Please choose a Metric:
Proportion of land area receiving adequate fertiliser/soil ameliorant application, by type
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Notes
The relevant target and time period for fertiliser/soil ameliorant application of each type will depend on the production system, target productivity level and climate.
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Maps providing information relevant to understanding potential land and groundwater contamination in Victoria are available at Victoria Unearthed.
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Data on information relevant to understanding potential land and groundwater contamination in Victoria are available at Victoria Unearthed.
Notes
“Unaffected by’ means not subject to land/freshwater/ocean-use change during the reporting period, e.g. agricultural land remaining agricultural land. Note that land/freshwater/ocean-use change may be derived from Land accounts (see Environmental assets tab). For example, land conservation or restoration may involve a change from a more intensive use (e.g. class 1.1 Agriculture) to a less intensive use (e.g. class 1.5 Land used for maintenance and restoration of environmental functions, or class 1.7 Land not in use). Additional analysis may be required to determine the extent to which measured change has been caused by the reporting entity. Variants of this metric include TNFD core disclosure metric C1.1: “Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem use change (km2) by:
• Type of ecosystem; and
• Type of business activity.
Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem conserved or restored (km2), split into:
• Voluntary; and
• Required by statutes or regulations.
Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem that is sustainably managed (km2) by:
• Type of ecosystem; and
• Type of business activity.”
and additional disclosure metric A1.0: “Land-use intensity (tonnes or litres of output/km2). This will vary by sector context; for example, crop yield (tonnes/km2) for the agriculture sector.”
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Maps of various spatially modelled Australian soil variables are available at the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia – Soil and Landscape Grid Viewer.
Maps of various spatially modelled and measured Australian soil variables are available at Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS).
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Data on various spatially modelled Australian soil variables are available at the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia – Get the Data
Data on various measured Australian soil variables (obtained from various state and national data sources) are available at SoilDataFederator.
Data on various measured Australian soil variables are available at the Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS) Data Portal.
Notes
This measure may be derived from ecosystem asset condition accounts (see Ecosystem assets). The relevant definition of adequate soil quality will depend on the production system, target productivity level and climate, and may have multiple components (e.g. soil pH, salinity, SOC etc.). Relevant soil quality variables may include any of the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of soils that enable soils to provide ecosystem services.