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New project on improving forestry management in Nepal
Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) Associate Director of Agribusiness Innovation, Mr. Craig Johns recently visited Nepal for the inception meeting of a new project on forestry management. Craig narrates his experience in this blog. What a fascinating country Nepal is! While this was my first trip into Nepal, I am joining a dedicated […]
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Values of biodiversity and nature’s benefits to people
Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD Student in the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) recently participated in the First Author Meeting of IPBES Methodological Assessment on Multiple Values of Nature, in Mexico City from 12-16 November 2018. Sacha talks about his experience in this blog. The value of nature to people is broad and diverse, […]
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Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem services in Indonesian Uplands
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman In Indonesia, there are some 48 million people in 32,000 villages living in and around forest boundaries. The majority of these households rely on upland landscapes for subsistence, livelihoods and economic development. Loss of agricultural productivity and ecosystem services leads to reduced incomes followed by increased poverty and food […]
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Mythical Nation Building: There’s 6 white elephants on the horizon
Blog post written by Dr. David Adamson After our recent political spill and fill, there is always a need to show that you are a positive change and you can do something. So combined with: oooh look its drought again; an on-going desire to put dams in to drought proof the country (because you know, its […]
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The Environment’s water is not Agriculture’s overdraft
Blog post prepared by Dr. David Adamson The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is based on the concept of ‘common property’ were a set of environmental rights are established and managed in the national good (economic, society & the environment). The environments rights were purchased from farmers either: directly via market mechanisms (i.e. buy-back where rights were […]
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Promoting Co-investment in environmental stewardship
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), shared his work in a session on “Sustainable production landscapes and seascapes for biodiversity, human livelihoods and well-being” during the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP 2018) in Yokohama, Japan. In the […]
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Water market researchers join Global Food Studies
Water is a fundamental input for much of the World’s food and fibre products, and agricultural demands on fresh water account for up to 80% of total use. The importance of water in food and fibre production underpins the recent move by a group of water market researchers to join Global Food Studies. The group […]
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In the news: Prof Mike Young on climate change in the Murray Darling Basin Plan
In April, we posted an article on Prof Mike Young‘s concerns about the historic Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan that is under threat as there is not sufficient water to save the environments. A new discussion emerged that the modelling of the MDP Plan does not factor in climate change “in any meaningful way” as reported […]
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In the news: Prof Mike Young on concerns about the historic plan to save River Murray
The University of Adelaide’s Research Chair in Water and Environmental Policy Professor Mike Young was recently interviewed by the Advertiser (16/4/2015). Professor Young expressed his concerns about the historic Murray-Darling Basin Plan that is under threat as there is not sufficient water to save the environments. The historic plan was agreed in November 2013 by Gillard […]
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2013 Food Security Regional Dialogue-Medan: Origins of issues, short and long-terms policy options
Food insecurity can be driven by various factors. The factors can be classified into three factors, namely economic, social and environmental aspects. At the 2013 Food Security Regional Dialogue in Medan North Sumatera, Indonesia, Don Gunasekera of CSIRO and Professor Christopher Findlay of University of Adelaide explain the origins of food security issues and short-term […]
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