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Southern Regional Drought Resilience Planning

Be part of the Conversation and Help Build our Regional Plan

Drought Resilience Workshop

Share your feedback on the draft Regional Drought Resilience Plan for Southern Tasmania

The Southern Tasmania Regional Drought Resilience Plan (RDRP) has been built on discussions, sometimes one-on-one, but often gathering in groups at a community hall, neighbourhood house or council chambers to explore issues of resilience to drought and climate variability. Representatives from agriculture, local government, community groups and local businesses came together to share diverse perspectives, prioritise outcomes and devise a plan together. The vision and goals (see table) were tested with more than 500 community members, who shared their insights and ideas for how to achieve them. These ideas then informed the creation of 37 strategic actions, which we are now seeking your feedback on.

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Our Vision

The people, organisations and systems in Southern Tasmania all work together in a proactive and coordinated way to make our region strong so that we can thrive no matter the climate.

A strong, resilient region means:

Flourishing communities who understand and support each other

Prosperous local economies, where buisinesses thrive and provide jobs even when conditions are tough

Resilient landscapes, from the bush to the farm

A climate-conscious built environment that is deigned to be resilient, efficient and sustainable.

As part of the project, we have published three regional reports. These provide a starting point for understanding drought impacts and risks in our regions. We would appreciate your feedback and suggestions, as we aim to ground-truth these reports over the course of the project.

Read the full Southern Region Drought Risk, Resilience & Adaptive Capacity Data Report.

Read the Southern Report Executive Summary

Science!

Future Projections for Southern Tasmania Future Projections for Southern Tasmania
Climate Science Basics Video - with Tom Remenyi Climate Science Basics Video - with Tom Remenyi
Understanding drought Understanding drought
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Tell your story

True resilience is an outcome of relationships, knowledge and individual actions, not something separate we can manufacture. We are looking for case studyies about people, projects or organisations that have taken action to reduce risks and strengthen resilience in these times of increasing climate variability.

  • Do you know a local legend with a great yarn to share about resilience?
  • Are you part of a community group that has been working to connect community, improve well-being, restore ecosystems or increase people’s knowledge and skills?
  • Have you noticed a project, big or small, that has been kicking goals?

These stories and experiences will be at the heart of our drought resilience planning. Please get in touch.

 

Submit your story here

Did you know?

Tasmania has experienced a number of major droughts since 1901 - read this article from the Bureau of Meterology

The Regional Drought Resilience Planning Program is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and the Tasmanian Government.