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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

5.12.04
SuperSoil 2004, Sydney

3.12.06
ASSSI – ASPAC – ACMS National Soils Conference - Soil Science Solving Problems

15.9.07
History of Soil Conservation in Queensland - Opportunities to Achieve the Sustainable Use and Management of Land in Queensland

1.7.08
Soil Solutions for a Changing World, Queensland

1.12.08
Soils 2008 - The Living Skin of Planet Earth, New Zealand

 

 


History of Soil Conservation in Queensland

Opportunities to Achieve the Sustainable Use and Management of Land in Queensland - Proceedings of a seminar at the Bunya Mountains, September 15, 2007 (PDF 2.45 MB)

This proceedings is essentially a concise history of soil conservation in Queensland. Early farming and grazing practices had a disastrous impact on our land. For example, by 1950, there were 16000 ha of land on the Darling Downs that was so severely eroded it could no longer be cultivated.

In the late 1940s, the Queensland Government began a program of extension and research to promote soil conservation activities and to enable a greater appreciation of erosion processes and the suitability of different soil types for particular land uses.

Extension officers worked closely with farmers to help them plan and implement soil conservation programs. Great success has been achieved and the ‘disaster’ paddocks of the 1950s are now a thing of the past. But the task is far from complete and further work needs to be done. The proceedings includes the results of a workshop held at the seminar to provide advice on initiatives to continue the implementation of sustainable land management practices in Queensland.

The proceedings contains the following papers:

Paper

Author

Page

Critical events in soil conservation in Queensland – an agency's perspective on achievements on the ground and future directions

Bruce Carey

1

A landholder’s experiences in the evaluation of soil conservation in Queensland

Nev Ronnfeldt

27

Soil conservation research in achieving more sustainable land use and management in Queensland

David Freebairn

30

Land resource assessment and soil conservation in Queensland

Mike Grundy

38

Extension and public and school education relating to soil conservation in Queensland

Ken Keith

48

Delivering public investment – The role and impact of community-led decision making for NRM outcomes

Phillip McCullough

60

Proceedings of the workshop Opportunities to achieve the sustainable use and management of land in Queensland

 

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Soil Symposium & Field Trip - "Soil Solutions for a Changing World", 1-2 July, 2008 - for images click on the Seminar & Conference Images link to the right.

For images of DLU Reunion click on the Seminar & Conference Images link to the right.


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