Pastoral rangeland condition and trend: annual reports

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The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) produces annual pastoral rangeland condition reports, based on data and information collected and assessed by officers of the department.

Information is provided at regional and Land Conservation District level, not at pastoral-lease level.

DPIRD monitors the vegetation condition of pastoral rangelands in Western Australia and prepares annual reports on pastoral condition for the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation to meet legislative requirements set out in the Land Administration Act 1997.

Since 2020, full reports will be produced every 5 years that detail the state, trend and risk of decline of vegetation condition in the pastoral rangelands using information derived from both remotely sensed and on-ground data. In the intervening years, shorter reports will be produced based on remotely sensed vegetation cover.

The reports in Table 1 are provided as published at the time. Note that the style and content have changed over time to meet the needs of other agencies using this information.

Table 1 Annual reports on the condition and trend of the Western Australian pastoral resource
Year Title
2023 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2023 - Total vegetation cover and cover risk
2022 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2022 - Total vegetation cover and cover risk
2021 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2021 (PDF 2.6MB)
2020 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2020: condition trend and risk (PDF 6.5MB)
2019 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2019 Condition, trend and risk (PDF 4.5MB)
2018 Status of the Western Australian pastoral rangelands 2018: condition, trend and risk (PDF 3.9MB)
2017 Condition and trend of the Western Australian pastoral resource base 2017 (PDF 1.8MB)
2016 Report on the condition trend of the Western Australian pastoral resource base December 2016
2015 Report to the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation on the trend of the Western Australian pastoral resource base October 2015
2014 Report to the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation on the trend of the Western Australian pastoral resource base August 2014
2013 Report to the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation on the condition of the Western Australian pastoral resource base June 2013
2012 Report to the Pastoral Lands Board on the condition of the Western Australian pastoral resource base August 2012
2011 Report to the Commissioner of Soil Conservation on the condition of the Western Australian pastoral resource base July 2011
2010 Report to the Commissioner of Soil Conservation on the condition of the pastoral resource base November 2010
2009 Annual pastoral land condition report 2008–09
2008 Pastoral land condition report 2007–08
2007 Annual pastoral land condition report 2006–07
2006 Annual pastoral land condition report, Western Australia 2005–06
2005 Annual report to the Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia 2004–05
2004 Annual report to the Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia 2003–04
2003 Annual report to the Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia 2002–03

 

 

Contact information

Commissioner Soil and Land
Rob Sudmeyer
+61 (0)8 9083 1129