Contribute to a drought-ready North West Region

Join the north west drought exercise

Future climate modelling indicates that droughts may become more frequent and intense in Tasmania. This has important implications for our agriculture, energy, infrastructure and economy, as well as the landscape and environment we live in.

Join us for a droughtexercise workshop on Tuesday 17 September, 2024, at 9.00am (for a 9.30am start), to 12.30pm, followed by lunch. Led by Emergency Management expert Darryl Stellmach (UTAS), participants through a real-world scenario will explore what actions can taken now to ensure future droughts have less impact.

Issues and solutions explored through the workshop will inform the development of the region's drought resilience plan,guiding future investment and strategy to ensure we remain adaptive and strong into the future.

Register your interest

To be part of the drought exercise, please reach out to your regional Project Coordinator, David Henderson, on:

E: david.henderson@dpac.tas.gov.au
M: 0461 411 879

North West Resilience and Adaptive Capacity

Read the full North West Regional Drought Risk, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity Report

Read the North West Report Executive Summary

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 appriciate your feedback and suggestions, as we aim to ground-truth these reports over the course of the project.

In the north west, in summary, droughts occurred during 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2015. These events offer insights on the impacts to agriculture and the natural environment, and the potential resilience of communities to future droughts.

Drought resilience was determined by analysing the potential drought impact (risk) and adaptive capacity of each of the nine LGAs in the North West region.

This map shows the Central Coast has higher adaptive capacity potential to drought, whereas West Coast displays lower adaptive capacity to drought. The potential drought impact (risk) showed King Island with higher risk rating, while Burnie was lower based on the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Community Vulnerability & Resilience to Drought Index (CVRDI).

Provide Feedback on the Data Report

Tell your story

True resilience is an outcome of relationships, knowledge and individual actions, not something separate we can manufacture. We are looking for your good news stories 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.

Email North West Project Coordinator