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Useful sites | Monitoring the white death – soil salinity

Soils and their conservation (University of Adelaide, Australia)

This site includes general information about soils. Click on 'What are soils good for?' and then 'Issues' to find out more about erosion, salinity, acidity, pollution and fertility.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/agcareers/Content/content-framesets/TeacherResources.html

Science overcoming salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem (Parliament of Australia)

Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation into how Australia is combating salinity. The full report and each of the eight individual chapters are available as PDF files.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/report.htm

Salinity – an introduction (Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia)

Explains what salinity is and its impact. Focuses on the Western Australian situation.
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/lwe/salin/salinity_intro.htm

Salinity (Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria)

Contains information on how to recognise dryland salinity, including salinity indicator plants, and a guide to salt-sensitive plants.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenlwm.nsf/childdocs/-FA20C94F64F19A5E4A2567D7000B194D-897928B839FCF8364A2567D7000B19ED-9F47858E0ED156EF4A256783000076DD?open

The salinity problem (Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia)

Provides an introduction to the salinity problem. From here you can link to more specific information such as 'Salinity processes' and 'Dryland salinisation'.
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060B0A06017

The salinity audit of the Murray-Darling Basin (Murray-Darling Basin Commission)

Both the full report and a summary of the salinity audit are available as PDF files. Also of interest is Water and land salinity, which gives a good coverage of these problems in the Murray-Darling Basin.
http://www.mdbc.gov.au/naturalresources/salt_audit/salinity.htm

Remote sensing and monitoring (CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences)

Explains what remote sensing is and how it is done. Includes case studies and projects relating to monitoring and predicting salinity.
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/rsm/

Saltland Genie (Australia)

Provides a range of clearly written information on dryland salinity and saltland management strategies.
http://www.saltlandgenie.org.au/index.htm