Postdoctoral research opportunity: biodiversity offsetting
Fri, 18 Mar 2016An exciting opportunity to join the Threatened Species Recovery Hub and work towards improving the outcomes of Australia's threatened species and ecological
communities.
Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, within Assoc Prof Martine Maron's
research team. The Research Fellow will also collaborate with researchers across The University of Queensland and at other universities, and work closely
with government departments to provide research that informs better offset policy.
The role involve specific outcome-oriented research focusing on cost effective biodiversity offsetting.
Applications close 31 March 2016. Click here for more information.
Photo: Brigalow, Acacia harpophylla (Margaret Donald, Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0).
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Banning savannah cats in Australia was good science
Wed, 23 Oct 2019In 2008, the Australian Government banned the importation of savannah cats to Australia, and that was a very good thing, according to a new scientific study by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub.
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Wineries for ringtails
Tue, 08 Oct 2019Properties in the Margaret River region have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to conserving the Critically Endangered Western Ringtail Possum. People don’t often think of possums as needing our help, but there are actually less western ringtail possums in the world than Bengal tigers.
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Indigenous action vital for Australia’s threatened species
Wed, 04 Sep 2019It is Threatened Species Day on 7 September. If you are a threatened species in Australia, chances are you are on Indigenous-managed land, as it is the last stronghold for many species which have been lost from the wider landscape .
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Native birds in South-eastern Australia worst affected by habitat loss
Tue, 03 Sep 2019New research has found that habitat loss is a major concern for hundreds of Australian bird species, and south-eastern Australia has been the worst affected. The Threatened Species Recovery Hub study found that half of all native bird species have each lost almost two-thirds of their natural habitat across Victoria, parts of South Australia and New South Wales.
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A Martu method for monitoring mankarr (greater bilby)
Tue, 20 Aug 2019Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ) Rangers in the Martu Determination have collaborated with Threatened Species Recovery Hub scientists to design a monitoring program for mankarr (the greater bilby). Martu people identified priorities for the bilby monitoring program, then worked with Dr Anja Skroblin from The University of Melbourne to co-develop a monitoring method which brings together Martu knowledge and practice with Western conservation science.
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