fire history atmospheric dust as an indicator of wind erosion rates and change in protected area (areas reserved for conservation). Rangelands 2008 Taking the pulse and more recent information updates are available from: – www.environment.gov.au/land/rangelands/acris/index.html. ACRIS: A NATIONAL APPROACH TO RANGELAND ASSESSMENT Governments agree that science is an important input to evidence-based policy. Land managers using, protecting and restoring land need to know that what they are doing is making a difference. Investors in land management programs, including government, need to know that they are spending money in the right areas to achieve better land management outcomes. ACRIS contributes to these important activities through providing accurate, timely and relevant data and information. The ACRIS community is also actively addressing major information gaps so that it can continue to improve its understanding of change in the rangelands for the betterment of Australia. To facilitate rangelands assessment, ACRIS collects, analyses and reports a multitude of information, too detailed for inclusion in this publication. Visit the ACRIS website at www.environment.gov.au/land/rangelands/acris/index.html to view recent information updates and Rangelands 2008 Taking the pulse. – For further enquiries contact the ACRIS Coordinator, Gary Bastin, CSIRO Alice Springs. Ph: 08 8950 7137. Email: gary.bastin@csiro.au More detail on some of the science underpinning ACRIS is available in the following papers: Bastin, G.N., Stafford Smith, D.M., Watson, I.W. and Fisher, A. (2009). The Australian
fire history atmospheric dust as an indicator of wind erosion rates and change in protected area (areas reserved for conservation). Rangelands 2008 – Taking the pulse and more recent information updates are available from: www.environment.gov.au/land/rangelands/acris/index.html. ACRIS: A NATIONAL APPROACH TO RANGELAND ASSESSMENT Governments agree that science is an important input to evidence-based policy. Land managers using, protecting and restoring land need to know that what they are doing is making a difference. Investors in land management programs, including government, need to know that they are spending money in the right areas to achieve better land management outcomes. ACRIS contributes to these important activities through providing accurate, timely and relevant data and information. The ACRIS community is also actively addressing major information gaps so that it can continue to improve its understanding of change in the rangelands for the betterment of Australia. To facilitate rangelands assessment, ACRIS collects, analyses and reports a multitude of information, too detailed for inclusion in this publication. Visit the ACRIS website at www.environment.gov.au/land/rangelands/acris/index.html to view recent information updates and Rangelands 2008 – Taking the pulse. For further enquiries contact the ACRIS Coordinator, Gary Bastin, CSIRO Alice Springs. Ph: 08 8950 7137. Email: gary.bastin@csiro.au More detail on some of the science underpinning ACRIS is available in the following papers: Bastin, G.N., Stafford Smith, D.M., Watson, I.W. and Fisher, A. (2009). The Australian
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