The Adaptation Research Network for Primary Industries announced yesterday will help Australia’s primary industries meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities presented by climate change.
The SEACI investment is in its third year. And all projects across the three themes are coming to a close. SEACI 1 has helped define the implications of climate change for runoff in the Murray Basin, the level of climate change already experienced and the role of key drivers, including the Indian Ocean Dipole and the Southern Annual Mode as well as the Pacific Ocean in rainfall.
After the success of the 2008 awards, Land & Water Australia will continue its support of the prestigious annual Australian Museum Eureka Prizes in 2009, and is calling for nominations for the Water Research and Innovation Award.
Professor Matthew England and his team at the University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre are this year’s winners of the Land & Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation.
By 2029, climate change will be having a significant impact on Australia’s wool industry. Though the impacts will vary between regions and sectors, their management requires integration of complex issues and early adaptation.
This presentation from CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems summarises the effects of climate change on the wool industry, and looks at:
Pasture and fodder crops
Quality and quantity of (more)...
Some information exists on the impact of drought on flowing waters, but little work has been done on the long-term impacts of drought in standing water, lakes and wetlands.
An opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review by Professor Paul Martin brings investment to climate change funding. This item is based on his comments.
Australian governments and primary industry research agencies have agreed in-principle to fund a national coordination, communication and collaboration network for climate change research on primary industries.
The Future Woolscapes Sub-program examined a range of key issues that may impact on the world and thus the wool industry over the next 25 years. Some of the issues considered by the project included climate change, environmental and animal welfare pressur
