Targeting deep rather than shallow leverage points to impact more deeply in complex systems, particularly focusing on change in food and energy systems.

Analysing data from plant surveys and a controlled field experiment to improve our understanding of threats to native forbs.

The largest number of people exposed to annual floods globally is in India, and the flood-related economic damage and deaths in India are rising.

Identifying and critically analysing international water rights regimes, in order to develop an Australian legal framework for Indigenous water rights in economic, cultural and tenure-based water use.

The changing climate compounded with the growing population poses a food security challenge for Malawi.

Showcasing the interaction between law, space and CSG and the value of history in tempering heated CSG discussions.

This research investigates policy responses to deforestation and uses an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate the outcomes, opportunities and risks presented by conservation policies in Australia.

Collaborative consumption businesses offer an alternative to conventional consumption, by providing shared access to goods, or by offering a service to replace the need for material goods.

Results from a 7-year paired catchment hydrological study on the effects of timber harvesting on the south coast of NSW.

This presentation looks at large goannas in an ACT context, focusing on a project that recorded key activities of the monitors on Mt Ainslie in central Canberra.

Digitised Australian newspaper records of locust occurrence allow a more complete reconstruction of historic plagues and a new interpretation of the species involved and reasons for their changing incidence.

The importance of developing and validating allometric equations; non-destructive sampling of tree biomass using Terrestrial Laser Scanner and feasible lidar-based monitoring system for vast area of tropical forests.

An ANU Urban Network initiative in association with Future Earth Australia to foster multi-disciplinary conversation on cross-species cohabitation in our cities, towns and suburbs.

Crucial differences in the hydrogeology of key tributaries to the Goulburn River and their relative influence on surface and groundwater hydrochemistry.

This research identified the various factors that influence cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation on farms.

Combining genetic variation from some locations in Cape York Peninsula with variation in socially learned ‘cultural’ behaviour among all Palm cockatoos populations.

This research integrates qualitative and quantitative research to understand interactions between industrial port development, social wellbeing and degradation of aquatic habitats.

This seminar presents the findings of my PhD research on Antarctic tourism—how it emerged and what it reveals about our relationship with the frozen continent.

This Fenner forum will outline some of the many ways that Fenner researchers are using genetic tools to understand the diversity and distribution of life.

This seminar presents the findings of a thousand days spent in the forest in pursuit of fungi and fungus-seeking folk.

The application of statistical science in the study of interrelationships between fauna and environments undergoing change in landscape ecology.

learning how wildlife responds to residential development at the urban/woodland edge and what we need to do to maintain urban biodiversity over time.

How various actors interpret, define and practice corruption at different stages of timber trade chain from the Tarai forests of Nepal.

Overview of the human ecology of small-scale fisheries, illustrating with examples from South America and focusing on some of the aspects that surrounds their food security.

Human influences on observed extreme climate events, using examples from Australia occurring in recent years.

Achieving growth in a more climate-resilient, resource-efficient and low-carbon manner.

The newly released book, Protected Area Governance and Management (ANU Press, 2015), outlines who are the carers, the defenders and the guides for these natural wonders, as well as the special skills and knowledge they need to do their work. 

Christiana Figueres was in Australia to meet with the Australian government to talk about the upcoming climate change conference at the end of the year in Paris.

African Lions (Panthera leo) are an integral aspect of natural ecosystems in Africa and provide income and ecosystem services to many human communities.

Droughts and floods are characteristic of Australia, but continue to be treated as exceptional events. Predictions are that the frequency and severity of these hydrological extremes will increase and may be compounded by meteorological extremes, such as heat waves.