Search NRM Websites
Document
| NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool, Western Australia | |
|---|---|
The NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool focuses on providing locally relevant best planning practices for land use and development types in the Southern Region of Western Australia, and links to resources to support implementation of the best practices. Initially the focus is on rural residential/smallholding development and vineyards but will be expanded to other uses and development types over time. The support tool is based on a wiki or collaborative website which has been "seeded" with content through the a register or database of support material, together with hot links to live website with additional / current information and spatial products. This means that the content is easily updated and expanded. As it is a wiki, registered users can easily comment on the content and add suitable material where gaps may exist. | |
| Loads Tool 1.0.1 | |
|---|---|
The loads tool provides guidance on a series of alternative techniques for calculating sediment loads. This tool is a decision-based tool with the ability to provide a comparative assessment of the load calculation techniques. | |
| EEMSS (Estuary Entrance Management Support System) | |
|---|---|
EEMSS provides estuary managers with a powerful tool for assessing likely impacts of decisions about artificially opening an estuary mouth. In addition to its use as a decision support tool, the EEMSS also provides sound guidance for the management of estuaries overall through the establishment of important baseline data such as records of river mouth openings, water levels, water quality data, and species lists. This information can be stored and queried through the database function of the system. | |
| SPIF - Scenario Planning and Investment Framework | |
|---|---|
SPIF is a GIS-based decision support tool designed for extension staff and NRM planners. Outputs include maps and spreadsheets with a summary of the multiple growth, carbon sequestration, biodiversity and economic benfits from different types of forest systems. Functions: - Target where to grow within a catchment or on a farm for growth and carbon sequestration; salinity reduction, reduced water impacts and biodiversity enhancement. - Assess the merits revegetation plan design and expectations, comparing multiple forestry scenarios and measuring outcomes. - Measure the growth rates and economic return from different planting designs on your property/estate. - Compare the water use / benefit tradeoffs for water, carbon, biodiversity, economics from different forestry and traditional farm enterprise*. Geographies: Data are available for SW Goulburn Broken and Corangamite CMA region in Victoria at 1 hectare (100x100m) resolution and at 1KM for the entire Australian continent after March 2008. Access: - February 2008: via web on Google Earth - Now: on CD charlie.hawkins@csiro.au (0438429280) * Subject to data availability | |
| An Adpative Management Framework for Connected Groundwater-Surface Water Resources in Australia | |
|---|---|
This report describes a framework and toolkit designed to provide a consistent approach to conjunctive water management in Australia. The framework consists of six steps in an adaptive management cycle and provides information and resources to enable water managers and other stakeholders to take a more coordinated approach. | |
| Social Sustainability Frameworks |
|---|
To ensure the community involvement in natural resource management is conducted with procedural and distributive justice. |
| Salinity Investment Framework III (SIF3) |
|---|
The SIF3 project is working with governments (national, state and local) and with regional bodies responsible for salinity investments to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art knowledge and action. SIF3 integrates hydrological, biological, economic and social research to help catchment managers understand of how best to respond to dryland salinity in different circumstances. |
| River Styles | |
|---|---|
River Styles® is a geomorphic approach for examining river character, behaviour, condition and recovery potential. This provides a physical template for river management. | |
| RAINMAN | |
|---|---|
Australian Rainman is an easy-to-use seasonal climate analysis tool holding a database of historical monthly and daily rainfall for 3800 locations across Australia. It enables users to analyse climate variability for individual locations and regions, and to forecast seasonal rainfall as affected by the SOI or SST. | |
| Model of an Integrated Dryland Agricultural System (MIDAS) | |
|---|---|
To show the financial implications of different farming systems at whole farm scale. The MIDAS suite of models (including MUDAS - Model of an Uncertain Integrated Dryland Agricultural System) is being upgraded to include an environmental accounting capacity. As such it will be very useful in allowing analyses of the tradeoffs between environmental and economic objectives at farm scale and through aggregate, at catchment scale. MUDAS includes tactical options and strategies can be altered | |
