Rangelands

Assessing biodiversity outcomes from waterpoint interventions in the patchy, gibber-gilgai arid rangelands

“Domestic and feral herbivores need daily access to water during summer, and every few days during winter. The risk to biodiversity and ecosystem function depends on the type of herbivore activity, its intensity, and how long an area is exposed to grazing and seasonal conditions (rainfall). We explore whether waterpoint manipulation is a useful management tool for achieving biodiversity and ecosystem outcomes in the arid grazing lands of remote Australia. We used the (more)...

Biodiversity values and functional ecology of regrowth vegetation in modified landscapes

“At a continental scale, remnant vegetation in the Australian rangelands can be described as intact, except towards the east where intensive land clearing has occurred prior to cessation of broadscale land clearing at the end of 2006. However, ongoing clearing of native vegetation for the purposes of harvesting fodder is a legitimate management approach for large areas of south-west Queensland, and is regulated under the Vegetation Management Act 1999. This is (more)...

Assessing Biodiversity Outcomes from Waterpoint Management in the SA Arid Rangelands

This project studies the merit of waterpoint management to deliver on-ground biodiversity outcomes on cattle stations
using a mixed design approach. Key deliverables include indices of biodiversity condition and management
achievement, regional biodiver

Quantifying costs and benefits of buffel grass

Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is an introduced pasture grass of significant commercial value but which also presents a major threat to conservation values in the rangelands. This report integrates the outcomes of regional workshops with institutional…

Benefits and costs of buffel grass

Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is a valuable introduced species for pastoral production but its invasion into arid and semi-arid rangelands represents a key threatening process for conservation values.

Rangelands 2008 - taking the pulse

This report, Rangelands 2008 - taking the pulse, is the first time that disparate datasets have been brought together at a national and regional scale to report change in Australia’s rangelands. The rangelands cover some 81 per cent of Australia and are p

Information Needs of Rangeland NRM Regions (2007)

The Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System’s (ACRIS) was established in 2001 to collate and analyse data for reporting change in the Australian rangelands. ACRIS also aims to understand and explain the reasons for reported change. ACRIS is the first attempt at building a systematic picture of the current state of the rangelands in regards to how, where, and at what rate they are changing (more)...

Managing the East Kimberley rangelands