Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change
Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for the Future.
“Our science highlights a clear urgency to act to prepare Australian agriculture for future impacts and opportunities under climate change,” said the book’s co-editor, Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO, Dr Mark Howden.
“Australia is highly sensitive to climate change and we know enough to start preparing adaptation strategies now. Well-informed and forewarned by science, we have the opportunity to implement practices to minimise the risks and enable primary industries to survive and prosper.
“With effective adaptation, it is possible that agriculture will not be substantially worse off under the quite challenging climate change scenarios for Australia, but we need to start planning and acting now,” Dr Howden said.
http://www.csiro.au/news/Australian-agriculture-must-adapt-to-climate-change.html
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