Cathy Robinson
Key Researcher
CSIRO
Project start date: 01/07/2021
Project end date: 30/06/2027
NESP funding: $750,000 (GST exclusive)
Australia faces many significant pressures that lead to the degradation of our ecosystems and the decline of our biodiversity, including our threatened flora and fauna. Appropriate monitoring approaches are required to provide baseline data and identify ongoing trends.
Monitoring of environmental conditions and trends underpins policy and operational decision-making. Historically, monitoring required input by specialised personnel, making it costly and highly targeted.
Emerging technologies are increasing opportunities for remote or passive monitoring and the recruitment of non-specialist input, including citizen science. However, the use of new technologies creates new challenges for the management of large volumes of monitoring data.
This project explores the application of new technologies to understand how to prioritise different monitoring tools and approaches, and integrate monitoring into broader management systems. The project also contributes to the development of new standards for environmental monitoring.
The project is moving into the synthesis phase, which will produce outputs on nationally consistent monitoring of land-management investment, emerging approaches for biodiversity monitoring, and condition monitoring for priority places.
Key research areas
Report
November 2024
Resilient Landscapes Hub 2023 Annual Progress Report
Report
April 2024
Digital Woman Ranger Program (impact report)
(2024) Digital Women Ranger Program: Learning digital skills to care for country together. Report.
Scientific Paper
November 2023 | Open Access
Place-based data justice practices for collaborative conservation research: a critical review
Robinson CJ, Urzedo D, Macdonald JM, Ligtermoet E, Penton CE, Lourie H and Hoskins A (2023) 'Place-based data justice practices for collaborative conservation research: a critical review', Biological Conservation, 288:110346, doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110346.
Report
June 2023
Resilient Landscapes Hub 2022 Annual Progress Report
Video
March 2023
Indigenous digital women rangers (video)
Report
August 2022
A digital futures roadmap for Northern Australia’s Indigenous land and sea managers (report)
Robinson CJ, Archer R, Dickens T, Coates J, Perry J and Douglas M (2022) Indigenous digital futures roadmap for northern Australia’s Indigenous land and sea managers. Workshop report.
Other
July 2022
Resilient Landscapes Hub 2021 Annual Progress Report
Project leader
This project is being led by Dr Cathy Robinson from CSIRO, Dr Chris Chilcott from CSIRO, Professor Samantha Setterfield from The University of Western Australia, Professor Matt Hayward from The University of Newcastle, and Professor Vanessa Adams from The University of Tasmania.
Contact
For further information, contact catherine.robinson@csiro.au or nesplandscapes@uwa.edu.au.
Examples of potential research users
This list will be developed further through the co-design process.
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CSIRO
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DBCA (WA Government)
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DBCA (WA Government)
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Flinders University
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Griffith University
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Griffith University
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James Cook University
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James Cook University
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La Trobe University
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DPI (NSW Government)
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DESI (Queensland Government)
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QUT
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DEPWS (Northern Territory Government)
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University of Newcastle
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University of Queensland
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University of Tasmania
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The University of Western Australia
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DEECA (Victorian Government)
