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Category : Farm management
Languages : en
Pages : 698

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Author: Chris Stokes
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102051
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change is a fundamental resource for primary industry professionals, land managers, policy makers, researchers and students involved in preparing Australia’s primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change. More than 30 authors have contributed to this book, which moves beyond describing the causes and consequences of climate change to providing options for people to work towards adaptation action. Climate change implications and adaptation options are given for the key Australian primary industries of horticulture, forestry, grains, rice, sugarcane, cotton, viticulture, broadacre grazing, intensive livestock industries, marine fisheries, and aquaculture and water resources. Case studies demonstrate the options for each industry. Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change summarises updated climate change scenarios for Australia with the latest climate science. It includes chapters on socio-economic and institutional considerations for adapting to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions sources and sinks, as well as risks and priorities for the future.

Author: Australian Public Affairs Information Service
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1030

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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Author: I. W. Gray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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This book interprets the predicament faced by Australia's regional people from their own perspective and proposes a means by which they can act together to find a secure future under globalisation. It argues that neoliberalism in combination with its 'real world' effects in economic policy are driving regional Australia further into social, environmental and economic decay. The book will be of great interest to all concerned about the future of regional Australia, and will make a lively and relevant text for students studying the social sciences in the countryside or in the major cities.

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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1818

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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106

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Author: Graeme L. Hammer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401593515
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Climate variability has major impacts in many parts of the world, including Australia. Developments in understanding of the El Niño - Southern Oscillation Phenomenon have introduced some skill in seasonal to inter-annual climate forecasting. Can this skill be harnessed to advantage? Or do we just continue to observe these impacts? How does a decision-maker managing an agricultural or natural ecosystem modify decisions in response to a skillful, but imprecise, seasonal climate forecast? Using Australian experience as a basis, this book focuses on these questions in pursuing means to better manage climate risks. The state of the science in climate forecasting is reviewed before considering detailed examples of applications to: farm scale agricultural decisions (such as management of cropping and grazing systems); regional and national scale agricultural decisions (such as commodity trading and government policy); and natural systems (such as water resources, pests and diseases, and natural fauna). Many of the examples highlight the participatory and inter-disciplinary approach required among decision-makers, resource systems scientists/analysts, and climate scientists to bring about the effective applications. The experiences discussed provide valuable insights beyond the geographical and disciplinary focus of this book. The book is ideally suited to professionals and postgraduate students in ecology, agricultural climatology, environmental planning, and climate science.

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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1220

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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1098

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