Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230101567
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$453,054.00
Summary
Listening to Nature: Transforming Bioacoustics through Spatial Audio. This project aims to research new 3D spatial audio processing techniques to analyse natural sounds for environmental conservation, while meeting the tasks, demands and data characteristics inherent to bioacoustics. Expected outcomes include new, accurate and efficient bioacoustics computation technologies, generalisable across different terrestrial regions, species types and environment changes. These could dramatically enhanc ....Listening to Nature: Transforming Bioacoustics through Spatial Audio. This project aims to research new 3D spatial audio processing techniques to analyse natural sounds for environmental conservation, while meeting the tasks, demands and data characteristics inherent to bioacoustics. Expected outcomes include new, accurate and efficient bioacoustics computation technologies, generalisable across different terrestrial regions, species types and environment changes. These could dramatically enhance the efficacy of current bioacoustic monitoring systems while opening up new research directions. Resulting technology could be adopted for immediate tasks like the monitoring of bushfire recovery efforts, and more generally, for the management and conservation of Australian natural resources.Read moreRead less
The Macroderma initiative: conserving ghost bats and informing development. This project aims to improve methods for capturing biological information required for environmental assessments of highly mobile species and enable strategic environmental planning in Northern Australia. Using Australia’s iconic ghost bat as a focus, the project will test and apply emerging technologies to obtain key information on a species’ population status and its critical resources to inform assessments of ecologic ....The Macroderma initiative: conserving ghost bats and informing development. This project aims to improve methods for capturing biological information required for environmental assessments of highly mobile species and enable strategic environmental planning in Northern Australia. Using Australia’s iconic ghost bat as a focus, the project will test and apply emerging technologies to obtain key information on a species’ population status and its critical resources to inform assessments of ecological impacts of industry development. Important benefits of the project include information and tools for streamlining development approvals and accurately assessing risks to threatened species to improve outcomes for both our economy and our natural environment.Read moreRead less
Improving desert fire management with culturally directed science. This project aims to improve fire management in Australian deserts. Working with 4 Indigenous ranger teams managing >150,000 km2 of the Great Sandy Desert, the project expects to document fire patterns caused by pre-European, traditional burning practices over large environmental gradients; compare these with contemporary fire patterns; and undertake extensive fieldwork to understand how fire affects native fauna, including cultu ....Improving desert fire management with culturally directed science. This project aims to improve fire management in Australian deserts. Working with 4 Indigenous ranger teams managing >150,000 km2 of the Great Sandy Desert, the project expects to document fire patterns caused by pre-European, traditional burning practices over large environmental gradients; compare these with contemporary fire patterns; and undertake extensive fieldwork to understand how fire affects native fauna, including culturally significant species. This information will shape a template for fire management planning and evaluation that is culturally meaningful to local managers. The project should support Indigenous rangers to access sustainable funding pathways for conservation management through emerging biodiversity markets.Read moreRead less