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NINTI ONE PROJECTS
RANGELANDS
The Rangelands Cluster Project is facilitating
the integration of climate change science into
natural resource management (NRM) planning
across desert Australia. The project has
created pathways for sharing information, with
researchers taking existing data and analysing
it in new ways to provide relevant and current
information. This will support rangelands NRM
organisations to include planning for climate
change impacts into their normal NRM
planning processes. The project is also creating
new networks and partnerships between
researchers and planners.
The project is a collaboration between
the Rangelands NRM Alliance, CSIRO,
University of Canberra and Ninti One.
The project is funded by the Australian
Government through the NRM Planning
for Climate Change Fund and covers
seven NRM regions across the rangelands:
Rangelands WA (part), Territory NRM (part),
Alinytjara Wilurara NRM, SA Arid Lands
NRM, Desert Channels Qld, South West
NRM and Western Local Land Services.
Over the past year the regional NRM
planners and the researchers have worked
together to determine research priorities and
identify what sorts of information and tools
will be of most use for planning for adaptation
to climate change. Much of the research has
been completed and covers topics such as:
climate information (heatwaves, rainfall), fire,
drought, ground cover, weeds, feral animals,
aquatic ecosystems, native species, pastoral
production and tools to help support climate
change adaptation.
PHOTO: DARREN CLEMENTS