To develop understanding and demonstrate principles and practices to address the causes, costs and consequences of dryland salinity.

Specific Challenge | Strategies | Performance Indicators

Specific challenge

This objective addresses the causes and symptoms of dryland salinity including off-site impacts such as salinisation of habitat, streams and waterways. The focus is on management of recharge and salinisation processes to reduce the costs and consequences of salinity to the environment, to primary producers and to regional communities. Strategies and actions under this objective build on the work of Phase I and emphasise extension and participatory R&D activities.

Strategies

Strategy 2.1:

Review and communicate the lessons learned from the Focus Catchments of phase one, and other knowledge, which reduce the costs and consequences of salinity.

Strategy 2.2:

Develop, research, trial and demonstrate practices to prevent and improve management of dryland salinity and its impacts.

Strategy 2.3:

Trial and further research and develop practices to monitor change in the costs and consequences of dryland salinity.

Strategy 2.4:

Develop and promote understanding of the costs and consequences of salinity on land and water resource management.

Strategy 2.5:

Use trials, demonstrations, and training manuals of best management practice to support activities managing the costs and consequences of dryland salinity.

Performance indicators

1. Options for prevention and management of dryland salinity are incorporated into catchment and property management plans.
2. Practices to improve management of salinity are available for implementation.
3. Networks of extension providers support understanding and implementation of salinity management.
4. Practices to monitor change in salinity are available for implementation.
5. Resource managers understand the costs and consequences of dryland salinity.
6. Benefits from prevention and management of dryland salinity are understood by resource managers, local government and decision-makers.
7. Information is transferred from NDSP projects to wider community stakeholders.

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