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Country and land-use driver<br />

Implication for soil resources<br />

Australia<br />

Commodity prices<br />

Cessation of land clearing<br />

Expansion of mining and energy<br />

industries<br />

Agricultural land management<br />

Population growth and urban<br />

expansion<br />

Drying of southwest Western<br />

Australia<br />

Land degradation<br />

Disruption to, or intensification of, current systems of land use and<br />

management<br />

Carbon stocks in areas under native vegetation are protected.<br />

Intensification of land use occurs elsewhere<br />

Loss of productive soils used for agriculture<br />

Intensification of land use may increase some threats (e.g.<br />

acidification, nutrient imbalance) but improved systems of soil<br />

management are reducing others (e.g. compaction, carbon loss,<br />

contamination)<br />

Sealing and capping of land<br />

Risks to farming systems, forestry and other plantations<br />

Decreased viability of current systems of land use (e.g. southern<br />

rangelands of Australia)<br />

New Zealand<br />

Commodity prices<br />

Intensification of agriculture<br />

Expansion of forestry<br />

Urban expansion<br />

Disruption to, or intensification of, current systems of land use and<br />

management<br />

Intensification of land use may increase some threats (e.g. nutrient<br />

imbalance) but improved systems of soil management are reducing<br />

others (e.g. compaction, carbon loss, contamination) and other<br />

off-site impacts are likely (e.g. eutrophication of waterways,<br />

increased emissions of GHG)<br />

Reduced risk of erosion and potential changes in carbon stocks<br />

Sealing and capping of land<br />

Papua New Guinea<br />

Rapid population growth<br />

Unsustainable logging<br />

Mining<br />

Reduced rotation length in traditional subsistence systems leading<br />

to fertility decline<br />

Erosion, fertility decline, reduced carbon stocks, loss of biodiversity<br />

Immediate site impacts and risks of off-site contamination<br />

Fiji<br />

Commodity prices<br />

Forest management<br />

Urban expansion<br />

Disruption to established systems of land use and management<br />

(particularly for the sugar industry)<br />

Risks of erosion, fertility decline, reduced carbon stocks, loss of<br />

biodiversity<br />

Sealing and capping of versatile land<br />

Status of the <strong>World’s</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> | Main Report Regional Assessment of <strong>Soil</strong> Changes<br />

483<br />

in the Southwest Pacific

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