National Land and Water Resources Audit

Signposts for Australian Agriculture – Review of social components of the framework

Signposts for Australian Agriculture is a project coordinated by the National Land and Water Resources Audit, with initial funding from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Recognising the importance of this initiative, the Bureau of Rural Sciences has allocated its own funding to support Signposts. The 2005-06 funding includes provision to carry out a review of the social components of the Signposts for Australian Agriculture Framework. This review follows on from a review carried out (more)...

Salinity Indicator Trials National Summary Report

The role of agriculture in natural resource management, economic growth and community life

About the Audit

The National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) collates data and information on the status of Australia’s natural resources and contextual social and economic information. The information is used to assist in identifying Australia’s natural resource management priorities and will be used to support the evaluation of current and future natural resource management (NRM) investments. The Audit is working with all (more)...

Farmers' use of sustainable management practices

This report presents the results from a survey of Australian broadacre farmers’ use of sustainable land management practices. The National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) commissioned ABARE to design and conduct a national survey to collect data on farmers’ adoption of specified natural resource management and business management practices. An understanding of land managers’ willingness and capacity to adopt (more)...

National Land & Water Resources Audit reports and publications list

This is a list of significant reports, fact sheets and posters published by the Audit 2002-2008 and Assessment reports from the Audit 1997-2002. They are accessible through

Land & Water Australia’s product catalogue

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Avon Catchment Council soil acidification monitoring

Avon Catchment Council Soil Acidification Monitoring - Report of a point-based monitoring trial to identify how well the soil resource is being managed with respect to soil acidity, and the current status of the soil condition as a basis for subsequent monitoring efforts. (2008)

The National Land & Water Resources Audit Final Report: 2002-2008

This report describes the achievements of the second phase (2002-2008) of the National Land and Water Resources Audit, the challenges faced and the lessons for the future based on the Audit experience. The report is structured in four main parts The introduction The operating context and objective Tasks and achievements, and The experience, gaps and ways forward. Also presented are acknowledgements to the many parties that have assisted in what has (more)...