Title: Applied Ecology
1Applied Ecology
- Putting Ecology to Work in Natural Resource
Management
2Goals
Research
Improved understanding of ecology as a basis for
decision-making in natural resource management
3Research Indicators
4Goals
Postgraduate Education
Full integration of postgraduate programs with
research and consultancy activities
5Postgrad Indicators
6Goals
Make a Difference
Add real value to resource management agencies,
via contract research, influencing views on best
practice, contributing to the knowledge base and
frameworks in support of effective
decision-making
7Making a Difference
Influence policy and decision-making on a broad
range of fronts
- Environment Advisory Committee
- Nature Conservation and Namadgi Sub-committee
- Rural Conservation Trust
- Flora and Fauna Committee
- State of Environment Reporting
- Endangered Species Recovery Teams
- Agriculture, wildlife and fisheries advisory
panels - IUCN Specialist Groups
- World Commission on Protected Areas
8Modus Operandi
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- Committed to broad enquiry, but with a sharp eye
out for downstream applications
9StrategicResearch
- Native Grassland distribution and composition
Williams and Sharp - Diet of the Striped Legless Lizard Georges,
Osborne and Nunan - Ecology and distribution of the earless dragon
Osborne, Langston, Button and Kelly - Distribution of the pink-tailed legless lizard
Osborne, Williams and Jones - Germination of native grasses Williams and
Reyenga - Tree-native pasture interactions Williams,
Rehwinkel, Wallace, Katjiua
10StrategicResearch
ACT PALM
Reputation
- Wildlife Survey Techniques for Ecological
Assessment - Conservation Strategies for each of Forest,
Woodland, Grassland, Riverine, and Riparian
Ecosystems
11StrategicResearch
ACT PALM
Reputation
- Principles and strategic options for native
grasslands and threatened fauna in Gungahlin -
ACT PCSdata
ACT PALMproblem
AERGanalysis
12StrategicResearch
ACTEW
Reputation
- Conservation of the endangered pink-tailed
legless lizard with special reference to Lower
Molonglo -
ACT PCSmanagement
ACTEWproblem
AERGscience
13StrategicResearch
ACT PALM
Environment ACT
ACTEW
Contract research and consultancy, influencing
best practice, supporting effective
decision-making
Reputation
Adding real value to natural resource management
14Key elements
- Commitment to broad enquiry as a foundation for
application - Multi-disciplinary base
- Outward-looking ethos
- Integration of postgraduates at all levels
15Postgraduates
- Sarah Sharp -- Grasslands Officer, Environment
ACT - Rainer Rehwinkel -- Grasslands Officer, NSW NPWS
- Art Langston -- Experimental Scientist with CSIRO
Wildlife and Ecology - Simon Holloway -- Project Officer with AGRECON
- Penny Reyenga -- Research Officer, BRS
- Wayne Robinson -- Lecturer in Biostatistics,
Charles Sturt University - Sandra Jones -- Lecturer in Wildlife Biology,
University of Melbourne - Mutjinde Katjiua -- Lecturer in Rangelands
Management, University of Namibia - Donna Nunan -- PhD Candidate, Australian National
University
16Key elements
- Commitment to broad enquiry as a foundation for
application - Multi-disciplinary base
- Outward-looking ethos
- Integration of postgraduates at all levels
- Reputation for delivering knowledge in the
context of immediate application
17Other examples
- Population modelling on-ground management of
vertebrate pests - Trace metals managing estuaries
- Fluvial processes managing freshwaters
- TSD in reptiles setting environmental flows
18Challenges
Research
- Build our research profile while maintaining a
balance between research of strategic value and
research linked to immediate application.
19Challenges
Application
- Be more proactive in finding opportunities to
capitalise on the new knowledge we generate and
on our expertise.
20Challenges
Partnerships
- Strengthen strategic alliances with other
organisations and individuals with complementary
facilities and capacity.
21Challenges
Education
- Broaden the experience of postgraduate research
students to include exposure to a range of
perspectives and research cultures.
22Challenges
Reputation
- Actively promote our capabilities and
achievements as a multidisciplinary research
group to increase the opportunities placed
before us.
23Challenges
Autonomy
- Strengthen our position as a well-funded centre,
to achieve a higher level of autonomy in both
research and postgraduate education.
24StrategicResearch
Environment ACT
Reputation
- Specific advice on the very fast train proposal
and Canberra airport. - Recovery planning for endangered grassland
species. - Advice on policy formulation through advisory
bodies. -