Transcript Weeds and Climate Change

AdaptNRM
Adaptation information for NRM planning
Lilly Lim-Camacho
10 September 2014
Image: River, by L Gener, Credits: SA MDB,
About AdaptNRM
• a national initiative that aims to support NRM groups
in updating their NRM plans to include climate
adaptation planning
• Adaptation information is delivered at a national in
scale, but are designed to complement other NRM
Fund projects and existing NRM activities that
incorporate locally-specific issues and solutions
• a user-driven and engagement approach to
developing NRM-relevant information
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Outputs
• Five topic modules
• In multiple forms
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Technical guide
Datasets
Maps
Summary material
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• For 54 NRM groups,
and beyond.
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Timelines for delivery
Module content development
Continued engagement with NRM groups
Monitoring and evaluation
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The NRM Adaptation Checklist
• Within each component of planning,
broad guidance for how to meet the
challenges
• Self-reflective questions on key traits of
plans & planning processes
• Ideas, tools, resources, and examples to
help figure out how to adopt the traits
in more detailed, specific ways
• Risks of not adopting the key traits
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Weeds and Climate Change: Supporting weed management
adaptation
• Delivers a summary of knowledge, processes and tools for NRM
adaptation planning for invasive plant species and weeds
• Synthesises impacts and adaptation information that is likely
more broadly applicable across Australia.
• Datasets, technical guide and web pages available now
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Assessing the implications of climate change for biodiversity
• Delivers a series of projections about the potential for broad
shifts in biological diversity in response to climate change with a
holistic focus
• Datasets, maps, technical guide and web pages
• Currently draft for NRM review and input
• Expected delivery date: late 2014
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Thank you!
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