Landscape Futures

LOWER MURRAY
LANDSCAPE FUTURES | DRYLAND AND RIVER CORRIDORS

Dryland Visualisation

In the dryland component of the study six different policy options were constructed to represent a broad range of possible approaches to achieving regional targets. The policy options tested ranged from approaches where actions aimed to restore and maintain the condition of natural resources could be implemented anywhere in the landscape without restriction (ie random), to highly strategic approaches which aimed to optimise multiple NRM benefit from actions while minimising costs.

Landscape futures were also analysed under five different scenarios for climate change (temperature and rainfall) and commodity prices for carbon credits (credits may be acquired through carbon sequestration under ecological restoration), biomass, and biofuels. These scenarios have a nominal time horizon of 2070 and included a baseline scenario based on current climate and commodity prices.

Policy options modelled in the dryland component of the Lower Murray Landscape Futures project.

Policy Options	Short Description
Go Anywhere	Achieve regional targets by a non-strategic, non-targeted approach of locating NRM actions at random in the landscape
Cheapest	Minimise economic cost of achieving targets
Best for Biodiversity	Achieve biodiversity targets whilst maximising biodiversity benefits, achieve other targets using the Go Anywhere approach
Best for NRM	Achieve regional targets whilst maximising benefits for the multiple environmental objectives of biodiversity, deep drainage, wind erosion, and climate change
Most Cost Effective	Achieve regional targets whilst minimising economic cost relative to benefits for the multiple environmental objectives of biodiversity, deep drainage, wind erosion, and climate change
Sustainability Ideal	Achieve a new set of regional targets aimed at achieving sustainability whilst minimising economic cost relative to benefits for the multiple environmental objectives of biodiversity, deep drainage, wind erosion, and climate change

Scenarios for climate regimes and commodity prices modelled in the dryland component of the Lower Murray Landscape Futures project.

	Baseline	Mild Warming/Drying	Moderate Warming/Drying	Severe Warming/Drying	Mild Warming/Wetting
Temperature	Historical mean	1oC warming	2oC warming	4oC warming	1oC warming
Rainfall	Historical mean	5% decrease	15% decrease	25% decrease	5% increase
Carbon Trading Price	$0/tonne CO2e	$15/tonne CO2e	$7/tonne CO2e	$2/tonne CO2e	$15/tonne CO2e
Biomass Price	$0/tonne	$50/tonne	$40/tonne	$30/tonne	$50/tonne
Biofuels Price	0% current wheat/canola price	150% current wheat/canola price	130% current wheat/canola price	110% current wheat/canola price	150% current wheat/canola price

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Dryland Scenarios	Baseline	Mild Warming/Drying	Moderate Warming/Drying	Severe Warming/Drying	Mild Warming/Wetting
Go Anywhere Random
Cheapest
Best for Biodiversity
Best for Natural Resource Management
Most Cost Effective
Sustainability Ideal

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