Hi, I’m researching northern Australia and the Kimberley region (via CDU, Darwin), seeking to understand land characteristics, capability and condition.
Does anyone have tips for existing accessible data for equivalent/extended data to DPIRD-032 (land capability-grazing) that extends outside of the SW corner?
Thanks,
Oscar
Hi Oscar,
The whole of the pastoral area of WA does have land capability mapping.
The data is in catchment “packages” (mostly)
The catchments are mapped to land type
There is also land condition data, though this might be considered out of date
There is a book to go with each catchment that discusses the carrying capacity of each land type
This “theoretical” carrying capacity has been correlated to actual stocking levels
Dept Agriculture (or whatever it’s currently called) is the statutory owner of this data.
Cheers,
Kevin