Adapting farms to changing climate and markets
Climate change will have a significant impact on the environment in the coming decades. More extreme weather, and changes in rainfall, temperature, frosts, and ocean temperatures will affect primary production (yields, crop viability, harvest scheduling). This Strategy includes a plan for the future viability of the Cradle Coast region’s natural, cultural and production landscapes, to encourage resilience to change and realise opportunity through change. Emerging markets and opportunities for carbon storage in soils and vegetation provide mechanisms for land managers to profit from restorative and sustainable land management.
outcome
By 2030, 30 % of land managers have increased awareness and improved capacity to adapt to significant changes in climate, have improved knowledge of emerging markets, or have improved capacity in disaster preparedness, compared to 2020 levels.
threats
Local threats that can be addressed by NRM actions:
- Regional climate regime shift
- Market shifts
- Extreme weather events
- Land use change
- Land use intensification