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Trees Grow Resilience: Integrating trees into farm plans to improve resilience to drought

Project Status:
Closed
Project location(s):
Statewide
Funding type:
Drought Resilience Grant
Lead Partner organisation(s):
Private Forests Tasmania
Project summary:

This project came to a close in June 2024. For more information on project outputs please visit : https://treealliance.com.au/

Project Overview

The Trees Grow Resilience – Interactive Knowledge Hub project aimed to create an online knowledge hub for Tasmanian farmers, demonstrating how integrating trees on farms can enhance resilience to environmental and economic shocks.

Key Achievements

The project developed an interactive model farm showcasing the benefits of managed trees on farms. It included factsheets, case studies, articles, videos, and tools from leading experts.

Activities and Outputs

All planned activities were completed, with some delays. The project involved extensive stakeholder engagement to identify barriers and information gaps.

Findings and Recommendations

The project highlighted the need for a user-friendly knowledge hub. It recommends extending the project and proposing additional projects to address identified gaps.

Sustainability

The knowledge hub will continue to evolve, including new resources and tools to meet user needs.

Overall, the project has promoted the integration of trees on farms, improving resilience and natural capital outcomes.

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Our ParTners

The hub is proud to work with a diverse network of over 20 Industry Partners, Delivery Partners and collaborators to build drought and climate resilience through hub activities. Through this network, we span the entire breadth of the Tasmanian agriculture sector and can support farmers, agricultural businesses and communities.
TAS Farm Innovation Hub - Growing Climate Resilient Communities

Funding & AcknowledgmentS

This program received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

The Australian Government is contributing $12.4 million over 4 years through the Future Drought Fund under various grants. Hub partners and the University of Tasmania will provide co-contributions of an amount at least equal to the Australian Government funding over the same period.

We acknowledge the palawa/pakana people, the traditional custodians of the land upon which we live and work. We honour their enduring culture and knowledges as vital to the self-determination, wellbeing and resilience of their communities.

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