Weeds and Climate Change

Weeds are one of the main threats to biodiversity and agriculture in Australia and under climate change will become an increasing management challenge for natural resource management (NRM) regions. The information presented here will show how weeds and invasive plants are likely to respond to climate change as well as providing a framework for planning weed management under climate change.

The Weeds and Climate Change Technical Guide is now available for download using the link below. The module also features supporting materials and species-specific datasets through the CSIRO data access portal.

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What to expect

This module of the National NRM Impacts and Adaptation project delivers a summary of knowledge, processes and tools specifically targeted at NRM groups for climate adaptation planning for invasive plant species and weeds. The module is delivered in three parts: the Weeds and Climate Change Technical Guide (PDF), this website, featuring a summary of key […]

Rubber vine, Townsville area, Source: BMRG

Weeds under Climate Change

Weeds have long been a problem in Australia, with a large and growing reserve of potential weeds from the 2,700 already naturalised species. Under climate change, the 26,000 exotic plant species already grown in Australia, though not yet naturalised, could be an even larger reserve of potential weeds. While scientists and land managers have a […]

Weed management planning

Like all good planning, a relevant and useful weed management plan, adapted to climate change, requires first, an agreed vision, second, a strategy to achieve this vision and third, a plan to implement the strategy. Good weed management planning begins with an agreed vision which guides strategy development that in turn guides plan development. The vision encapsulates or expresses […]

Bio control release for Salvation Jane; Source: Natural Resources SAMDB; Photographer: Sandy Cummings

Weed adaptation campus

In this section we provide a summary of resources and tools used in the Weeds and Climate Change technical guide. To find out more about definitions and terms used, click on the topics below. For more information about data available on CSIRO’s Data Access Portal, examples, case studies, references and other tools available, choose from […]