Land

The Land Development Corporation is a commercially-oriented land developer. It can position the Territory and its industries to take advantage of the major industrial projects that are about to start or accelerate.

Assist with access to land in the Northern Territory for the purpose of exploration and mining

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is an independent body that advises the Northern Territory Government, business and the community on matters of ecological sustainable development. The Authority's primary focus is the investigation of issues within the Northern Territory environmental legislative and policy environment in order to provide public recommendations to the Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage. The EPA is currently reviewing the Northern Territory's environmental impact assessment procedures. The EPA can also accept third party referrals to provide policy level advice on environmental matters.

Land Lingo is a compendium of terms, commonly used within the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. All the definitions are intended as a simple guide to the 'jargon' used by the multidisciplinary team of professional and technical people employed in defining, quantifying and promoting sustainable development of the Northern Territory's land and water resources.

Pastoralism has played an important part in the development of the Northern Territory with pastoral lands occupying approximately 50% of the land area. These grazing lands are known as ‘rangelands’. The Soils of the Northern Territory are generally low in nutrient value resulting in low nutrient pasture; consequently for Pastoralism to be of economic value, herds and properties are necessarily large with some paddocks being 100’s of square kilometres in size.