Land

Environmental issues associated with land use include land clearing, grazing, deforestation, soil erosion, salination, pest animals, weeds, mining and contamination.

Terms to watch out for:

contamination, pollution

contamination: a hazardous substance such as a toxin, disease agent or radioactive material; exposure of an individual or the environment to such a substance; introduction of such a substance into water, air or soil at a concentration that makes the water, air or soil unsuitable for its intended use (also applies to surfaces of objects, buildings and products)

pollution: substances such as vehicle emissions and wastes that cause damage to the environment or adverse health effects; introduction of such substances to the environment

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Land in Australia is either publicly owned by state and territory governments for a range of land management, recreation and  conservation purposes; owned by the Australian Government (Crown land) for recreation, national parks or utilities (such as water catchments); privately owned (freehold); or leased by the government to private managers or Indigenous communities.

Use an initial capital for Crown when referring to Crown land.

Use initial capitals for the formal names of programs and strategies:

Caring for our Country Program     Great Eastern Ranges Connectivity Corridor 

but lower case for terms that are not formal names:

natural resource management (NRM)     connectivity conservation corridors

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