Land Use and Management

RDA Hunter maintains that a comprehensive and all–encompassing view of this integrated region and its connectivity to surrounding regions, including Sydney, is the key to ensuring that sustainable and productive growth occurs across the Hunter to the benefit of the state, the nation and local communities. The Hunter is  ....

This paper outlines a quasi-economic hydrological model and management paradigm geared toward public and not-for-profit regulatory bodies, with particular reference to the southern Murray-Darling Basin in southeast Australia. This value-oriented model and paradigm bridges the gap between short-range hydrological forecasting and long-range economi ....

Australia's land managers will need specific information about the best locations at which to sequester carbon if they are to take advantage of the recent Carbon Farming Initiative of the Australian Government under which carbon offsets can be created through sequestration of carbon in soil and trees. The literature indicates that soil texture an ....

This study is concerned with an investigation of innovative farming methods that take advantage of natural processes, rather than of introduced land management practices, which are often environmentally damaging and expensive to maintain. Farming practices in the public domain will be listed with reference to existing literature. P ....

The Wet Tropics region of north Queensland has outstanding environmental values, contains the highest biological diversity in Australia, and borders the Great Barrier Reef. Comparable to other tropical areas worldwide, increasing urban and agricultural development in the Wet Tropics has caused concerns with respect to ecosystem degradation due to ....

This report examines the results of the 2015 Regional Wellbeing Survey, focusing on wellbeing, liveability, and resilience. The Regional Wellbeing Survey was launched in 2013 to examine the wellbeing of people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. The survey is conducted annually, and measures the subjective wellbeing of people and co ....

Report outlines the outcomes of the Department's initiatives and outcomes. Including royalties to the regions with the Mid West Investment Plan, the Karratha City Centre Infrastructure Works, Opening of the M2 irrigation channel, the Pibara Cities Initiative, and the Busselton Foreshore Redevelopment. As well as developments in the Murdoch Mixed- ....

There is a valuable opportunity to help the Wide Bay Burnett reach its full and considerable potential. By magnifying the assets the Wide Bay Burnett has to offer the community’s social and economic position can be enriched and broadened. The opportunity at this time is to capitalise on the employment prospects that exist within the mining and ....