Land use and management
Overview
Land use and management practices, combined with the nature of the soil and climate, affect soil carbon levels after deforestation.
Implementation
An important aspect of understanding emissions was the development of a national understanding of agricultural land management over the past 30 years. Regions were delineated on the basis of biogeography and soil type. For each region affected by land clearing, crop type and management regime were documented from available sources, building a 30-year history of management practices (eg. stubble burning) for each land use (eg. wheat, sugar cane etc.) by soil type (eg. podsol, clay etc.) A total of 141 different grazing and cropping systems were identified and described.
Analysis and integration
Land use and management data are used within the FullCAM modelling framework to provide a 30-year dynamic perspective on the nature and extent of change in land systems across the continent over the period since 1970.
- Analytical methods and supplement (these link directly to bookmarks within a pdf document)
- FullCAM model
- Latest results
Technical reports
- Agricultural Land Use and Management Information - TR 13, 2002
