• How land management changed due to agriculture, human settlement, introduction of exotic plants and animals, and water use management (among others) in Australia?
• How do these changes impact on water quality, water quantity and biodiversity?
• How have changes in land use compromised ecosystem services?
• What are the costs of providing services to replace those previously provided by ecosystems?

More Comprehensive

- Land degradation.
- Includes salinity in the Murray-Darling
  Basin.

Murray-Darling Basin Commission
http://www.mdbc.gov.au/education/encyclopedia/
land_degradation.htm

- Salinity and groundwater in South Australia.
- PDFdownload provides a succinct summary
  of the main issues. Maps and statistics are
  included.

SA Government Department of Water Resources
http://www.dwr.sa.gov.au/water/publications/pdfs/
fs6_salinity_of_groundwater.pdf

- Search this website for excellent information
  on a range of environmental issues,
  including dry land salinity.
- You can select South Australia to locate
  statistics on a range of issues.

Australian Natural Resource Atlas
http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/land_frame.cfm?
region_type=AUS&region_code=AUS&
info=soil_erosion

-‘Salinity Our Silent Disaster’
- Describes the salinity problem facing
  Australia. A comprehensive and informative
  overview of the main issues.

ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/salinity/
default.htm#Salinity

- Sedimentation of rivers and streams.
- PDFdownload worth the wait, with main
  issues covered.

VIC Government Natural Resources and Environment
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/cm_da/
nrenpa.nsf/frameset/
NRE Plants and Animals?OpenDocument

- Sediment Fact Sheet.
- Sediment in streams covering the major
  issues. PDF download worth the wait.

WA Government Water and Rivers Commission
http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au/public/WaterNotes/pdf/
17.pdf

- Land degradation.
- Comprehensively covers a wide variety of
  issues.

NSW EPA
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/bl/
bl_1.htm#bl_1_h008

- Land degradation and salinity.

ABC – Silent Flood
http://www.abc.net.au/learn/silentflood/edu_ep2.htm

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/
94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/faeb6096cda4d
9adca256bdc001223ff!OpenDocument

Environment Australia
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/pdfs/
salinity_biodiversity.pdf

- Land degradation in Victoria.
- A comprehensive website with good pictures
  and explanations of erosion, acidification,
  salinity and groundwater.

VIC Government Natural Resources and Environment
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/Domino/vro/
vrosite.nsf/pages/lwm_land_deg

- Review of soil erosion across Australia.
- You can select SA and find soil erosion
  statistics for individual rivers.

Australian Natural Resource Atlas
http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/land_frame.cfm?
region_type=AUS&region_code=AUS&
info=soil_erosion