Climate Risk Management

Landcare CarbonSMART project

The Landcare CarbonSMART project is the first national carbon pool to support Australia's biodiversity.

Revegetating land is an effective tool to offset our carbon emissions - in fact, trees are the only proven technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere - an important step in the battle against climate change!

Through Landcare CarbonSMART, farmers and landholders can earn money simply by planting and maintaining vegetation for biodiversity. The CarbonSMART project makes it possible for landholders to secure a regular income for up to 30 years.

In turn, individuals and businesses can buy carbon credits from Aussie landholders, and do their part to help secure a sustainable global climate for the future.

Visit Landcare's website for full details on the program

Climate Risk For Graziers     (.PDF) 1.12MB
Graziers have many tools for assessing climate risk at their fingertips, including local rainfall records, seasonal climate forecasts and pasture growth monitoring. This report, funded by Land & Water Australia’s Climate Variability in Agriculture Research and Development Programme, looks at the tools and management strategies for an effective climate riskmanagement plan for graziers in non-arid southern temperate areas.

SARDI climate applications [External Site]
The SARDI Climate applications website has a range of resources useful for primary producers. Two pocket guides have been produced - one for wool producers in the South Australian Rangelands and another for croppers south of Goyder's line.

Bureau of Meteorology [External Site]
The Bureau of Meteorology website is a great resource including:

  • The SILO pages which provide a rich source of meteorological and agricultural data of particular interest to anyone involved in the agricultural arena.
  • The Water and the Land pages present an integrated suite of information for people involved in primary production, natural resource management, industry, trade and commerce.

Rainfall history and predictions for the coming 3 months and more can be found on the Bureau of Meteorology website.

The Long Paddock (Queensland Department of Primary Industries)   [External Site]
The Long Paddock website is provided by the Queensland Government, although it is focused primarily for Queensland, there is some useful information relating to the whole of Australia. It provides ENSO information including links to a table of daily SOI values, a graph of the SOI and SOI phases for the past 3 years, and a summary of how the current SOI is likely to influence Australian climate conditions. This page also links into information on various climate risk management products developed in Queensland including Australian RAINMAN, HowWet and HowOften.