SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LAND DEGRADATION: THE EXAMPLE OF SECONDARY, DRYLAND SALINITY IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

Worldwide, population growth is placing growing pressures on the land. Traditional, mostly sustainable farming systems developed in conjunction or integrated with native vegetation, are being or have been replaced by commercialised agriculture. Modern agriculture is often large-scale, mechanised, an...

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Main Author: Arthur Conacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2005-05-01
Series:Revista Sociedade & Natureza
Online Access:http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1452&article=746&mode=pdf