El Nino conditions brewing in the Pacific Ocean could exacerbate the return of extremely hot temperatures in regional Australia, but Flinders University experts have developed a drought resilience toolkit with strategies that can assist regional communities and farmers ahead of time.
The Drought Resilience Mapping and Assessment Toolkit (DRMT) provides a practical, low-cost resource to assist in identifying strategies that best support farmers, townships, communities, and businesses with future drought resilience planning.
The results have shown that drought resilience is underpinned by the strength of the entire community network. Key to community wellbeing was found to be strong social networks and informal community based groups – the value of which is often unobserved in drought resilience assessments.
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