Land Theme Report
Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report)
Prepared by: Ann Hamblin, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Authors
Published by CSIRO on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2001
ISBN 0 643 06748 5
Environmental Indicators
| Environmental indicator | |
|---|---|
| L1.1 | Change in total exposed soil surface contributing to erosion, as a percentage of land area per landcover region, stratified by major land use |
| L1.2 | a | b | | Total grazing pressure relative to net primary productivity (biomass) by landcover regions and AERs |
| L1.2A | a | b | c | | Domestic vertebrate grazing pressure per landcover region and AER |
| L1.2B | a | b | | Non-domestic vertebrate herbivores per landcover region and AER |
| L1.4 | a | b | | Surface soil loss index |
| L1.5 | Gullying index per major catchment |
| L1.6 | Change in dust storm index relative to number of high wind events by AERs and landcover regions |
| L1.8 | Implementation of new drought policies |
| L1.9 | a | b | | Percent of land managers using agreed Best Practice by land use and/or catchment |
| L1.9A | Percent cropped land with reduced tillage plus stubble retention by AER |
| L1.9B | Area of forested lands in which the legal framework encourages best practice codes of forest management, and the conservation of special environmental values |
| L2.1 | Index of human accessibility related to landcover regions |
| L2.3 | Change in land use by catchments, AERs and landcover regions |
| L2.4 | Landcover change: proportion of each region covered by forest, wood, shrubs and grasses compared with 1990 baseline, by landcover and tenure |
| L2.6 | Fire control measure compared with natural fires, related to landcover regions |
| L3.1 | Ratio of area of catchment under perennial annual vegetation, as proportion of total catchment (report also by State) |
| L3.3 | a | b | | Percent area of land affected by dryland salinity, and acidity, by catchment and AER |
| L3.4 | Variation in plant water utilisation with landcover change |
| L3.5 | a | b | | Index of measures to increase perennial vegetation cover, by area of catchment and AER affected |
| L4.1A | a | b | | Number of reports of all, and of new, weeds, pests and diseases per AER and IBRA region |
| L4.1B | Number of passenger and cargo entries per port or entry location by IBRA region |
| L4.2 | a | b | | Impact of agriculture on conservation land by AER and State/Territory |
| L4.5 | Effectiveness of reduction in damage caused by weeds, pests and diseases that are harmful at ecosystem scale by IBRA regions |
| L5.1 | Total nutrient export nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from each AER and drainage basin |
| L5.1A | Rates and distribution of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium accessions into each AER and drainage basin |
| L5.1B | Sources of phosphorus derived from land activities reaching rivers by catchment |
| L5.2 | a | b | | Terrestrial carbon (organic matter) loss rate by IBRA region |
| L5.5 | Rate of land carbon (organic matter) sequestration by AER and IBRA region |
| L5.7 | a | b | | Proportion of each forestry and farming system with stable nutrient balance by major catchment, AER |
| L5.8 | Estimated success of programs to reduce land carbon loss and increase sequestration by landcover regions |
| L5.9 | Proportion of farmers using soil and plant tissue testing regularly by industry and AER |
| L6.1 | Total immobile contaminant load on land area by catchment |
| L6.4 | Condition of environments surrounding high-radiation sites |
| L6.5 | Quality of mining operations relative to total mine sites, and regulation requirements by drainage basin |
| L6.6 | Estimated area of pesticide application by catchment |
| L6.7 | Rate of violations in residue levels (metals and organics) in harvested rural produce and foodstuffs |
| L6.11 | a | b | | Implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) and agrichemical risk reduction by rural industry |