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- Australia's Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000. Information on extent, impacts, processes, monitoring and management options related to dryland salinity in Australia. Completed as part of the National Land and Water Resources Audit.
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- The CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity website (external link) is a national research organisation that will provide new plant-based land use systems that lessen the economic, environmental and social impacts of dryland salinity and thereby help to sustain rural communities. This will be achieved through an improved understanding of the way natural and agricultural ecosystems work.
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- The Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) established a Task Force to investigate the current state of knowledge and provide a basis for incorporating biodiversity conservation aims into salinity management plans. A report entitled Implications of Salinity for Biodiversity Conservation and Management is available for download on the DAFF website (external link). This report aims to raise awareness and demonstrate how, if appropriately designed, actions to mitigate salinity can at the same time contribute to biodiversity conservation outcomes.
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- The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) is available for download on the NAPSWQ website (external link) is a major commitment for applying regional solutions to salinity and water quality problems. The aim is for all levels of government, community groups, individual land manager and local businesses to work together in tackling salinity and improving water quality. Around Australia, 21 priority regions affected by salinity and water quality problems are being targeted. Part of the emphasis of the National Action Plan is on mapping salinity in the landscape. The resulting maps will help land managers develop more effective strategies for dealing with salinity based on better knowledge of how salt spreads through the landscape.
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- The National Dryland Salinity Program (NDSP) is a lead knowledge broker of research, development and extension efforts to combat the risk of dryland salinity in Australia. The NDSP website (external link) provides information on: airborne geophysics, salinity tools, engineering options, cost of salinity and catchment classification. The website (external link) also includes a Salinity Information Package which contains over 40 information sheets which provide a step-by-step framework to understand the complex relationships between salinity, socio-economics, land systems and management options.
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- The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia website (external link) provides a range of documents related to Salinity Risk Management in Australia (including: the salinity problem; integrated salt risk characterisation and salinity risk management).
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