Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101497

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160101497

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Up in smoke and out to sea? Carbon, water and land use change in savanna. This project aims to improve our understanding of carbon cycling in natural and transformed savannas. It seeks to resolve a large discrepancy in savanna carbon sink size as measured by flux towers compared to long-term direct measures of carbon stock change. This would improve our fundamental understanding of carbon balances (gains/losses) and residence times in these dynamic ecosystems. The long-term impacts of these land use changes on carbon storage are poorly understood, therefore this new knowledge is vital in determining the viability of 'carbon farming' in these landscapes. More accurate information would guide improved land management given the intensification of land use, weed invasion and fire regime change in northern Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-2016

End Date: 05-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $397,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Sciences | Carbon Sequestration Science | Isotope Geochemistry | Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils | Forest and Woodlands Soils | Forest and Woodlands Land Management |

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