Nine new projects for landscape resilience

3 July 2023

Nine new hub research projects are kicking off, which will see the Resilient Landscapes Hub make real-world impacts on improving the management and resilience of Australia’s outstanding natural resources.

With our third research plan now underway, the hub has a critical mass of active research projects that will deliver impactful outcomes for Australia’s landscapes and biodiversity.

Our latest research plan – developed in collaboration with research users and other co-contributors – is informed by the objectives, targets, priority species and priority places of the Australian Government’s Threatened species action plan 2022–2032. Projects in this plan will also support major new on-ground initiatives focused on grassy weed management, urban river and catchment restoration, and the expansion of the Indigenous ranger program.

Our new projects are:

Victorian grassland earless dragon

The Victorian grassland earless dragon was recently rediscovered after more than 50 years. A new hub project is training detection dogs to find them. Photo: Peter Robertson, Wildlife Profiles Pty Ltd.

Researchers involved

  • Natalie Rossiter-Rachor

    Key Researcher

    Charles Darwin University

  • Samantha Setterfield

    Research Executive Committee and Western Node Leader

    The University of Western Australia

  • Mark Kennard

    Research Executive Committee and Eastern Node Leader

    Griffith University

  • David Pannell

    Key Researcher

    The University of Western Australia

  • Nick Bond

    Key Researcher

    La Trobe University

  • Stephen van Leeuwen

    Deputy Hub Leader and Senior Indigenous Facilitator

    Curtin University

  • Vanessa Adams

    Research Executive Committee and Southern Node Leader

    University of Tasmania

  • Kerrie Wilson

    Key Researcher

    QUT

  • Matt Hayward

    Research Executive Committee and Key Researcher

    University of Newcastle

  • Darren Southwell

    Project team member

    University of Newcastle

  • Lin Schwarzkopf

    Key Researcher

    James Cook University

  • Paul Roe

    Key Researcher

    QUT

  • Caroline Canham

    Project team member

    The University of Western Australia

  • Fi Freestone

    Project team member

    The University of Western Australia

  • Leah Beesley

    Key researcher

    The University of Western Australia

  • Michael Douglas

    Hub Leader

    The University of Western Australia

  • Andrea Griffin

    Project team member

    University of Newcastle

  • Chuanji Yong

    Project team member

    The University of Western Australia

  • Claire Emmerson

    Project team member

    QUT

  • Rachael Gallagher

    Key Researcher

    Western Sydney University

  • Sue Jackson

    Key Researcher

    Griffith University

  • Jennifer Firn

    Research Executive Committee and Key Researcher

    Queensland University of Technology

  • Paul Reich

    Key Researcher

    DEECA (Victorian Government)

  • Nik Callow

    Key Researcher

    The University of Western Australia

  • Rachel Paltridge

    Key researcher and research co-design facilitator

    Indigenous Desert Alliance

  • Chris Hartnett

    Key researcher

    Zoos Victoria

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