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Rangelands NRM Collection


This collection contains materials produced by the Rangelands Cluster of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Grants Program. The Program aims to improve the capacity of regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations in Australia to plan for climate change.

This program was developed as part of the Australian Government's Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund.

The consortium was led by Ninti One in collaboration with partners Monash University, CSIRO, and the Rangelands Alliance.

About the Cluster: The Rangelands cluster region covers much of the Australian interior and spans 3100 km in the east-west and 1400 km north-south. It includes NRM regions in four states and the Northern Territory. These include Desert Channels NRM and South West NRM in Queensland, the South Australian Arid Lands NRM and Alinytjara Wilurara NRM, and Western Local Land Services in NSW. Territory NRM and Rangelands WA NRM are included, except for the northern sub-regions of each, which are in the Monsoonal North Cluster.


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Repository Item Troff documentIt's hot and getting hotter. Australian rangelands and climate change - reports of the Rangelands Cluster Project
Consolidated reports from the Rangelands Cluster Project, including projections (chapter 2) and an adaptation user guide to support NRM planners to incorporate information into NRM planning processes (chapter 15).
Repository ItemIt’s hot and getting hotter – executive summary. Australian rangelands and climate change
Executive summary of the consolidated report "It's hot and getting hotter. Australian rangelands and climate change - reports of the Rangelands Cluster Project".
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - fire
Fire is extensive and common in northern Australia, particularly in the tropical savanna. In the Rangelands Cluster region, extensive wildfire is more common in the spinifex-dominant deserts and following two or more years of above-average rainfall.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - meteorological drought
This report includes the recent history (since 1950) of meteorological drought in the Rangelands Cluster region, which is characterised by severe rainfall deficiency over periods of 12 months or more.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - heatwaves
Most towns in the Rangelands Cluster region have had more hot days and heatwaves, and longer heatwaves, in the recent past, particularly during the first decade of this century. This pattern is consistent with projected hotter temperatures as part of climate change.
Repository Item C headerAustralian rangelands and climate change - rainfall variability and pasture growth
This report examines the frequency with which past probable growth events occurred using the daily rainfall data for selected recording stations throughout the Rangelands Cluster and uses various amounts of continuous daily rainfall to indicate likely growth events. A spreadsheet template is provided for continuing use by NRM planners in their regions.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - remotely sensed ground cover
Targets specifying the maintenance of minimum levels of ground cover are a common feature of regional NRM plans. Rainfall, fire and grazing are the principal drivers of ground cover. Setting realistic targets for broadly different land types within each region is a challenge.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel grass)
Buffel grass has been shown to acclimate to higher temperatures and to maintain competitiveness and response to fire under increased CO2, conditions expected under climate change.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - dust
The level of dust in the air is related to ground cover and provides a useful indicator of wind erosion rate, although the amount of dust observed is influenced by several factors.
Repository Item Octet StreamAustralian rangelands and climate change - aquatic refugia
In water-limited environments such as the rangelands, all natural waterbodies are environmentally, culturally and economically valuable. Accordingly, one of the most important climate adaptation strategies for the Rangelands Cluster is the identification, management and restoration of aquatic refugia.
Repository ItemAustralian rangelands and climate change - native species
Australia supports a unique and globally significant diversity of plants and animals, with an important component of this diversity occurring within the Rangelands Cluster region. The projected changes in climate are likely to have significant impacts on the native flora and fauna.
Repository ItemAustralian rangelands and climate change - invasive animals
Ten species of significant vertebrate pest in the Rangelands Cluster region are considered in this report: feral goat, one-humped camel, feral hours/brumby, feral donkey, feral pig, red fox, feral domestic cat, dingo, European rabbit and cane toad.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - guidance to support adaptation
The purpose of this report is to bring together information and methods that will be of practical use in addressing adaptive capacity, resilience and vulnerability of people in remote and marginalised regions.
Repository Item Troff document (with manpage macros)Australian rangelands and climate change - pastoral production and adaptation
Grazing of livestock is the most extensive land use in the Rangelands Cluster region. Projected changes in climate will impact the future way in which pastoralism occurs and adaptations will be required, both at enterprise scale and regionally.
Repository Item text/texmacsRangelands Cluster Report - Climate Change in Australia Projections for Australia’s Natural Resource Management Regions: Cluster Reports
This report presents projections of future climate for the Rangelands NRM Cluster based on our current understanding of the climate system, historical trends and model simulations of the climate response to changing greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions. The report aims to assist regional decision-makers in understanding the important messages deduced from climate change projection modelling. It presents a range of emissions scenarios across multiple variables and years.
Repository ItemEast Coast - Climate Change in Australia - Projections for Australia's NRM Regions [brochure]
One of a set of brochures that summarises key climate change projections for each of the eight NRM clusters. The brochures are a useful tool for community engagement.

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