New projects approved under NESP hub research plans version 4

(as at December 2017)

Contents

THREATENED SPECIES RECOVERY HUB

CLEAN AIR AND URBAN LANDSCAPES HUB

EARTH SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE HUB

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES HUB

TROPICAL WATER QUALITY HUB

MARINE BIODIVERSITY HUB

THREATENED SPECIES RECOVERY HUB

Project ID / Project title / Lead organisation / NESP funding
1.1.12 / Mitigating cat impacts on the Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat / Charles Darwin University / $243,248
1.2.1.6 / Enhancing habitat for the threatened Pink-tailed Worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) within critically endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland ecological communities / Australian National University / $71,948
1.2.1.7 / Restoring the endangered Yass Daisy (Ammobium craspedioides) within the critically endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland ecological community / Australian National University / $89,978
1.2.4 / Ecosystem Accounts in Box Gum Grassy Woodlands threatened ecological community / Australian National University / $279,588
1.2.5 / Coordinated recovery planning for threatened woodlands / University of Melbourne / $72,000
1.3.3 / Saving an endangered Bettong with fire – a controlled fire and predator experiment in the Wet Tropics / University of Queensland / $55,600
1.4.1 / Chytrid, fish, and fragmentation: Conservation of frogs, fish and crayfish achieved by managing multiple threats at a landscape level / University of Melbourne / $184,500
1.4.3 / Understanding and combating Myrtle Rust / University of Queensland / $98,459
2.3.6 / Research and management priorities for Christmas Island Frigatebirds / Charles Darwin University / $15,000
2.5 / Securing the Night Parrot / University of Queensland / $98,000
3.2.5 / Developing a coordinated monitoring program for threatened vertebrates, their threats and the effectiveness of management investment across arid and semi-arid Australia / University of Melbourne / $222,904
3.2.6 / Evidence-based management protocols for recovery of multiple threatened woodland birds / University of Queensland / $369,315
3.3.2 / Adaptive management for threatened mammals in Victorian Central Highlands / Australian National University / $446,386
3.3.6 / Adaptive reintroduction strategies for the critically endangered Northern Corroboree Frog / Australian National University / $323,880
3.3.7 / Mitigating and Managing Barriers to Fish Passage and Improving River Connectivity / University of Queensland / $304,219
4.1.11 / Re-establishing Critical Weight Range mammals in the Northern Wheatbelt of Western Australia: Reintroductions to a safe haven free of introduced predators / Australian Wildlife Conservancy / $185,682
4.4.7 / Identifying opportunities for the conservation of threatened birds in Murray-Darling Basin wetland and floodplain habitat / University of Melbourne / $92,000
4.4.8 / Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the Greater Glider / University of Melbourne / $115,000
4.4.10 / Modelling distributions of species under environmental change / University of Melbourne / $40,000
6.3.5 / Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours / RMIT University / $249,150
6.3.6 / Prioritizing conservation efforts and communicating conservation opportunities in urban areas / University of Melbourne / $27,500

For all enquiries please contact:

Rachel Morgain, Knowledge Broker

Email:

Ph: 02 6125 6775

CLEAN AIR AND URBAN LANDSCAPES HUB

Project ID / Project title / Lead organisation / NESP funding
6 / Network of Integrated Study Sites / RMIT University / $68,389
7 / Air quality in Australia / University of Melbourne / $202,262

For all enquiries please contact:

Cathy Oke, Knowledge Broker

Email:

Mobile: 0439997717

EARTH SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE HUB

No new projects were approved under Research Plan Version 4. The ESCC Hub is continuing the 11 projects approved under previous Research Plans. The Hub will undertake eight new case studies as part of Research Plan Version 4 that serve to develop additional outputs (i.e. products and services) that are tailored to the specific needs of target stakeholders to ensure the Hub’s existing portfolio of research projects are high impact.

For all enquiries please contact:

Mandy Hopkins, Knowledge Broker

Ph: 03 9239 4649

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES HUB

Project ID / Project title / Lead organisation / NESP funding
2.7 / Ecohydrology and sensitivity of riparian flora / Charles Darwin University / $360,000
2.8 / Rehabilitation of faunal assemblages at Ranger Uranium Mine / Charles Darwin University / $80,000
2.9 / Effects of surface and ground water egress of mining-related solutes on aquatic ecological connectivity – Magela Creek / Charles Darwin University / $359,500
2.10 / Management Options for High Biomass Grassy Weed Management in Cape York conservation areas / CSIRO / $268,000
3.6 / The vulnerability of food supplies for migratory shorebirds to altered flow in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria / Griffith University / $210,000
4.4 / Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria Mangrove Dieback / James Cook University / $420,000
4.5 / Trialling new techniques for assessing terrestrial biodiversity in data poor environments / Charles Darwin University, NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources / $140,000
4.6 / Environmental economic accounting for interconnected ecosystem assets and ecosystem services in the Mitchell catchment, Qld / Griffith University / $360,000
5.6 / Integrated performance and impact assessment for guiding non-government investment into Indigenous cultural and natural resource management enterprises / CSIRO / $200,000
6.1 / e-Flow Synthesis Project: enhancing uptake of environmental flow research for improved water planning in northern Australia / Griffith University / $270,000
6.2 / Transdisciplinary environmental research: trial and evaluation / University of Western Australia / $195,000
6.3 / NESP Research Synthesis and Transferability / University of Western Australia / $500,000

For all enquiries please contact:

Clare Taylor, Knowledge Broker

Email:

Ph: 08 8946 7476

TROPICAL WATER QUALITY HUB

Project ID / Project title / Lead organisation / NESP funding
4.1 / Crown-of thorns starfish: surveillance and life history / CSIRO / $497,500
4.2 / Oceanographic drivers of bleaching in the GBR: from observations to prediction / Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) / $537,852
4.3 / Best practice coral restoration for the Great Barrier Reef / James Cook University / $607,000
4.4 / The traits of corals that survived recent bleaching events / Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) / $582,218
4.5 / Guidance system for resilience-based management of the Great Barrier Reef / University of Queensland / $638,037
4.6 / Recommendations to maintaining functioning of the Great Barrier Reef / University of Queensland / $299,583
4.7 / Indigenous coral reef tourism / Central Queensland University / $100,000
4.8 / ‘Project 25' Farmers, water quality and on-farm decision-making / James Cook University / $600,000
4.9 / Gully characterisation framework to underpin GBR catchment water quality management / Griffith University / $53,429
4.10 / Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Agricultural Land Conversion to Wetlands / James Cook University / $482,947
4.11 / Sources, transformations and fate of particulate and dissolved organic carbon – implications for the GBR / Griffith University / $26,470
4.12 / Measuring cost-effectiveness and identifying key barriers and enablers of lasting behavioural change in the cane industry / Griffith University / $404,985

For all enquiries please contact:

Suzanne Long, Program Director

Email:

Ph: 07 4050 7400

MARINE BIODIVERSITY HUB

Project ID / Project title / Lead organisation / NESP funding
A13 / Estimation of population abundance and mixing of ‘Southern’ Right Whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions / CSIRO / $200,758
E1 / Guidelines for analysis of cumulative impacts and risks to the Great Barrier Reef / CSIRO / $350,000
E2 / Characterising anthropogenic underwater noise to improve understanding and management of acoustic impacts to marine wildlife / CSIRO / $401,855
E4 / Recreational fishing in Commonwealth waters / CSIRO / $153,883
E5 / The role of restoration in conserving matters of national environmental significance (MNES) / James Cook University / $171,750

For all enquiries please contact:

Paul Hedge, Deputy Director and Knowledge Broker

Email:

Ph: 03 6232 5023

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