Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989161
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian wet tropics. There is great potential for rainforest reforestation to help in the protection of Australia's tropical flora and fauna. Little is known, however, about how to reforest pasture to rainforest for the purpose of maximising the recovery of native biodiversity. We propose a unique experimental study of rainforest reforestation practices with biodiversity conservation as a primary goal. Reforestation is currently an unlikely option for most landholders in Australia's tropics given the lack of data on the economic benefits obtainable from such efforts. Our study examines the profits obtainable through the carbon market for each reforestation approach with the goal of increasing the feasibility of rainforest reforestation in North Queensland.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2009
End Date: 03-2016
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $425,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Environment And Resource Economics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation/reafforestation |
