Indicators of catchment health: a technical perspective

The primary focus is to provide landholders, catchment groups, catchment and land protection boards, and rural communities with the best tools that science has so far developed for benchmarking and monitoring the condition of the land and water resources in the catchments.

A diverse range of potential indicators has been reviewed and the most appropriate suite of indicators assembled to aid this focus.

The proposed indicators cover farm productivity and financial performance, product quality, soil health, water quality and landscape integrity.