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- Library Collection RecordThe Queensland based Channel Country group of organic beef cattle producers was informally put together in 1996. The group was subsequently incorporated as OBE Beef Pty Ltd involving some 21 stations…Publication Date 2004
- Organic agriculture
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordIn Queensland, Grazing Land Management packages are becoming widely adopted as a tool for assessing land condition, and the relative "health" of country. Within these packages, land…Publication Date 2004
- health
- tools
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordCSIRO's interest in research partnerships with Indigenous organisations is part of its overall concern with research approaches that benefit both the public good and private stakeholders. CSIRO…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- cultural values
- Library Collection RecordSustainability is clearly the guiding principle of Natural Resource Management in Australia. All the regions in Australia require a Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategy which sets targets and…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Library Collection RecordBestprac is a group based benchmarking and continuous improvement program funded by Australian Wool Innovation and Meat and Livestock Australia. The Bestprac network started in 1998 and aims to…Publication Date 2004
- tools
- Management information systems
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe outline the results of recent work aimed at determining the impact of grazing on biodiversity of the arid and semi-arid rangelands. We examined changes in the abundance and species composition of…Publication Date 1996
- biodiversity
- grazing
- water
- biodiversity
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAnalysis of the WARMS monitoring data has been carried out to determine trends in vegetation condition across the Western Australian southern shrublands. Results suggest that a small number of…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- management
- monitoring
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordBush fire monitoring in the north -western rangelands of Western Australia was born out of a need to provide a tool to manage the natural resources of the area more effectively. Satellites, in…Publication Date 1996
- monitoring
- satellites
- Data
- fires
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordLoss of perennial grasses (e.g. Chrysopogon fallax, Eriachne flaccida, Panicum deeompositum) on the flood plain of the Fortescue River in the Pilbara district of WA is hypothesised as due to past…Publication Date 1996
- Plains
- grasses
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 1996
- rangelands
- Australia
- biodiversity
- invasive species
- Nature conservation
- Library Collection RecordProperty Management Planning (PMP) in the southern rangelands of WA commenced in 1993. From its modest beginnings it has expanded, leading to the development of a one-to-one planning methodology…Publication Date 1996
- Property
- management
- planning
- rangelands
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1996
- pastoralism
- mining
- conservation (storage)
- Aboriginal People
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordRangeland wildlife dynamics are based on refuge habitats. Piospheres result from grazing impact around waterpoints and biodiversity is affected by grazing intensity. Wildlife losses have been…Publication Date 1996
- islands
- wildlife
- biodiversity
- pastoralism
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA number of authors have emphasised the importance of areas outside nature reserves in the maintenance of biodiversity. A study of the vegetation of the Scotia country of western New South Wales on…Publication Date 1996
- conservation (storage)
- vegetation
- biodiversity
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordVariable grazing intensity within extensive paddocks in northern Australia's cattle industry is not necessarily related to the normal piosphere effect, but also to heterogeneous landscapes and…Publication Date 1996
- vegetation
- grazing
- soil
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the state and include the sub-tropical savanna of the Kimberley, the semi arid and arid spinifex, the southern mulga shrublands and the…Publication Date 2000
- savannas
- Chenopodium
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordSince 1995, the Rangeways project has researched ways to identify and reconcile opportunities for different land uses while protecting biologically sensitive areas within the framework of community-…Publication Date 2000
- ecological zones
- land use
- management
- frameworks
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- shrubs
- Landholding systems
- projects
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- rangeland soils
- biodiversity
- landscape
- Termites
- Decomposition
- nutrient cycling in ecosystems
- heterogeneity
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2000
- perennials
- species
- water
- grazing pressure
- quadrats
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT: Twenty native mammals have become extinct from Australia's rangelands in the last 200 years. That is not the end of the problem: unfortunately, declines in biodiversity continue across…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- biodiversity conservation
- rangelands
- trends
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs preferred sustainable landusers of the Australian rangelands, mining operations should legacy net environmental and community benefits in the regions in which they operate. The positive and…Publication Date 2002
- mining
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- Australia
- Olympic Dam mine
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- biodiversity
- habitats
- landscape
- Commercial farming
- monitoring
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity has gradually moved from the periphery of rangeland management twenty years ago to a position of greater prominence today. Despite greater acceptance of its importance, though, three…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- management
- measurement
- Economic Value
- Australia
- Growing Recognition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- livestock numbers
- flora
- funding
- land conservation
- monitoring
- Australia
- Ecojunction
- Patoralist
- Library Collection RecordThe need to preserve biodiversity in privately managed rangelands is acute and well recognised. The best way to achieve this is to introduce better landscape design and vegetation management in…Publication Date 2002
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- conservation (storage)
- landscape design
- Australia
- Central Australia
- Landholder Panel
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAssessing landscape function is now an established component of rangeland monitoring programs. In this paper, we focus on the spatial arrangement of  perennial vegetation patches as a readily…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- Processes
- livestock production
- biodiversity
- monitoring
- production
- conservation (storage)
- Australia
- Hyperspectral Data
- Landscape Function Analysis
- Leakiness Index
- Library Collection RecordA balanced view of the role trees play in grazing systems is required to improve landscape level management and planning. Producers are monitoring the value of retained native vegetation on their…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- grazing systems
- landscape
- management
- planning
- paddocks
- biodiversity
- Southern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordNutrient-rich patches occur around grass tussocks, logs and trees in semi -arid landscapes. Landscape patterns and processes associated with such nutrient patches can influence lateral water movement…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- nutrients
- soil
- burning
- semi-arid
- Water Movement
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordIf the landscape function paradigm is to fulfil expectations, then it must, by definition, make ecological sense at the landscape -scale, as distinct from the patch -scale, and thereby provide…Publication Date 2002
- landscape
- rangelands
- management
- ecosystems
- biodiversity
- indicators
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWA is an ideal environment for the application of solar energy, in particular for solar water pumping. Using Photo-voltaics. Solar water pumping systems are not widespread due to a number of factors…Publication Date 2002
- solar energy
- water
- Pumping
- User-friendly Design
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAn urgent need exists for the development of principles for the sustainable management of the savannas of northern Australia. Based on current and recent research we propose five principles for the…Publication Date 2002
- grazing management
- sustainability
- overgrazing
- biodiversity
- savannas
- Grass Layer
- Northern Australia
- prescribed fire
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- Nature conservation
- cultural heritage
- sustainability
- land use planning
- biodiversity
- Southern Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mining
- water
- climate change
- landscape
- vegetation
- exploration
- changes
- Kalgoorlie
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- regeneration
- rangelands
- paddocks
- erosion
- rehabilitation
- programmes
- grazing pressure
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- ecology
- projects
- biodiversity
- environmental management
- monitoring
- conservation (storage)
- grazing pressure
- South Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- sustainability
- frameworks
- management
- rangelands
- investment
- environmental factors
- groups
- Leases
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- environmental management
- rangelands
- stakeholders
- conservation (storage)
- programmes
- Biophysics
- Leases
- biodiversity
- sustainability
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes the progress towards developing a practical and cost effective alternative to the water trough currently used in extensive sheep operations. Though functional, troughs are not…Publication Date 2002
- water
- sheep
- rangelands
- Pests
- biodiversity
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availalble.Publication Date 2002
- Biophysics
- mapping
- rangelands
- models
- Field Work
- Land Units
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- vegetation
- monitoring
- paddocks
- case studies
- floodplains
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- riparian zones
- trees
- biomass
- projects
- changes
- Pastoralists
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- projects
- livestock
- Sediment
- cleaning
- costs
- rangelands
- sampling
- biological agent
- sampl
- Water Point
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mapping
- aerial photography
- satellite imagery
- Computer systems (applications)
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAnalyses of 223 Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) sites in the Gascoyne- Murchison region of Western Australia show improvements in perennial vegetation and hence range condition…Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- monitoring
- vegetation
- systems
- soil
- analysis
- site
- Spices
- changes
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- vegetation
- Pests
- rangelands
- Data
- research
- projects
- management
- pastoral zone
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of climate variability information is only one element among many that pastoralists use to 'get the stocking rate right'. In recent years, there has been a large increase in the…Publication Date 2006
- stocking rate
- assessment
- grazing management
- climate variability
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordPrior to the widespread development of permanent watering points across the WA semiarid rangelands, kangaroo grazing pressure was largely moderated by access to ephemeral water supply. Unlimited,…Publication Date 2006
- semiarid zones
- strategies
- committees
- grazing pressure
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, in the WA southern rangelands the traditional approach of many pastoral stations to grazing management was to set stocking rates based on previous year's tallies and to make…Publication Date 2006
- grazing management
- sustainability
- stocking rate
- livestock production
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Western Australia cover about 85% of the state. Many ecosystems are contained within pastoral leases, where after about 150 years of settlement, extensive changes to vegetation and…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- ecosystems
- biodiversity conservation
- management
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe halophytic shrubs of the West Australian (WA) semi -arid shrublands provide the microbes in the rumen of livestock with a relatively constant source of salt and rumen degradable nitrogen (RDN),…Publication Date 2006
- ecology
- livestock production
- grazing management
- Dietary components
- Western Australia