Logo of State of the Environment 2011; Photo by Andrew Griffiths, Lensaloft

State of the Environment 2011 (SoE 2011)

State of the Environment 2011 Committee. Australia state of the environment 2011.
Independent report to the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
Canberra: DSEWPaC, 2011.

5 Land

5 Resilience of the land environment

The resilience of Australia’s land, soil and vegetation can be assessed in two stages: firstly, in terms of the interaction of land with land use and the maintenance of environmental values under particular land-use regimes; and secondly, in terms of how well land regains these values after major disturbances such as clearing, flood or fire.

Newman, Western Australia. Photo by Christian Fletcher