Newsletter from the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development program.

Program and plenary

The National River Contaminants Program is a significant research and development program jointly funded by Land & Water Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

Current knowledge concerning the potential use of GA technology in optimising irrigation water order scheduling is limited to research findings from Project UAD14.

The case for maintenance of a healthy environment that supports sustainable economic activity and offers economic, social and environmental benefits, has been well argued.

Determining whole-of-system water use efficiency for NSW river valleys What are real or unreal water savingsΓ

Newsletter from the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development program.

Australians and Natural Resource Management 2002 presents the key findings of the first Australia-wide assessment of the physical condition and use of our natural resources integrated with social and economic informat

Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002 presents the key findings for the Audit's Ecosystem Health theme by: *reporting on the condition of catchments, rivers and estuaries within Australia's

Determining whole-of-system water use efficiency for NSW river valleys What are real or unreal water savingsΓ

Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002 presents the key findings for the Audit's Ecosystem Health theme by: *reporting on the condition of catchments, rivers and estuaries within Australia's

Newsletter from the National Program for Irrigation Research and development program.

A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Australian Agriculture Assessment 2001

Project SummaryTRC1 This project will explore the extent to which widely used measures of rangeland condition can also serve as surrogates for biodiversity status.

Project Summary CSE9 Testing approaches to landscape design in cropping lands The project evaluates currently used methods for determining where revegetation should be located in the landscape for the additional purpo

The production guide for the growing of dryland cotton in Australia (third edition, 2002). The precursor to the current Australian Cotton Production Manual (updated annually).

This booklet is one of a series published by Land and Water Australia about regional rangeland community planning processes.

Sources of beneficial insects colonizing cotton fields

The National Program for Irrigation R&D is the only national body to coordinate irrigation research activity in Australia. At present it is in its third 3-year funding phase, which is due to finish in June 2002.