Climate, land & water

Western Australia’s agriculture sector needs access to productive soil and water resources for growth and profit. However, the sector must compete with increasing resource demands from all sectors of the community, and the pressures of a changing climate. The Agriculture and Food division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports agriculture by providing long-term management solutions, practical risk management strategies and tools to maintain and improve resource conditions, to meet the needs of industry and stakeholders. Agriculture and Food is also pioneering soil and water investigation of the state’s undeveloped areas to establish new irrigated agricultural industries.

Articles

Carbon Farming on Pastoral Lease Lands - Human Induced Regeneration

13 April 2018

Human-induced regeneration (HIR) carbon farming projects provide an opportunity to increase the economic value of the State’s natural assets and plays an important role in meeting Australia's domes
Carbon Farming on Agricultural Land in WA

20 February 2014

Carbon farming is the deliberate set of agricultural practices or land uses to increase carbon stored in the soil and vegetation (sequestration) and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestoc
Advanced Bioenergy Industry Development

16 March 2022

Advanced bioenergy solutions have the potential to recover waste resources from primary production, reduce emissions in hard-to-abate sectors, and directly substitute for fossil fuels while complem
Biomass to Bioenergy - Fact Sheets

16 March 2022

Bioenergy in simple terms is the conversion of biomass to energy, however the broad range of potential biomass inputs, conversion technologies and energy product outputs makes biomass to bioenergy
Carbon for Farmers Voucher Program

15 February 2022

To complement the State Government's $15 million Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program (CF-LRP), a new Carbon for Farmers Voucher Program will provide financial support for f
Carbon Neutral Grain Pilot Workshop

4 May 2022

As part of the collaboration between CBH Group, Wide Open Agriculture and DPIRD, a workshop was held to unpick GHG emissions calculators for the net zero/nature positive transition in the Western A
Low Carbon Futures

16 March 2022

DPIRD's Low Carbon Futures team aims to explore low carbon opportunities to support and facilitate regional businesses and communities in the transition to a low carbon economy, so that Western Aus
Carbon Farming: The Economics, Western Australia

13 November 2013

Carbon farming activities can achieve multiple economic and environmental co-benefits in addition to, in some cases, emissions avoidance offset income.
Carbon Farming: Permanent Environmental Plantings to Earn Carbon Credits – Western Australia

18 October 2013

Reforesting previously cleared farming land with permanent environmental plantings can potentially earn carbon credits for the carbon stored in the trees and litter.
Carbon Farming and Reforestation, Afforestation and Revegetation in Western Australia

13 November 2013

Reforestation, afforestation and revegetation can sequester significant amounts of carbon per hectare.