Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0986185

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0986185

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Assessing soil formation and erosion balances in the Top End with an expanded toolkit. This work is timely as it will provide the tools and the data to assess the sustainability with regard to soil loss of potential agricultural development in the Top End of Australia. With food-growing areas in southern Australia under stress from a prolonged drought, the Federal Government has established a Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce to explore the potential of the Top End for agricultural and other development. A key component of its brief is that development must be sustainable. The economic consequences of increased agriculture in the North are likely to be profound, and the findings of this research will be crucial to success.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $290,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Soil Sciences | Sedimentology | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Land and water management | Sedimentology | Soil Sciences

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