Climate Change

Managing Climate Variability

This program is managed by LWA on behalf of the program partners: Dairy Australia; DAFF; GRDC; MLA; RIRDC; SRDC; National Farmers' Federation; AWI.

Since 2003 the program has invested $7.6 million in researching climate variability; the impacts of this variability on agriculture and NRM; and how to manage these impacts.

Information on the research outcomes and tools delivered to producers through this program are available at www.managingclimate.gov.au
 
Climate Forecasting 

This climate forecasting project was completed under the auspices of Land Water & Wool, a joint initiative between AWI, LWA and MLA. 

It was desinged to assist pastoral landholders prepare for drought by studying early warning systems such as the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). It looked at the value of the SOI as a predictive tool for rainfall.

The SOI proved to be a useful tool for climate forecasting and therefore assisted with seasonal risk management in western QLD, western NSW and  inland SA.

Queensland pastoralists and graziers can access the results on the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Forestry website here.

For further information on the SA and NSW results, please contact:
SA
Melissa Rebbeck
SA Research & Development Institute
Ph: (08) 8303 9639
Email: rebbeck.melissa@saugov.sa.gov.au

NSW
Dr Ron Hacker
NSW DPI
Trangie Agricultural Centre
Ph: (02) 6880 8002
Email: Ron.Hacker@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Climate Change and Plantation Forestry

The FWPRDC is currently funding a project looking at the impacts of climate change on Australia's plantation estate.

The objectives of this project, as well as contact details for further information, can be downloaded here.