Publication Date

10-2003

Publisher

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

The Department of Agriculture has prepared this Annual Report for the Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia for the financial year 2002 – 2003. The report details trends in a number of indicators of importance to Western Australia’s rangelands.

The Department of Agriculture’s activities to the Board are outlined and environmental indicators are presented at the regional and property scales. New methodologies of pastoral lease inspections incorporating a categorisation model are also introduced. The integrated assessment processes incorporating rangeland resource and condition surveys, pastoral lease inspection processes, and WARMS provides land users with a sound information base from which informed management decisions can be made to ensure the sustainability of the rangelands resource.

Seasonal conditions at the state level with more specific information at the regional level has been provided in addition to the granting of Exceptional Circumstances for 16 Shires in the southern rangelands. This declaration is significant in itself as it is the first time in history that pastoral areas anywhere in the state have received such benefits in times of seasonal adversity. The regional areas of Pilbara; Gascoyne; Murchison; and Goldfields were included in the declaration.

Number of Pages

31

Keywords

rangelands, condition monitoring, pastoral lands board, Commissioner of Soil and Land, postoral leases, Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS), rangeland resource surveys, pastoral lease inspection program

Disciplines

Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Resources Management and Policy

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