The PIARN webinars are a series of online, interactive presentations on climate adaptation in the primary industries. They are presented by PIARN leaders together with key representatives of the primary industries.
Webinars are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic.
You will need computer and telephone access to participate in the webinar.
Upcoming webinars
Adapting agriculture management to cope with high intensity rainfall
Presented by Professors Jim Salinger and Holger Meinke
15 March 2012, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, followed by lunch
Seminar presented at Theatre 1, 207 Bouverie St (building 379), Parkville, University of Melbourne, and also available remotely via live online webinar.
More information and registration.
Interdisciplinarity and climate change adaptation
Presented by Dr Lauren Rickards
23 March 2012, 1 pm - 2 pm
Seminar presented at the Agar Theatre, Zoology (building 147), Parkville, University of Melbourne, and also available remotely via live online webinar.
More information and registration.
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Past webinars
Sustainable intensification of agriculture: producing more with less
Presented by Professor Tim Reeves and Associate Professor Richard Eckard
Thursday 10 November 2011, 2.30 – 3.30 pm (AEDT)
Sustainable intensification of means producing more food from less land, with less water and with less reliance on increasingly expensive inputs derived from fossil fuels – whilst simultaneously protecting and enhancing natural resources and ecosystems.
Experts suggest it might be the only way to feed a rapidly growing world population without the environmental degradation typically associated with increasing agricultural production.
Professor Tim Reeves and Associate Professor Richard Eckard framed the challenge of creating a sustainably intensive Australian agriculture industry, discussing the implications for food security, the research and development investment required and the sorts of transformations needed to put sustainable intensification into action.
View and download the webinar recording and PowerPoint from the PIARN publications library.
For some background information on sustainable intensification, visit the FAO's report on sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development's Rural Poverty Report 2011.
PIARN is maintaining a list of resources relevant to this topic in its research library.
Four degrees or more: Australian agriculture in a much warmer world
Presented by Dr Mark Howden (CSIRO) and Professor Peter Grace (Queensland University of Technology)
14 July 2011, 2.30 – 3.30 pm (AEST)
If the pledges made by world leaders at the Copenhagen climate summit to cut emissions are honoured, we can expect an average warming of four degrees or more. So what might Australian agriculture look like then?
Mark Howden presented a condensed version of his presentation from the Four Degrees or More Conference, detailing the impacts of an average temperature increase of four degrees. Peter Grace outlined some of the mitigation challenges that would face the agricultural industry under such a scenario.
PowerPoint presentation files and Mark Howden's paper are available to download from the PIARN resource library.