A clearer picture of the changing patterns of salt distribution in irrigated soils is being sought through an undergraduate study funded by the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation.
There are encouraging signs from a new study at the Yanco Agricultural Institute that delaying flooding could be a successful strategy for saving water without loss of rice production.
The investigation was prompted by an industry hit hard by the water shortage and anxious to find ways of producing with less.
Land & Water Australia hosted a roundtable to bring together some of Australia’s leaders in the area of Citizen Science. The aim of the workshop was to showcase better Citizen Science approaches and share experiences of citizens engaging in the science of natural resources including climate, water, biodiversity, phenology, (life cycle events) and soil.
What is Citizen Science?
Citizen Science is a hands-on approach to engaging people to gather (more)...
Discussion Paper - Background and current research in Australia
The endocrine system in humans and other organisms regulates the production of hormones that, in turn, control many important biological functions, such as reproduction. Endocrinedisrupting chemicals (EDCs) are substances that, upon entering an organism, interfere with the normal functioning of hormone systems.
Chronic, low-level exposure to EDCs has been linked with a number of reproductive disorders in both humans and wildlife. In wildlife these can include abnormal sex-organ development, (more)...
Michael Petter has been on so many committees over the last 20 years hes barely had time to stop and think, let alone work out just how far the community has come in those two decades of change.
Turning their property ‘Rotherlea’ into an open-air classroom for researchers and community groups has enabled Angus Howell and Diana Chomley to assist others understand the environmental issues being managed by farmers.
Airborne sensors can be used by natural resource managers and researchers to collect visible (vegetation cover) and invisible (such as canopy condition or water use) data.
ABARE report for the National Land and Water Resources Audit
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)...
