Acid soils and soil acidification on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia

Abstract

Soil acidification is a serious, world wide, land-degradation problem that can be accelerated by pasture management. In Australia, the true extent of soil acidification and distribution of acid soils is not fully known. Agriculturally-induced soil acidification is widespread in southern New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and active research has been undertaken in that area. Soil acidification is not well understood on the NSW Northern Tablelands and more research was needed to understand better soil acidification in NSW. The extent and severity of acid soils under pasture, and pasture management impacts on soil acidification in the Northern Tablelands region were assessed in this project.