The Rangelands Cluster Project has been working to facilitate the inclusion of climate change science
in natural resource management planning across some of the driest and hottest country on earth.
The project has created new pathways for information that allowed researchers to take existing data
and analyse and present it in new ways to provide relevant and current information for planning for
climate change.
This paper talks about the opportunities and challenges of working on this project. It describes the
processes of engagement and collaboration we went through and our innovative approach to
information and knowledge transfer. While the paper touches on some of the information products
and climate projections for the rangelands, that is not the focus; these are all available elsewhere.
As a result, groups of professionals working across the rangelands and in research institutions have
an improved and shared understanding of the challenges facing the rangelands as the climate
changes.
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.