RN Documentary: Taming the Salt Monster

Summary:

The great swathes of the Western Australian wheatbelt were created a century ago when 1000 acres of bush were burned a day and the land became the nation?s breadbasket. What?s today?s legacy of that intensive clearing? Salt.

Website:

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/documentaries/061114doc

Tones:

Contemplative, Engaging, Surprising

Language:

English

Description:

The West Australian wheatbelt is known as the country?s breadbasket. Sheep and wheat farms the size of small countries stretch into an endless horizon ? but there?s violence in the history of the idyllic scene. A century ago, 1000 acres a day were being burned and cleared. Today patches of land are balding, agriculture is suffering, inland lakes are turning to salt. The land is turning saline and the farmers who love the land but also need to keep using it have to find ways to Tame the Salt Monster.

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