Issue: Societal responses - Responses to salinity
This is an issue under the Land theme of the Data Reporting System.
Why we need to know about this issue
Because of the extent and long term potential impacts of the pressure of salinity on the land, considerable public funding has been invested in specific responses to the problem of salinity have been developed. While the responses to salinity are likely to address other related problems simultaneously, it is important to be able to track their specific effectiveness in addressing salinity.
Indicators
- LD-38 Regions with investments having a major focus on salinity
The actions intended to address salinity include a range of practices, including revegetation, conservation of existing vegetation, de-stocking and changes to cropping regimes. Ultimately, comparing the area where major investment is being undertaken with the area currently thought to be at risk where salinity fails to progress will be indicative of the effectiveness of the societal response.
Related issues
- Land - Land condition- Land cover
- Land - Land condition- Condition of terrestrial species and ecological communities
- Land - Land condition- Hydrology
- Land - Direct pressure of human activities on the land- Land clearing
- Land - Direct pressure of human activities on the land- Salinity
- Land - Direct pressure of human activities on the land- Species introduction and species change
- Biodiversity - Landscapes- Ecosystem diversity
- Biodiversity - Pressures on biodiversity- Land clearing
- Biodiversity - Species, habitats and ecological communities- Conservation status of species and ecological communities
- Land - Societal responses- Responses to vegetation loss, carbon loss, species loss and species change
- Biodiversity - Species, habitats and ecological communities- Community action on species and ecological communities
- Biodiversity - Landscapes- Government action on landscape protection
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