrigation Futures - Final Technical Report

Providing new knowledge, tools and processes to support debate and decision making regarding irrigation in northern Australia

Northern Australia holds an iconic status for many Australians. The interplay between the landscape, rivers, groundwater and strongly monsoonal weather patterns has resulted in unique and diverse ecological systems that will need special attention to…

Northern Australia Irrigation Futures - Final Report

Providing new knowledge, tools and processes to support debate and decision making regarding irrigation in northern Australia

Northern Australia holds an iconic status for many Australians. The interplay between the landscape, rivers, groundwater and strongly monsoonal weather patterns has resulted in unique and diverse ecological systems that will need special attention.

Productive and Sustainable Salt Tolerant Pastures for South Australia and Victoria

This project looked at tall wheatgrass-based pastures as an option for saline land. The investigation covered pasture and animal productivity, biodiversity impacts, soil and water environment, and economic analysis. Project activity was focussed on a grazing experiment located on a 20-hectare area of saline land near Dunkeld in western Victoria. Experimental treatments were (i) a volunteer control, (ii) commercially available cultivars (Dundas tall wheatgrass, Persian clover, Balansa clover (more)...

Land and Animal Management 2029

Australian wool production in 2029 will be different to that which exists today. The Australian wool producer will be expected by society and consumers to know and understand his / her land and animals, and also be able to detail all practices, affecting land, plants and animals on that property. Consumers will focus their purchasing power on the effect of wool production on the environment, animal welfare, and the community. The profitable Australian wool producer in 2029 will understand (more)...

Final Report for West Australian network for Participatory R&D for SGSL

This final report reflects on the aims, objectives, methods, findings, observations, outcomes and impacts of this participatory research and development project. SGSL is a five-year national project funded by Australian Wool Innovation Ltd. and Land and Water Australia with completion planned for December 2006. Additional partners include Meat and Livestock Australia, the CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity, the (more)...

Breeding Forage Plants in the Genome Era

Forage plant breeding has been largely based on phenotypic selection following sexual recombination of natural genetic variation found between and within ecotypes. Advances in plant genetic manipulation over the last 15 years have provided convincing evidence that these powerful technologies can complement and enhance plant breeding programs. Significant progress in the establishment of the methodologies required for the molecular breeding of forage plants has been made. Examples of current (more)...

Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms Program Report

The Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms (HSSF) Program was an Australian Government initiative funded through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) was a major co-funder, and the HSSF Program was managed by Land & Water Australia. The (more)...

Sustainable northern landscapes and the nexus with indigenous health: healthy country healthy people

Healthy country, healthy people has explored the relationship between landscape health and Aboriginal health in northern Australia. Aboriginal people worked with a trans-disciplinary research team to test the assertion that investment in indigenous natur