Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219641

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0219641

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rebuilding Sustainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining. Open-cut mines are a significant land-use in Australia and generate considerable GDP. Poor management prior to mining has caused much topsoil to be lost and microbes vital to sustainable nutrient cycling reduced to <10% that of a sustainable forest. To address this problem we are developing a rehabilitation model using Mount Owen open-cut coal mine which passes through a Upper Hunter forest. This project will discover ways of utilizing microbe-derived nitrogen vital to a sustainable supply for native forests. Our aim is to reestablish these microbes in mine soils and determine their impact on forest community development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Biology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Rehabilitation/reafforestation

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Environmental Science and Management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Rehabilitation/reafforestation | Soil Biology

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