Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP120100648

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP120100648

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Developing DNA tracking methods to identify illegally logged timber products from Africa. Illegal logging causes societal and environmental forest degradation, and is a high priority for international control. This project will produce a range of DNA methods that allow the tracing of the geographic source of origin for timber products from African tropical forests that will allow producers and consumers to better market and choose their products.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-2012

End Date: 12-2015

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $273,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Forestry Management and Environment | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Genetics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Native Forests | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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