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Land and Water Australia 1990 - 2009 DVD

Research reports and publications

Land & Water Australia addressed the challenges of managing Australia’s land and water resources through an integrated portfolio of research investments focused on productivity growth balanced with sustainability. This disc contains Final Reports, guides, tools, and other publications from nearly 20 years of sustainable natural resource management research. ORDERING (more)...

An Australian Handbook of Stream Roughness Coefficients

This handbook provides information on estimates of roughness values that have been made for Australian streams. It is hoped that by sharing this database, practitioners will be able to make improved estimates of roughness at other sites. We would also

Understanding River Landscapes

This site enables you to explore how Australia’s rivers and riparian areas function, in scientific, managerial and social terms. We have brought together the myriad of interacting processes and human values that surround riparian management in Australi

Salt Sensitivity Database

The Australian Biodiversity Salt Sensitivity Database contains information on the sensitivity and tolerance of over 1200 species of Australian taxa to salt. The database is supported by interpretive notes and a statistical analysis of species groupings

Handbook of flexible technologies for irrigation infrastructure

Final Report 4

URS Australia was commissioned by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to prepare a handbook of technologies that are available to provide flexibility in irrigation delivery systems to deal with the varying irrigation demands which may occur in the future. The project follows on from a process of scenario planning which was used by the Department to develop a vision for the future of irrigated agriculture in the Goulburn-Broken Catchment of (more)...

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Grazing winter crops roadshow. Workshop notes, March 2008

These notes bring together the latest results from the Grain & Graze Program on grazing winter crops. They combine experimental results, producer information and observations from areas across Australia and identify insights and consequences of grazing winter crops on mixed farms. The notes are not intended to report on all the information that exists on grazing winter crops but rather to support the events being conducted by Grain & (more)...

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The Bowral Checklist

A framework for ecological management of landscapes

Leading and emerging researchers in landscape ecology and conservation biology gathered in Bowral, southern New South Wales, in March 2006 to discuss whether it was possible to create a general framework to guide the management of landscapes for conservation. Participants were asked to appraise a given topic in landscape research and identify 5–10 general insights or key issues emerging from that topic. The topics were clustered into 10 major themes with researchers asked to produce 4000 word (more)...

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Conserving biodiversity in highly modified production landscapes

Ten key strategies

Conserving biodiversity in our forestry and agricultural landscapes is a massive challenge for managers, planners, producers and researchers. Our existing system of conservation reserves is not sufficient to protect biodiversity, and commodity producti

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Natural Resource Information Management Toolkit Version 2.0

Building capacity to implement natural resources information management solutions

The Natural Resources Information Management Toolkit (the Toolkit) has been prepared by the National Land & Water Resources Audit and ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council to assist regional natural resource management groups discover, access, visualise and manage their data and information. The Toolkit has been developed in close cooperation with all jurisdictions and has been targeted at regional groups to build capacity and (more)...