The second edition of one of Australias most successful salinity management texts Saltland Pastures in Australia A Practical Guide was launched today as a highlight of a major national conference on salinity and water quality management.

Saltbush and saltland pastures can be productive and profitable options for the use of saline land.

Resource managers can now for the first time plan dryland salinity management strategies from the local to national level following the launch of a new risk assessment tool by the Chair of Australias National Dryland Salinity Program NDSP today.

A key conclusion after 10 years of salinity research investment by Australias National Dryland Salinity Program NDSP is that there is no one salinity problem according to NDSP National Manager Richard Price.

The most uptodate comprehensive collection of natural resource and salinity management modelling tools and frameworks is now available as a single electronic resource.

Dryland salinity causes outbreaks and innovative costeffective solutions will be on show at next months 9th national PURL Productive Use and Rehabilitation of Saline Lands conference in Yeppoon Queensland .

Widescale tree planting has limited appeal for farmers in the battle against growing salinity a new economic study jointly funded by the National Dryland Salinity Program NDSP and the Grains Research and Development Corporation GRDC has revealed.

Pioneering work on rehabilitation of ravaged land has featured strongly in the nations top dryland salinity scientific award.