Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0454979

Funded Activity Summary

Reimagining the Australian Suburb: Biodiversity planning in urban fringe landscapes. Over 40% of nationally listed threatened ecological communities occur in urban areas. Accelerating urbanisation in Australia is considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. This threat will increase without a more strategic approach to conservation planning in urban environments. Protection of biodiversity in urban areas brings numerous societal benefits but involves complicated tradeoffs between competing land uses including housing development, agricultural production and conservation. This project builds on recent advancements in ecological modelling and mathematical optimisation to develop and test tools to facilitate transparent decisions based on optimal trade-offs between competing values. It will result in a more strategic approach to planning conservation in urban environments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-12-2004

End Date: 13-08-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $362,324.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Stochastic Analysis And Modelling | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Wildlife And Habitat Management

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Stochastic Analysis And Modelling | Wildlife And Habitat Management

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