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Informing policy and management

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Mallee Fire and Biodiversity Project

Determining appropriate fire regimes in the Murray Mallee

Project Aim:

To identify the properties of habitat mosaics produced by fire that enhance the persistence and status of a broad range of taxonomic groups (birds, mammals, reptiles, key invertebrates and plants) in eucalypt-dominated mallee habitats.

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Assessing Biodiversity Outcomes from Waterpoint Management in the SA Arid Rangelands

This project studies the merit of waterpoint management to deliver on-ground biodiversity outcomes on cattle stations
using a mixed design approach. Key deliverables include indices of biodiversity condition and management
achievement, regional biodiver

Informing policy and management

Informing policy and management - developing Australia’s capacity to effectively manage landscape processes:
How to inform policy and institutional responses using improved knowledge and understanding of ecological systems and the natural, social and economic drivers that shape landscapes?

How to develop intelligent landscape management principles that guide competent regional planning?

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How much habitat is enough?

Planning for wildlife conservation in rural landscapes

Native animals are a distinctive part of the heritage of rural Australia. A sustainable environment is one in which the sights and sounds of Australia’s extraordinary wildlife will continue to be present and add to the quality of life for generations to

Restoring landscapes with confidence: an evaluation of the science, the methods and their on-ground application

This project documented and evaluated the contemporary approaches to landscape restoration being employed in selected regions of Australia, in cooperation with regional NRM organisations, Greening Australia, and others.

Determining appropriate fire mosaics for biodiversity conservation in mallee ecosystems

The aim of this project is to identify the properties of fire mosaics that enhance the persistence and status of a broad range of taxonomic groups (birds, mammals, reptiles, key invertebrates and plants) in Eucalypt mallee habitats in the semi-arid Murray Mallee region of south-eastern Australia.

Assessing biodiversity outcomes from waterpoint management in the arid rangelands

The aim of this project is to develop, test and refine techniques for measuring biodiversity condition and management outcomes using scientific experiments before and after waterpoint manipulations at spatial scales from site to property on two arid rangeland cattle properties.

A new ecological synthesis to improve the effectiveness of resource management and conservation research and its uptake

The overarching objective of this project is to increase the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation strategies for best practice natural resource management through the completion of a unique, innovative and powerful set of ecological syntheses based on five world-class, large-scale, landscape “natural experiments” established over the last 1 - 21 years.

Building an "InCreMent"-al research base

This project aims to significantly increase the reach of the Australian Bush Heritage’s nationwide effort (Investment in Conservation and Resource Management - "Increment") to provide tools for assessing the effectiveness of investment in the private nature conservation sector and to report results that will increase investor confidence over all nature conservation sectors.