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Climate Videos
Climate Scenarios for Victorian Horticulture
July 2010 - Farmview Video 2.0
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Hear DPI Climate Change Specialist Graeme Anderson, talk about recent warming trends and how horticultural growers need to factor a changing climate into the broader decisions that they are making.
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Planning for a hot and dry future
July 2010 - Farmview Video 2.1
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Hear how Hugh and Katie Finlay, Harcourt Orchardists, are planning to adapt to a changing climate over the next five years. In this video Hugh and Katie talk about planning how they will manage having less water available for irrigation and how improving soil health is their focus.
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Responding to climate change through value adding
July 2010 - Farmview Video 5.2
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Marilyn and Ian Lanyon are the owners and creators of Simply Tomatoes, a business specialising in gourmet marinated green tomatoes. Watch this video to see how Marilyn and Ian ended up in this niche field after responding to changing climate and business circumstances.
You can also read about Marilyn and Ian’s story here.
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The impact of climate change on extremely dry years in Australia
April 2009 – DPI Climate Change Network event
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In this video presentation Kevin Hennessy, Principal Research Scientist from CSIRO, discusses the findings of a 2008 report called ‘Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on the Nature and Frequency of Exceptional Climatic Events’.
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Climate change and fire weather risk
April 2009 – DPI Climate Change Network event
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Kevin Hennessy gives a presentation about the impact of climate change on fire-weather and risk. This presentation is primarily drawn from research undertaken by the Bushfire CRC, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in 2007.
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Seasonal Climate Drivers
June 2009 – Presented to farmer groups around Victoria
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Dale outlines the major weather systems that influence climate in Victoria. These include El Niño, Indian Ocean Dipole, Trade winds, Sea Surface Temperatures, Madden Julian Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode.
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