Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200100683

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE200100683

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Catastrophic shifts: the value of knowing more about ecosystem feedbacks. Ecosystems respond to gradual change in unexpected ways. Feedback processes between different parts of an environment can perpetuate ecosystem collapse, leading to potentially irreversible biodiversity loss. However, it is unclear if greater knowledge of feedbacks will ultimately change environmental decisions. The project aims to identify when feedbacks matter for environmental decisions, by generating new methods that predict the economic benefit of knowing more about feedbacks. Combining ecological modelling and value-of-information theory, the outcomes of these novel methods will provide significant and broad environmental benefits, by enabling managers to make informed decisions and stay one step ahead of potential ecosystem collapse.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 27-07-2020

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $418,735.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecosystem Function | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified | Ecosystem Assessment and Management not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management not elsewhere classified | Ecosystem Function | Environmental Management | Environmental Science and Management | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified

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