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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP160101249
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Naracoorte caves: a critical window on faunal extinctions and past climates. This project aims to establish an unprecedented record of biodiversity and environmental change at Australia’s richest Quaternary fossil site – Naracoorte Caves. The study will integrate all aspects of the preserved deposits, employing new approaches in geochronology, palaeontology and geochemistry to develop truly comprehensive palaeoecological and palaeoclimate histories. This project will establish a benchmark dataset on past ecological and environmental change, strengthening scientific innovation in key research priority areas. It will have significant implications for understanding megafauna extinctions and past biodiversity responses, and will inform future conservation and climate change adaptation strategies. The project will transform the scientific profile of Naracoorte Caves, ensuring socioeconomic benefits to regional communities through education, ecotourism and knowledge marketing.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2018
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $669,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Palaeoecology | Geology | Geochronology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
