Impacts of deforestation and afforestation on greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon and water resources in the Daly River catchment, north Australia

在过去的十年里，由于盐碱化、土壤酸化、水资源过度分配和南澳大利亚州农业区降雨量下降等问题，北澳大利亚州一直被视为潜在的可开发资源。改良牧场和人工林是新界可能扩大的两种土地用途。需要开垦稀树草原植被，这将对温室气体排放、土壤健康、水资源和旱季环境流量产生影响。该项目将跟踪未清理和已清理的稀树草原的温室气体排放和水使用情况，这些稀树草原已被改造成牧场和木材种植园，从而提供对稀树大草原这种土地利用变化的环境影响的重要了解。

Over the last decade, north Australia have been viewed as a potentially exploitable resource, given issues of salinisation, soil acidification, over-allocation of water resources and rainfall declines in south Australian agricultural regions. Improved pastures and plantation forestry are two land uses that may expand in the NT. Clearing of savanna vegetation would be required, with implications for greenhouse gas emissions, soil health, water resources and dry season environmental flows. This project will track greenhouse emissions and water use from uncleared and cleared savanna that has been converted to pasture and timber plantations, providing critical understanding of the environmental implication of such land use change in savanna.