Gascoyne Rangelands Monitoring

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About this app

The Gascoyne Catchments Rangelands Monitoring Tool is an application that allows pastoralists to conduct a self-assessment of their rangelands and report it back to a central repository.
It is a process of rangeland assessment that provides: perennial shrub and grass trends to monitor pasture composition and trends in range condition; monitoring for soil health, stability, infiltration rates and nutrient cycling; a method to record and assess the type and severity of rangeland erosion, and improved short term management decision on pastoral leases
The app uses a value-based approach, which removes any subjective conclusions to rangelands trends and provides a generic methodology that can be utilized by landholders.
The system classifies three components of rangeland health: Plants with each species nominated a value between 1 and 10 based on its environmental and commercial values; Soils with four soil attributes nominated a value between 1 and 10 based on their contribution to soil stability, nutrient cycling, and infiltration rates; Erosion with three main types of erosion given a negative value between 0 and -10 based on their adverse impacts on soil stability, infiltration rates and nutrient cycling.
The values when applied in the app, generate a Site Stability Index (SSI) which then becomes a benchmark for change in the site, land system, property or catchment.
Four different types of reports are capable of being produced from a property perspective.
Site report – allows you to see a graph on all historical SSIs for that specific site over the years and then drill down into each survey to see how it achieved that SSI.
Vegetation species report – by selecting a site you can then choose the vegetation species that you want to inquire​ about.
Land systems report – this report shows you a graph of what the SSI has been for the site over all the surveyed years.
Station report – the station report shows all the sites surveyed over the property within their SSI.

What’s new

This release delivers a major version upgrade, incorporating significant backend enhancements to strengthen security, boost performance, and ensure long-term scalability.

The underlying database has been modernised, providing a more robust foundation for future growth while supporting faster and more efficient operations.

These changes may alter certain application behaviours. Please report any unexpected issues so they can be addressed promptly.