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1974

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

Environmental Sciences

Semiarid zones

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Some Concepts In Rangeland Management, R B. Hacker Jan 1974

Some Concepts In Rangeland Management, R B. Hacker

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The arid and semi-arid zones of Australia occupy about 75 per cent of the land mass. The pastoral industries are located within these zones and, although productivity per unit area is low, the region nevertheless constitutes one of the nation's valuable renewable resources.

If properly managed, such a resource may be maintained as a productive asset indefinitely.

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