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Environmental Impact No. 4: Soil Erosion

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Best Practice Guidelines - Dumbleyung Landcare Zone (Singh, P.)2000These guidelines are a collection of information sheets describing best practices for options which may be implemented in the Dumbleyung Landcare zone to achieve the aims of the catchment plan. These relate broadly to earthworks, revegetation, trees and shrubs, and crops.
No-till essentials (Unknown) No-till cropping systems offer many benefits to farmers and their soils, which is why these systems have been widely adopted in Western Australia in recent years. The Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (WAHRI) estimates that 86 percent of farmers in WA used no-till for a proportion of their cropping in 2003. These No-Till Essentials provide a guide to the things to be aware of when adopting no-till as well as some of the pitfalls.
Water erosion, Chapter 5 in the Farm Monitoring Handbook (Hunt, N. and Gilkes, B.)1992Comprehensive information on why and how water erosion occurs, susceptible soils and sites, monitoring, management, and equipment.
Wind erosion, Chapter 7 in the Farm Monitoring Handbook (Hunt, N. and Gilkes, B.)1992Comprehensive information on why and how wind erosion occurs, susceptible soils and sites, monitoring, management, and equipment.
Water erosion. In: Soil Guide - a handbook for understanding and managing agricultural soils. (Coles, N. and Moore, G.)1998Water erosion affects the long-term sustainability of agriculture in Western Australia. The fertility of wheatbelt soils is susceptible to rapid decline as a result of water erosion. For example, the loss of only 4 mm of topsoil from a pasture paddock may result in a 10 to 20 percent decline in the following cereal crop. Although most soil loss occurs during extreme rainfall events, the impact of water erosion in somewhat underestimated across the wheatbelt. Although not as visually impressive, sheet and rill erosion do have a large impact on shifting topsoil and nutrients.
Water Erosion. In: Natural Resource Management Issues: South West Region (Tille, P.)2003The distribution of erosion is determined by the nature of the soils and landforms in conjunction with land management practices and seasonal climatic events. This article outlines the extents and impacts from water erosion in the south-west region, available management options an their relative effectiveness.
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