For Natural Resource Management groups
Our soil
Soil is one of our most valuable natural resource assets. It plays a crucial role in supporting agricultural industries. Soil also supports our biodiversity and environment, our infrastructure, our heritage, and the way we live.
The National Soil Strategy
The National Soil Strategy sets out how Australia will value, manage and improve its soil for the next 20 years. The Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS) is supported by funding through the Australian Government National Soil Strategy (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) in collaboration with CSIRO and partner organisations.
ANSIS vision
The Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS) will provide improved access to soil data and information to help sustainably manage our soil.
What ANSIS can do for you
ANSIS will improve online access and use of shared, nationally consistent soil data and information. It will federate soil data from systems across Australia, connecting multiple data sources, including those from governments, research and natural resource management organisations, industry, farmers, and the community. ANSIS will make soil data and information available via a web portal.
ANSIS will be the new trusted system to find nationally consistent, standardised, easy to use, and accessible soil data and information for a large range of soil properties that can be used for:
- Natural capital accounting
- Biosecurity risk assessments
- Environmental modelling
- Targeting research and land management investments
- Environmental risk and land suitability assessment
- Regional, state and national reporting
- Monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes
- Assessing landscape resilience.
ANSIS will enable you to make more informed decisions. This information can help you better understand and account for soil, ensuring our soil is sustainably managed and enhanced for future generations.
