Soil salinity

Dryland salinity is a major form of land degradation in Western Australia. More than one million hectares of broadacre farmland in Western Australia is estimated to be affected by dryland salinity. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides technical information to assist landholders and the community to diagnose the extent and effect of salinity, and manage the impacts. There are several practical options for increasing productivity from saline sites, and for reducing environmental damage.

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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..

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    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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    Land management complaints in Western Australia

    3 December 2013

    Members of the public can lodge a complaint about observed land management with the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation in Western Australia, and the Commissioner will then investigate the c

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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.

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