Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and
those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long …

Water is newsworthy: there is, or will be, a world water crisis. Aggravated by climate change,
we are approaching the limits of human exploitation of freshwater resources, notably in …

The desert knowledge community has been motivated by the assertion that outback
Australia is characterised by a set of features that are not individually unique, but which …

The issue of animal welfare has attracted much attention in Australia in recent decades.
Activists and welfare organisations have become increasingly vigorous in promoting a new …

Farming has been the basis to work, culture and social forces for millennia. It still dominates
the lives of most of the world's poorer people, but in post-industrial western countries …

This paper explores the value of triggers and declarations in the management of drought,
bringing together two disciplinary perspectives, those of the public policy scholar and the …

The drier inland edge of the Australian grain belt, where wheat cropping transitions into
extensive grazing, is an important economic and ecological margin. This margin is …

It is clear that Australian governments will provide assistance to farmers in drought, which is
a rational political judgement supported by recent survey work suggesting strongly the …

An overview is presented of recent work on the environmental changes impacting on
Australia and the policy responses of the State and Commonwealth governments, especially …

In an era of increasing emphasis on free trade and market deregulation, agricultural policy in
advanced industrialized countries remains an anomaly, with many countries continuing to …