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Author Jenkins, Suzanne (Novelist)

Title Native vegetation on farms survey 1996 : a survey of farmers attitudes to native vegetation and landcare in the wheatbelt of Western Australia / Suzanne Jenkins
Published Canberra : Environment Australia Biodiversity Group, 1998

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Description viii, 88 pages : maps ; 30 cm
Series Conservation of Remnant Vegetation Research Report
National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management and
Research report / National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management and Conservation of Remnant Vegetation ; 3/98
Conservation of Remnant Vegetation Research Report
National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management and
Research report (National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management, and Conservation of Remnant Vegetation (Australia)) ; 3/98
Contents 11. A comparison of the survey data and agricultural census data -- 11.1. The agricultural census -- 12. Conclusions -- 12.1. The survey -- 12.2. Changes in farmers' attitude in the last ten years -- 12.3. The effectiveness of funding schemes for landcare work -- 12.4. Factors promoting and retarding vegetation management -- 12.5. Information on landcare and its perceived value -- 12.6. Appraisal of the survey -- 13. References -- Appendix A. Farmers' comments -- Appendix B. Letter of notification -- Appendix C. The survey. a peak f
5. Demographics -- 5.1. Farm type -- 5.2. Farm size -- 5.3. Gender of participants -- 5.4. Age of farmers -- 5.5. Level of formal education -- 5.6 Organisation affiliation or membership -- 5.7. Income from property -- 5.8. Length of property ownership -- 6. Farming experience and farm plans -- 6.1. Farming experience -- 6.2. Farm plans -- 7. Native vegetation, replanting and land degradation -- 7.1. Land degradation -- 7.2. Native vegetation -- 7.3. Use of bush -- 7.4. Clearing of native vegetation 1987-1996 -- 7.5. Plans to clear in the next ten years -- 7.6. Replanting -- 7.7. Replanting advice -- 7.8. Grants for replanting and fencing native vegetation -- 7.9.Health of native vegetation on farms -- 8. Attitudes to and management of native vegetation -- 8.1. Attitudes of farmers to native vegetation -- 8.2. Benefits or disadvantages of bush in the shire --
8.3. Native vegetation management -- 8.4. Bushland and management advice -- 8.5. Percentage of farm to be left as bush -- 8.6. Reasons for leaving bush -- 8.7. Endangered plants or animals -- 9. Incentives for bushland care and replanting -- 9.1. Incentives to protect and replant -- 9.2. Incentives to replant more local native vegetation -- 9.3. Incentives to better protect/manage bush -- 9.4. Fencing grants for remnant vegetation -- 9.5. Responsibility of various groups for the management of and provision of money for bushland on farms -- 10. Farmers' comments -- 10.1. Farmers' comments -- 10.2. Land degradation -- 10.3. Remnant vegetation -- 10.4. Flora and fauna -- 10.5. Clearing -- 10.6. Replanting -- 10.7. No-tillage cropping -- 10.8. Landcare -- 10.9. Women -- 10.10. Whittington interceptor banks -- 10.11. Fencing grants -- 10.12. Labour and financial support -- 10.13. Tax incentives -- 10.14. Government departments --
Executive summary -- 1. The survey -- 2. Aim -- 3. Results -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The survey -- 1.2. Funding and implementation -- 1.3. Aim -- 2. The shires -- 2.1. Location -- 2.2. Climate -- 2.3. History -- 2.4. Remnant vegetation in the shires -- Historical and ecological context of the survey -- 3.1. Flora and fauna of the wheatbelt -- 3.2. The history of the settlement and vegetation clearing -- 3.3. Government policy on land development and clearing -- 3.4. Land degradation: erosion and salinisation -- 3.5. Soil salinisation and the role of native vegetation in prevention and remediation -- 3.6. Values of remnant and replanted vegetation -- 3.7. Sustainable production -- 3.8. Landcare -- 4. Survey contents and method -- 4.1. Survey content -- 4.2. Sample size and selection -- 4.3. Survey method -- 4.4. Data treatment -- 4.5. Presentation of results --
Summary The Native Vegetation on Farms Survey 1996 was performed to assess the attitudes of farmers to a number of issues related to existing native vegetation on farmland, the replanting of vegetation on farms and land degradation. Research has shown that it is important for a proportion of all farmland to have some native vegetation for ecological stability, to regulate hydrological processes and for long-term sustainability of farm production. Extensive clearing of farms for agriculture has resulted in severe disruption of natural systems including local extinctions of flora and fauna, the alteration of groundwater movements, increasing soil salinisation, wind and water erosion and soil structure degradation
The aim of the survey was to gain information on the following issues: 1. the change, if any, in farmers' attitudes to remnant vegetation over the last ten years; 2. the effectiveness of funding schemes for landcare work, in changing attitudes and prompting action; 3. the factors that have promoted remnant vegetation management and the factors that have retarded it; 4. the sources of information on landcare accessed by farmers and its perceived value; 5. the reliability of the Agricultural Census data as it relates to this field. Solutions felt th
The survey was conducted in early 1996 in the southern Western Australian wheatbelt shires of Pingelly, Lake Grace, Dumbleyung, Tammin and Kellerberrin. One hundred and forty-five farmers were surveyed, the majority of whom farmed wheat and sheep. It is, in part, a repeat of a survey that was performed in 1986 by Coates (1987) concerning similar issues. It is anticipated that the findings of this survey will be of interest to a variety of individuals and groups involved with farming, revegetation of farmland, conservation and policy making
Analysis AGRICULTURAL LAND
DUMBLEYUNG (W.A. : SHIRE)
KELLERBERRIN (W.A. : SHIRE)
LAKE GRACE (W.A. : SHIRE)
PINGELLY (W.A. : SHIRE)
REVEGETATION
TAMMIN (W.A. : SHIRE)
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Notes "Steering Committee, G. Beeston ... [et al.]"
Bibliography Includes bibliography
Notes Also available on the Internet (as at 7/11/03) at http://www.ea.gov.au/land/publications/nativeveg/index.html
Reprinted from Resource management technical report (Agriculture Western Australia Spatial Resource Information Group) ISSN 0729-3135, 64
Environment Australia
Subject Clearing of land -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Farm management -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Land use, Rural -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Vegetation management -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Author Beeston, G. R.
National Research and Development Program on Rehabilitation, Management, and Conservation of Remnant Vegetation (Australia)
ISBN 0642540039
Other Titles Resource management technical report