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Readying Australia’s Nature Repair Market for Nature Positive Investments
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) recently published the ‘Review of the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Pilots to inform the Nature Repair Market‘ report. The report was co-authored by Marsden Jacob, Prof John Rolfe and Environment Institute’s Associate Prof Patrick O’Connor. The Nature Repair Market rewards landholders for taking care of […]
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EVENT: Unleashing the power of trees for healthier communities
The Environment Institute and Green Adelaide are thrilled to be hosting a Public Lecture by Jon Dee. The evening will be an exciting event focused on harnessing the incredible potential of trees to create healthier communities followed by an engaging Q&A panel discussion. Trees are continuously undervalued in urban environments. Trees support community wellbeing, increase […]
Invasive alien species a major threat to nature, people
A new international report, co-authored by Dr Phill Cassey from the University of Adelaide, has found that the number of alien species has been rising continuously for centuries in all regions, but are now increasing at unprecedented rates. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’s (IPBES) Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their […]
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Endangered bats’ ruling roost discovered in Fiji
A cave containing thousands of endangered Pacific Sheath-tailed bats has been discovered on Vanua Balavu, an island on the remote Lau archipelago in Fiji. It was previously thought the Pacific Sheath-tailed bat population numbered in the hundreds, but the joint expedition involving the University of Adelaide, the Australian Museum Research Institute, and Conservation International found […]
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Meet the Environment Institute’s Inaugural Future Making Fellow
The Environment Institute recently welcomed its first Future Making Fellow, Dr Thu Thuy Pham. Find out more about her research and what she hopes to achieve from her time at the University of Adelaide. Tell us a bit about your background and where your passion for climate change research came from? I am a political/social […]
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New platform to energise citizen science
The University of Adelaide will adapt and deploy the globally proven citizen science platform SciStarter in Australia, courtesy of a $160,000 grant from the South Australian Government’s Citizen Science Fund. Citizen scientists taking part in the EchidnaCSI program on Kangaroo Island. Credit: Mike McKelvey. Founded in the United States over a decade ago, SciStarter connects […]
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PhD Opportunity: Heat Stress in Flying foxes: Behavioural Ecology and Mitigation
A fantastic PhD opportunity exists in the University of Adelaide Bat One Health Research Group for a candiate passionate about the conservation management of threatened species who loves working in the field and sometimes in challenging conditions. Do you have good analytical skills, a great sense of humour and who is a team player? This might […]
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ARC Future Fellowship success for Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Tyler
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jonathan Tyler, one of eight University of Adelaide University Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship recipients recently announced. His Future Fellowship will look at past trends and future risk of climate extremes in southern Australia. Prolonged droughts and periods of heightened flood and fire risk present a major challenge for Australia’s society […]
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National Science Week: What is the value of the urban forest?
Are you looking for a fun event during National Science Week? Environment Institute is excited to be supporting a fun and informative workshop on the value of trees. Come along to an interactive workshop that will help the community understand the value of trees, particularly in urban settings by encouraging participants to consider what makes […]
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Possingham Supplementary Scholarship receipient announced
Congratulations to Charlotte Lassaline on receiving the Possingham Supplementary Scholarship. Australia’s natural environment is under extreme anthropogenic pressure. Along with the unprecedented effects of habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change, Australian biodiversity and natural resources are threatened by the harvesting, exploitation, and commercial exchange of wildlife (i.e., wildlife trade). Wildlife trade leads to the overexploitation of […]
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