This booklet explores what economic valuation techniques can contribute to biodiversity conservation. It draws on a national workshop on the Economic Value of Biodiversity held in 2003 by the Department of the Environment and Heritage and Land & Water

The Board of Land & Water Australia has identified Australia's unique tropical rivers and associated catchments and estuaries as a priority area for a major investment over five years from July 2005. Land & Water Australia is negotiating with potential partners, undertaking workshops and engaging with relevant States, the Northern Territory, Indigenous land councils and other stakeholders to build a shared vision for the program. Land & Water Australia is also inviting expressions of interest from prospective investors interested in partnerships in research and development to improve the knowledge base for managing Australia's tropical rivers and associated catchments and estuaries.

Graziers have many tools for assessing climate risk at their fingertips, including local rainfall records, seasonal climate forecasts and pasture growth monitoring. This report, funded by Land & Water Australia's Climate Variability in Agriculture Research and Development Programme, looks at the tools and management strategies for an effective climate risk management plan for graziers in non-arid southern temperate areas.

The National Eutrophication Management Program (NEMP) has made, and continues to make, an important and useful contribution to knowledge since its commencement in August 1995. The focus of the program has been on understanding the sources of nutrients and other factors contributing to the development of algal blooms, which impose a cost of $200 million per annum on Australian water users. The program has contributed significantly to knowledge of this complex system and will establish a platform for further applied research. Implications for management are already being developed from the results of the program. The quality of the science contained in the program and the overall program management have been excellent. Improved networking and communication between researchers and catchment and water managers has also been evident.

An outline of the goal, research themes and research strategies for the Land & Water Australia's social and institutional research 2005 - 2010

The purpose of this project was to assist Agriculture Western Australia to develop a procedure for determining resource capability as a basis for the assessment and monitoring of rangelands in the grasslands of Northern Australia, with special reference to the Kimberly region of Western Australia (WA). This report is based on analysis and observations made during March -June 1996 in Kununurra , WA

This Irrigation Insights information package brings together information on current equipment and techniques for measuring and monitoring soil water status, extending to their use as controllers in automatic irrigation systems. The main part of the package focuses on equipment with agents and backup within Australia. The hub of the publication is a collection of tables summarising the main product features. This enables product features to be compared quickly. As well as technical data, there is also commercial information on suppliers, contact details, availability and price (accurate at October 2004). Case studies from personal experience and from the literature provide further insight into the advantages and limitations of each device in relation to its potential applications.

Landscapes and ecosystems are composed of complex networks of interactions; consequently the effects of management actions can be unpredictable.

Research has shown that in-stream water temperatures control ecological processes (i.e. ecosystem metabolism) and directly regulate biodiversity when upper lethal limits of resident aquatic fauna are exceeded. Water temperatures can be controlled by adequate riparian shading, and this may have flow-on improvements to lower river systems and estuaries. The control of water temperature through riparian shading, is an area of restoration where target values can be set and consequently the amount of vegetation required to meet these targets can be specified.

Improving Water-use Efficiency in Irrigation Conveyance Systems: a study of institutional arrangements reports on the policy, legal and other institutional factors under which water authorities are established, and how these operate to promote