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Future Farm Industries CRC (FFI CRC) is a unique co-investment and integration of activities between three major agricultural R&D investors, Australia’s largest agribusiness company, and the combined research might of six state agencies, four CSIRO Divisions and four universities. These Participants work together with companies, catchment management organisations and farm research groups to enhance the CRC’s adoption and commercialisation activities. FFI CRC is developing new and adaptable farming systems for Australia by creating new land-use systems which will make agriculture more productive, adaptable to climate variability, sustainable and diverse. The use of perennial plants is a primary focus of the CRC’s research because their deep-root systems are more adaptable to climate variation and can lower water tables in low-lying, saline areas. of FFI CRC’s research is built upon the foundations of its predecessor, the CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, which made significant headway in creating new ways to make saline lands more productive and sustainable. FFI CRC headquarters is located at The University of Western Australia.  Its research, education and training collaborative activities are sited at 40 locations across southern and eastern Australia. 

OzClim is a climate scenario generator for Australia that simplifies the process of calculating future climate change for application to impact models. It is a PC-based software tool developed by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in collaboration with the International Global Change Institute (IGCI), University of Waikato and is based on the CLIMPACTS model developed by IGCI for New Zealand

OzClim features a graphical user interface and point and click technology for ease of use, fast calculations and visualisation capabilities. This system allows comparison of output from a range of global climate models and construction of future climate change scenarios for risk assessment. The ability to ‘plug in’ impact models into OzClim and run a given model multiple times with different scenarios are further advantages of the software

This policy sheet briefly describes the key findings and outcomes of a research project into enhancing biodiversity conservation in regional natural resource management (NRM) planning. The project identified where biodiversity has been effectively included in regional NRM processes and established an understanding of the critical success factors required for biodiversity conservation based on a review of existing projects and planning processes. Sixteen case studies were conducted to determine the critical success factors and to identify barriers and limitations impeding the adoption of biodiversity conservation practices. The project culminated in the production of a set of practical guidelines that will be useful to a wide range of policy makers and resource managers. The guidelines and case studies provide a sound and accessible framework for policy development, target setting and regional management action (A).

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