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Greenhouse, Land Management And Carbon Sequestration In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Wa, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Forrest Products Commission, Department Of Environment, Water And Catchment Protection, Anne Bennett May 2003

Greenhouse, Land Management And Carbon Sequestration In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Wa, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Forrest Products Commission, Department Of Environment, Water And Catchment Protection, Anne Bennett

Agriculture reports

This report examines options for greenhouse emissions abatement by changing land management practices and establishing terrestrial organic carbon sinks in Western Australia.


Greenhouse, Land Management And Carbon Sequestration In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Forest Products Commission, Department Of Environment, Water And Catchment Protection May 2003

Greenhouse, Land Management And Carbon Sequestration In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Forest Products Commission, Department Of Environment, Water And Catchment Protection

Agriculture reports

This report examines options for greenhouse emissions abatement by changing land management practices and establishing terrestrial organic carbon sinks in Western Australia.It recommends the following priorities to the Greenhouse Task Force.? Expand the already successful Kyoto Protocol Article 3.3 plantations, as carbon sinks.? Determine the potential of Kyoto Protocol Article 3.4 sink activities (cropland management, grazing land management and revegetation) to contribute to carbon sequestration in Western Australia.


Stocking Rate Guidelines For Rural Small Holdings, Swan Coastal Plain And Darling Scarp And Surrounds, Western Australia, Dennis Van Gool, Ken Angell, Lindsay Stephens Feb 2000

Stocking Rate Guidelines For Rural Small Holdings, Swan Coastal Plain And Darling Scarp And Surrounds, Western Australia, Dennis Van Gool, Ken Angell, Lindsay Stephens

Agriculture reports

Small rural holdings are often owned by people who want to pursue a semi-rural lifestyle but who are inexperienced in land management issues. This can result in landholders stocking their properties with animals at rates higher than the land resources can sustain, leading to degradation problems such as soil erosion, water pollution and damage to vegetation. This document provides information and guidelines to help planners, developers, local authorities and land owners determine the base stocking rates for rural small holdings on the Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp and immediate surrounds. The advice utilises Agriculture Western Australia’s rural stocking rate …


Economics Of Oil Mallees : Report, Allan Herbert Jan 2000

Economics Of Oil Mallees : Report, Allan Herbert

Agriculture reports

Economic assessment of the profitability of oil mallees for a range of sites in Western Australia where farmers might invest on their own land.


Pastoral Resources And Their Management In The Sandstone-Yalgoo-Paynes Find Area, Western Australia, A M E Van Vreeswyk, P. T. Godden Dec 1998

Pastoral Resources And Their Management In The Sandstone-Yalgoo-Paynes Find Area, Western Australia, A M E Van Vreeswyk, P. T. Godden

Agriculture reports

This report covers about 94,700 square kilometres of rangelands in the Sandstone-Yalgoo-Paynes Find area of Western Australia. The area lies within 27°S and 30°S latitudes, and 115°30'E and 120°E longitudes and includes the towns of Sandstone, Yalgoo and Paynes Find. The northern, southern, and eastern limits of the survey area are largely defined by the boundaries of the 1:250,000 scale series map sheets.The western limit is the boundary between the pastoral and agricultural area.


Differences In Productivity Between Flocks A Comparative Study In The Pilbara, John James Jan 1994

Differences In Productivity Between Flocks A Comparative Study In The Pilbara, John James

Agriculture reports

To learn more about their own flock productivity relative to other flocks in the district, ten woolgrowers in the Roebourne-Port Hedland Land Conservation District conducted a small wool growing competition from November 1989 to November 1991. They compared the wool production from 20 young wethers drawn from their flocks.