Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0214150
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Ecological sustainability and changing land use in the Pilbara. Land use change is frequently associated with large changes in key elements of 'sustainability? ? biodiversity, productivity, and water and nutrient cycles. However, in the Pilbara, fires and flooding rains are so frequent that detecting consequences of land use change is frequently confounded by other ?disturbances?. We aim, through controlled field experiments, to disentangle effects of land use change (e.g. de-stocking of rangelands, altered water availability through mining activity or infrastructure) from those of natural disturbance and variability (both spatially and temporally). This research will improve understanding of key areas in resilience of rangelands and of major processes that are critical for sustainable management.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2002
End Date: 07-2007
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $547,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Landscape Ecology | Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation of degraded sparseland
