Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0668879
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Avoiding Environmental Bankruptcy: the grazing impacts of red kangaroos and sheep. Overgrazing is one of the most serious environmental and economic problems in Australia. By mitigating overgrazing, our project has three major benefits. Firstly, quantification of the foraging requirements for free-ranging sheep and kangaroos will, for the first time, allow us to identify sustainable practices that prevent overgrazing and contribute to significant land recovery. Secondly, a new mechanistic model for predicting herbivore dynamics will allow us to evaluate potential impacts of climate change on future grazing pressures. Thirdly, our results will inform management plans to sustain Australia's arid rangelands as productive, bio-diverse environments, which currently provide economic returns in excess of $20 billion p.a.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2006
End Date: 08-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $259,340.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Comparative Physiology | Terrestrial Ecology | Agriculture, Land and Farm Management | Sustainable Development |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Livestock | Land and water management | Living resources (flora and fauna)
