Despite their vast size and a declining workforce it is possible to manage pastoral leases effectively by focusing on landscape function to identify key critical areas. Natural and human-induced processes drive changes to landscapes, vegetation structure and composition, due in part to changes in soil moisture balance. Identifying these processes and their impacts (e.g. the fate and impact of raindrops) assists with the development of ‘best practice’ ecological and cost-effective pastoral management.The Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) Project™ is a holistic land management approach, which is being trialled by the South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board (SAALNRMB). ...
Walton, J. and Pringle, H.J.R. (2010). The Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) pilot project - building landscape literacy using local knowledge to improve rangeland health in the Neales River Catchment of South Australia.In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke (Eds D.J. Eldridge and C. Waters) (Australian Rangeland Society: Perth).
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.