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Advanced airborne technologies for mapping and monitoring native Australian vegetation

Airborne sensors can be used by natural resource managers and researchers to collect data about things which can be seen, such as vegetation cover, as well as characteristics like canopy condition and water use, which are not visible. Importantly, faster and more accurate data collection over large areas can be achieved by combining light detection and ranging (lidar) with other airborne technologies which include multi and hyper spectral scanners, digital video and still photography. Lidar can be (more)...

Monitoring aqueous rootzone conditions under irrigated cotton and grains

Felicity Roos, at the University of Sydney, will be doing a short trial of the ‘SoluSampler’. The SoluSampler is a water sampler that collects samples at various root depths in order to monitor rootzone salinity. This tool has been used in citrus and grape crops and Felicity will be testing it for suitability for monitoring nutrient leaching and salinity levels under irrigated cotton and grains.

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Condamine Catchment Water Erosion Monitoring

This document reports on an assessment of those recommendations applied at catchment scale and provides information on procedures that others may follow and improve upon. Tasks involved were: Comparing methods for estimating groundcover Report on use of land management practices for water erosion control - Undertake air photograph interpretation and ground observations of gully erosion - Report on use of land management practices for gully (more)...

Daly Douglas Water Erosion Monitoring

This trial was to look at methods to determine the presence and extent of erosion and level of erosion risk in the context of monitoring. Evidence may be gathered from remote sensing and field measurements.   Temporal data from ground-based monitoring sites builds up a body of knowledge on local landscape processes. By relating time-series satellite data to temporal on-ground measurements, insight is gained into the response of systems in various conditions. Based on these (more)...

Developing Conceptual to Support the NSW Wetlands Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Program

Milestone 4 Report

The National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) recommended a number of indicators under six themes for measuring improvement in wetland extent, distribution and condition. The indicators are being trialled in two Catchment Management Authority (CMA) regions, Hunter Central Rivers and Central West.

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High resolution spatial imagery (Quickbird) acquired for Australia's coastline

Monitoring coastal habitat extent and condition has been made a little easier due to the strategic investment in high resolution images for selected priority areas around Australia’s coastline

Northern Territory Native Vegetation Extent Baseline & Monitoring Project

The native Vegetation Extent project is in response to obligations for reporting on resource condition targets, in this instance the integrity of Native vegetation communities. The primary purpose of the baseline Native Vegetation extent is to provide the NLWRA with baseline data from which future comparisons may be made. The data will feed into a national compilation of native vegetation extent and ultimately type. The project is carried out by Northern (more)...

Report on Indicator Protocol Trial for Soil Carbon Monitoring, NSW

National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

This document reports on a soil monitoring trial in the Border Rivers Gwydir (BRG) Catchment of north-west NSW. The objective was to assess a monitoring protocol and approach to estimate soil carbon under different land uses and to provide a framework for future soil carbon monitoring.

Monitoring Wind Erosion in Australia

Monitoring wind erosion risk by roadside survey in the wheatbelt of Western Australia – Appendix 1

This document describes a roadside survey methodology to monitor wind erosion (and sheet/rill water erosion) risk as a surrogate indicator of long-term soil loss in South Australia. Wind erosion is a major degradation issue in the cropping districts of the State and is an ever-present hazard in most years because of extensive areas of sandy textured soils and variable rainfall. Much effort has been expended by State and National governments over the years to reduce the problem, but little data has been (more)...

Monitoring Wind Erosion in Australia

Monitoring wind erosion risk by roadside survey in the wheatbelt of Western Australia

This document reports on the testing of roadside survey as a means of monitoring wind erosion, or more accurately, the risk of wind erosion. In testing the approach this document provides a prototype that others may follow and improve upon. The survey approach follows that of Andy McCord (Appendix 1 and McCord 2005) which has been operating for some time in South Australia and this report is a trial of that system. Appendix 1 product number: (more)...

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