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Grain Stubble could Power a Greener Future |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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By Anna
Salleh for ABC Science Online, Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:36am AEST
Using
waste stubble would avoid having to allocate precious food-producing land to
the production of biofuels (CSIRO)
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Winds of Change on Farms as Cows help save the Earth |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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From The
Times, UK, Valerie Elliott, Countryside Editor
September 8, 2008
Hundreds
of cattle in Britain are being fed a new diet to reduce their burping and cut
emissions of greenhouse gas.
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Carbon Storing Mallee gets the Credits |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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Asa
Wahlquist, Rural writer, The Australian | September 05, 2008
STANDING
in drought-ravaged land where water is an obsession, Martin Crevatin admires a
four-year-old stand of healthy trees thriving against the odds.
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Farming a Climate Change Solution. |
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Friday, 12 September 2008 |
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Farming a Climate Change Solution.
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Climate Change - Identifying impacts on soil and soil health |
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Friday, 12 September 2008 |
In response to the future climate change challenge, and in recognition of the critical role that healthy soils play in agricultural production and the production of ecosystem services, DPI‚s Future Farming Systems Research Division undertook a study to identify some of the potential impacts of climate change on soil health.....
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Plantstones - a possible carbon storage solution? |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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As the countdown begins for the start of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme, there is one sector of the economy that will not be included. It is agriculture. Already, forests are being bought and sold overseas for credits from the carbon they breathe in. But now two scientists claim we have not seen the grass for the trees, and that huge amounts of measurable carbon can also be stored for thousands of years in our pastures and crops.
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Assistance to help plan for the future |
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Climate Change Adjustment Program The Climate Change Adjustment Program (CCAP) assists farmers in financial difficulty, who are, or are likely to be, adversely impacted by climate change. It helps farmers obtain professional advice and training..... |
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Is using wood for heating greenhouse gas friendly? |
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
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This Agnote summarises some of the current research onthe use of firewood and other woody biomass as an energy source to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Climate change impact on fishing unknown |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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Studies are needed to determine how the south-west fishing industry can prepare for possible climate change. The fishing industry is well behind land-based research on adaptation. |
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Jigsaw Farms sells carbon neutral wool |
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
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The youth market of the fashion industry is prepared to pay a premium for cabon neutral wool a local farm business found out last week when they sold 84 bales of wool.... |
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Historic single industry position on forestry and emissions trading |
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
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The timber industry organisations, forest growers and unions have agreed to an industry position on the domestic Emissions Trading Scheme. |
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Ocean life under threat from climate change |
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
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The international science community must devote more resources to research into the effects climate change is having on ocean environments, according to a paper published in the journal Science by researchers at CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation National Research flagship. |
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Farmers 'in denial' about climate change |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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Nearly 40 per cent of rural people are uncertain about whether climate change is happening and are pinning their hopes on the weather returning to normal after the drought. Most people who live on the land question the link between the 11-year drought and climate change, a study by the government's Bureau of Rural Sciences found. |
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Climate change will boost farm output |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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Australian agricultural output will double over the next 40 years, with climate change predicted to increase, rather than hinder, the level of production. A recent spate of reports forecasting the decline of Australian agriculture because of climate change have greatly exaggerated, and even completely misreported the threat of global warming, according to senior rural industry figures. |
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Timber industry wants carbon storage recognised |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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The timber industry in south-west Victoria is campaigning for the longevity of harvested wood to be considered in Australia’s upcoming Emissions Trading Scheme. |
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Climate change action belies fears |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Australians see climate change as the nation's biggest problem but appear unwilling to change their lives to reduce their large environmental footprint, an international survey has found. Australia is tied in seventh place among 14 major developed and developing nations in the National Geographic's Greendex, a measure of sustainable consumption and behaviour. |
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Burpless grass cuts methane gas from cattle, may help reduce global warming |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Grass that may help tackle global warming by cutting the level of methane given off by cows is being developed by scientists reports the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) magazine Chemistry & Industry. |
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Dairy farmer rises to the challenge |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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Facing climate change and making changes to adapt are all part of the challenge of dairying in the Beeac area. |
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Can we reduce farm emissions and still increase productivity? |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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So which is more important…..meeting global food demand or using valuable land to soak up carbon emissions from the atmosphere? While the experts have been battling this out, some innovative farmers in Victoria’s southwest have shone some much needed light onto this topic.... |
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Climate change enhances value - regional prices may soar |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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LAND prices in south-west Victoria are set to soar as the region reaps the benefits of climate change, a leading scientist in the field has predicted. |
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