Resource assessment

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development assesses resource use for sustainable agriculture by carrying out surveillance and project level monitoring; evaluation of resource condition and trends; setting resource assessment standards, systems and procedures; and reporting this information to resource managers. The intent of this work is to establish baselines and targets for resource condition, to assist managers to choose production technologies and systems that maintain or improve resource condition.

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  • Oldman and river saltbush planting

    Managing dryland salinity in south-west Western Australia

    21 November 2013

    Managing saline dryland (rainfed, not irrigated) can provide many benefits: increased whole-farm productivity, reduced on-farm and off-farm degradation, and protection of landscape and community va

  • Primary (naturally occurring) saline lake with salt-tolerant shrubs and trees

    Dryland salinity in Western Australia

    20 November 2013

    Dryland salinity (salinity on non-irrigated land) is one of the greatest environmental threats facing Western Australia's agricultural land, water, biodiversity and infrastructure.

  • salt affected land in the North Stirlings on South Coast of Western Australia

    Dryland salinity – extent and impact in the South West of Western Australia

    26 November 2013

    More than 1 million hectares of previously productive land in South West Western Australia (SW WA) is severely affected by dryland salinity, and about 0.75 million hectares is moderately affected..

  • Tallwheat grass paddock at Wellstead.

    Assessing saline areas in Western Australia

    28 November 2013

    Dryland salinity can be assessed on-farm by observation and/or measurement.

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    Dryland salinity science

    21 November 2013

    Salt is a natural component of land, water and ecological systems in Western Australia. Large areas of naturally saline land (primary salinity) were present before European settlement.

  • View of typical secondary salinity in northern agricultural areas of Western Australia

    Groundwater trends in agricultural areas of Western Australia

    14 January 2015

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) completed a major analysis of groundwater trends in the agricultural areas of south-west Western Australia in 2014.

  • Growing the Pilbara details the findings of the Pilbara Hinterland Agricultural Development Initiative (PHADI). It delivers a prefeasibility level assessment of the irrigation development opportunities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

    Irrigation in the Pilbara

    16 January 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is planning for the future of irrigated agriculture development in the Pilbara

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