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.

Articles

Assessing saline areas

28 November 2013

Dryland salinity can be assessed on-farm by observation and/or measurement.
Groundwater chemistry of the Weaber Plain: preliminary results

23 March 2016

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development analysed and reported on groundwater salinity trends on the Ivanhoe and Weaber plains, and the preliminary results of an intensive wate
Ord River development and irrigated agriculture

27 November 2013

Tropical agriculture on the Ord River in Western Australia's Kimberley region began in 1941.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Pilbara region, Western Australia

11 November 2013

The Pilbara region rangelands were surveyed between 1995 and 1999.
Rangeland condition rating system

4 November 2013

Officers of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) assess rangeland condition to provide advice on planning and managing grazing pressure on leases, and for requireme
Gascoyne Food Bowl Initiative

22 November 2013

The Gascoyne Food Bowl Initiative (GFBI) was established in 2012 to increase horticultural production in the area, matched with borefield development.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey in part of the Broome Shire

15 October 2013

The rangelands in part of the Broome Shire in Western Australia were surveyed between 1989 and 1990.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Nullarbor region, Western Australia

22 October 2013

The Western Australian part of the Nullarbor region was surveyed between 2005 and 2007. The report provides land managers, advisers and administrators with a baseline record of the natural resource
Grassland monitoring sites for pastoralists in Western Australia

2 December 2016

This information is for pastoralists in Western Australia wanting a reliable way to monitor and assess the effect of livestock and seasons on the health of grassland pastures.
Managing dryland salinity in south-west Western Australia

21 November 2013

Managing dryland salinity can provide many benefits: increased whole-farm productivity, reduced on-farm and off-farm degradation, and protection of landscape and community values.