Thursday, March 6, 2008

Biodiversity and land condition in tropical savanna rangelands: summary report

"This report brings together a number of research findings from across north Australia on the question of whether measures of land condition can also be used for measuring biodiversity condition. The report finds that land condition is, by itself, too blunt an instrument to adequately monitor biodiversity status in savanna rangelands. Nevertheless, improvements in land condition across rangeland landscapes are likely to have positive biodiversity consequences. The report also lists 15 management guidelines for retention of biodiversity in tropical savanna rangelands".