Clarifying transparency: Chinese aid and trade in Latin America. Consensual understandings of transparency and good governance are crucial to the international accommodation of China's economic rise. Through a quantitative survey and qualitative case studies, this project aims to clarify how these terms generate misunderstandings and hinder potential for dialogue between key U.S., Latin American and Chinese actors.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE160100154
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$250,000.00
Summary
The Advanced DNA Identification and Forensics Facility. The advanced DNA identification and forensics facility:
The project aims to establish a national integrated facility for cutting-edge forensic genetic research, resources and expertise in wildlife, forest and environmental DNA identification to improve our capacity to identify unknown biological material. The project’s goal will be to enhance synergies between academic research, service delivery and forensic application of DNA identificati ....The Advanced DNA Identification and Forensics Facility. The advanced DNA identification and forensics facility:
The project aims to establish a national integrated facility for cutting-edge forensic genetic research, resources and expertise in wildlife, forest and environmental DNA identification to improve our capacity to identify unknown biological material. The project’s goal will be to enhance synergies between academic research, service delivery and forensic application of DNA identification technologies, addressing vital questions such as: From which individual or species did this material originate? Where in the world is it from? Is it legal? The proposed facility may deliver applied outcomes for government, the criminal justice system, and industry, such as improved pest and threatened species identification; biosecurity, prosecutions of wildlife crime and illegal logging; and missing person and disaster victim identification.Read moreRead less
Frontiers of change: resources, access and political agency on the Cambodia-Vietnam borderland. Mainland Southeast Asia’s dynamic and asymmetrical development is transforming its societies and consuming its remaining forest frontiers. Like other developing regions, the synergies and tensions between transnational, national and local processes of change are highly conspicuous in its border areas, but poorly understood. This interdisciplinary project explores how local actors negotiate transnation ....Frontiers of change: resources, access and political agency on the Cambodia-Vietnam borderland. Mainland Southeast Asia’s dynamic and asymmetrical development is transforming its societies and consuming its remaining forest frontiers. Like other developing regions, the synergies and tensions between transnational, national and local processes of change are highly conspicuous in its border areas, but poorly understood. This interdisciplinary project explores how local actors negotiate transnational networks and markets on the Cambodia-Vietnam borderland and determine how these interactions will affect environments, socioeconomic vulnerability and local agency. It offers crucial new knowledge for more viable and sustainable policy on environment, development and security in this strategically important region.Read moreRead less
Building an Indian Ocean region. The Indian Ocean Region, of vital geopolitical importance to Australia, is the heart of the Third World - overwhelmed by chronic poverty, precarious political systems, and conflicting ethno-religious identities. This project will document attempts at constructing regional identities and institutions, and facilitate the process of 'building' a secure Region.
Unifying global approaches to environmental footprinting. This project will create a globally harmonised approach to calculating environmental footprints for nations, regions, cities and organisations. This research will establish the environmental burden caused by international trade, enabling global governance bodies to implement principles for a fairer global sharing of environmental burdens.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160101182
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$368,500.00
Summary
Navigating the complexity of conservation's illegal wildlife trade crisis. This project seeks to investigate the conditions under which policies that prohibit or regulate trade in wildlife products are more likely to lead to conservation outcomes. Illegal trade in wildlife is a pressing conservation issue, threatening numerous species with extinction. The crisis has attracted over US$350 million in donor and government funding since 2012, primarily for enforcement of trade bans. Fierce debates r ....Navigating the complexity of conservation's illegal wildlife trade crisis. This project seeks to investigate the conditions under which policies that prohibit or regulate trade in wildlife products are more likely to lead to conservation outcomes. Illegal trade in wildlife is a pressing conservation issue, threatening numerous species with extinction. The crisis has attracted over US$350 million in donor and government funding since 2012, primarily for enforcement of trade bans. Fierce debates rage in the academic literature about the conditions under which regulated markets may yield better outcomes. Policy options are also constrained by opinions about whether pro-use policies for wildlife are morally appropriate. The project aims to investigate this issue and assess the impact of stakeholder values and preferences on policy decisions.Read moreRead less
International Trade, Climate Change and Economic Policy. The research project addresses the role of, and interactions between, environmental and international trade policies within the context of a global economy with increasingly open economies whose production and consumption activities generate emissions of greenhouse gases that accumulate in the atmosphere and have potentially adverse effects on the world’s climate, which then impacts the environment, production and households. The objective ....International Trade, Climate Change and Economic Policy. The research project addresses the role of, and interactions between, environmental and international trade policies within the context of a global economy with increasingly open economies whose production and consumption activities generate emissions of greenhouse gases that accumulate in the atmosphere and have potentially adverse effects on the world’s climate, which then impacts the environment, production and households. The objective is to develop better understanding of the nexus between the international economy, climate change through the environment, and international trade and environmental policies. It will achieve this objective by analyses of multi-country models of international trade, climate change and policy design.Read moreRead less
Transnational Environmental Campaigns in the Australia-Asian Region. Conflict over environments, resources and landscapes has become a feature of contemporary political life. Increasingly, these conflicts are articulated, negotiated and potentially resolved across national boundaries and complex networks of media and communications. In the context of intensifying pressure for resource access, market opportunities and changing media practices in Australia and the Asian region, it is critical to e ....Transnational Environmental Campaigns in the Australia-Asian Region. Conflict over environments, resources and landscapes has become a feature of contemporary political life. Increasingly, these conflicts are articulated, negotiated and potentially resolved across national boundaries and complex networks of media and communications. In the context of intensifying pressure for resource access, market opportunities and changing media practices in Australia and the Asian region, it is critical to examine how competing environmental claims are mediated, and how this mediation influences public debate, policy and market viability. Providing evidence-based analysis of transnational conflicts as they emerge and travel, this project is expected to inform debate on Australia's environmental and economic sustainability.Read moreRead less