Australia’s rangeland communities, industries, and environment are under increasing pressures from anthropogenic activities and global changes more broadly. We conducted a horizon scan to identify and prioritise key challenges facing Australian rangelands and their communities, and outline possible avenues to address these challenges, with a particular focus on research priorities. We surveyed participants of the Australian Rangeland Society 20th Biennial Conference, held in Canberra in September 2019, before the conference and in interactive workshops during the conference, in order to identify key challenges, potential solutions, and research priorities. The feedback was broadly grouped into six themes associated with supporting local communities, managing natural capital, climate variability and change, traditional knowledge, governance, and research and development. Each theme had several sub-themes and potential solutions to ensure positive, long-term outcomes for the rangelands. The survey responses made it clear that supporting ‘resilient and sustainable rangelands that provide cultural, societal, environmental and economic outcomes simultaneously’ is of great value to stakeholders. The synthesis of survey responses combined with expert knowledge highlighted that sustaining local communities in the long term will require that the inherent social, cultural and natural capital of rangelands are managed sustainably, particularly in light of current and projected variability in climate. Establishment of guidelines and approaches to address these challenges will benefit from: (i) an increased recognition of the value and contributions of traditional knowledge and practices; (ii) development of better governance that is guided by and benefits local stakeholders; and (iii) more funding to conduct and implement strong research and development activities, with research focused on addressing critical knowledge gaps as identified by the local stakeholders. This requires strong governance with legislation and policies that work for the rangelands. We provide a framework that indicates the key knowledge gaps and how innovations may be implemented and scaled out, up and deep to achieve the resilience of Australia’s rangelands. The same principles could be adapted to address challenges in rangelands on other continents, with similar beneficial outcomes.

澳大利亚的牧场社区，产业和环境正承受着来自人为活动和更广泛的全球变化的越来越大的压力。我们进行了一次视野扫描，以确定并确定了澳大利亚牧场及其社区面临的主要挑战，并确定了应对这些挑战的可能途径，并特别关注了研究重点。我们对2019年9月在堪培拉举行的澳大利亚牧场协会第20届两年期会议的参与者进行了调查，在会议之前以及会议期间的互动研讨会中进行了调查，以确定主要挑战，潜在解决方案和研究重点。反馈大致分为六个主题，与支持当地社区，管理自然资本，气候多变性和变化，传统知识，治理，和研发。每个主题都有几个子主题和潜在解决方案，以确保牧场的积极，长期成果。调查的答复明确表明，支持“同时提供文化，社会，环境和经济成果的弹性和可持续牧场”对利益相关者具有重大价值。综合调查答复并结合专家知识，突显了长期维持地方社区将需要对牧场的固有社会，文化和自然资本进行可持续管理，尤其是要根据当前和预计的气候变化来进行管理。建立应对这些挑战的指南和方法将受益于：（牧场的长期成果。调查的答复明确表明，支持“同时提供文化，社会，环境和经济成果的弹性和可持续牧场”对利益相关者具有重大价值。综合调查答复并结合专家知识，突显了长期维持地方社区将需要对牧场的固有社会，文化和自然资本进行可持续管理，尤其是要根据当前和预计的气候变化来进行管理。建立应对这些挑战的指南和方法将受益于：（牧场的长期成果。调查的答复明确表明，支持“同时提供文化，社会，环境和经济成果的弹性和可持续牧场”对利益相关者具有重大价值。综合调查答复并结合专家知识，突显了长期维持地方社区将需要对牧场的固有社会，文化和自然资本进行可持续管理，尤其是要根据当前和预计的气候变化来进行管理。建立应对这些挑战的指南和方法将受益于：（环境和经济成果同时对利益相关者具有重大价值。综合调查答复并结合专家知识，突显了长期维持地方社区将需要对牧场的固有社会，文化和自然资本进行可持续管理，尤其是要根据当前和预计的气候变化来进行管理。建立应对这些挑战的指南和方法将受益于：（环境和经济成果同时对利益相关者具有重大价值。综合调查答复并结合专家知识，突显了长期维持地方社区将需要对牧场的固有社会，文化和自然资本进行可持续管理，尤其是要根据当前和预计的气候变化来进行管理。建立应对这些挑战的指南和方法将受益于：（i）对传统知识和做法的价值和贡献的认识得到增强；（ii）发展以当地利益相关者为指导并从中受益的更好的治理；（iii）提供更多资金来开展和实施强有力的研发活动，其研究重点是解决当地利益相关者发现的关键知识缺口。这就需要强有力的治理以及适用于牧场的立法和政策。我们提供了一个框架，该框架指出了关键的知识差距以及如何实现和扩大创新范围，从而实现澳大利亚牧场的弹性。可以采用相同的原则来应对其他大陆牧场的挑战，并获得类似的有益结果。