There are approximately 4.5 million cattle grazed in catchments along the Great Barrier Reef with the greatest numbers in the Fitzroy and Burdekin catchments (Source: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority). Development of a beef cattle industry in Northern Queensland involved the wide scale clearing of woodland for conversion to pasture. As a result the Great Barrier Reef is exposed to increased levels of terrestrial sediment and organic matter caused by woodland removal, overgrazing (particularly in drought conditions) and stream bank erosion. ...
Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
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