Soil erodibility and erosion hazard: Extending these cornerstone soil conservation concepts to headwater streams in the forestry estate in Tasmania

Prescribing headwater stream riparian buffer types and widths using the erosion hazard and erosion features concepts is considered to be superior to using riparian slope alone (as commonly done in overseas codes of practice) because the defined erosion hazard classes and erosion features identify the most vulnerable streams and riparian zones in the proposed forest harvest area, allow environmental risks to be objectively assessed, and tailor protection measures to the specific risks identified. The proposed system is generic and likely to be applicable to headwater streams in other temperate regions.