Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund forum 

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The Hon Alannah MacTiernan MLC convened a forum at the Muresk Institute to discuss priorities for the Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund.

Muresk Institute
9 June 2021

Videos of the forum can be found here:

Presentations include:

  • Minister's introduction to the forum and the Western Australian Climate Resilience Fund.
  • Setting the climate context for farming systems change, Michael Robertson, CSIRO Agriculture & Food.
  • Carbon emissions and how to calculate them, Mandy Curnow, DPIRD and Richard Brake, Richard Brake Consulting.
  • Wheatbelt water in a drying climate -WaterSmart farms, Dr Richard George, Senior Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD.
  • Soil Carbon Sequestration, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel, Soil & Landscape Science, Curtin University.
  • Big Food's commitments to climate resilience and regenerative agriculture, I-Lyn Loo, 2020 Churchill Fellow, Primary Industries Trade Manager, DPIRD. 
  • Mitigating climate change on the farm, Brendon and Gabrielle Savage, Tolga Farm.
  • Market access impertive to sustainabililty, Trevor Lucas, CBH Group.

The presentation slides from the event can be found in the Documents on the right side of this page.