Thorburn, Peter, Davis, Aaron, Attard, Steve, Milla, Rob, Anderson, Toni, and McShane, Tom (2007) Best management practices to improve the quality of water leaving irrigated sugarcane farms: guidelines for the Burdekin region. Report. Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

[Extract] Recent research has raised concerns about the impact of land based pollutants on the Great Barrier Reef (Furnas 2003). This has led to the development of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Anon 2003), which will require industries in catchments draining into the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) to meet water quality targets. As well as concerns over the GBR, there are other important environmental issues in these catchments, such as the quality of groundwater (Thorburn et al. 2002, Rasiah et al. 2003) or the ambient water quality conditions of freshwater ecosystems in coastal wetlands (Rayment 2003). Management practices to address GBR water quality concerns are likely to provide benefits for these other environmental issues, so a holistic approach should be taken to these problems.

Item ID:	29257
Item Type:	Report (Report)
ISBN:	978-1-921584-03-9
Keywords:	sugar industry, best management practice
Related URLs:	Organisation
Additional Information:	ACTFR Report No. 07/36
Funders:	Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC), National Heritage Trust through Coastal Catchments Initiative
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2016 00:09
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9607 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards > 960703 Environmental Education and Awareness @ 100%
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