Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102107

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160102107

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The capacity of forests to protect regional climate under global warming. The project plans to develop a new understanding of the capacity of forests to increase moisture recycling, which enhances cloud and precipitation processes and exerts a cooling influence on the land surface. Deforestation and climate change are major global challenges. The role of forests in the carbon cycle is well recognised. Less attention is given to their role in the energy and water cycles, and their capacity to regulate regional climate. The project plans to apply an innovative land use-climate scenario modelling to quantify the impacts of deforestation and afforestation on the climate of northern Australia and south-east Asia under global warming. It also plans to evaluate the capacity of restoring forests to offset regional climate change, to inform regional land use planning and climate mitigation and adaptation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-06-2016

End Date: 28-06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $478,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Atmospheric Sciences | Forestry Management and Environment | Climate Change Processes | Landscape Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Climate Change Adaptation Measures |

Other Keywords

Atmospheric Sciences | Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Climate Change Processes | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Forestry Management and Environment | Landscape Ecology

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