Theme 5.0
Enhancing threatened species policy
This theme will focus on:
- Improving offsetting approaches for threatened species by evaluating the potential of strategic offsetting and novel threat abatement offsetting methods to achieve better outcomes
- Better approaches for assessing and listing threatened species in data-poor situations.
Projects
Better offsets for threatened species
5.1
This project will examine alternative strategies for achieving offset benefits for threatened species. By moving beyond traditional ‘land-based’ offsets strategies can be more cost-effective. Alternative approaches may include perpetual funds to support ongoing management of pest species, and educational signage aiming to reduce damage to beach-nesting species.
Strategic planning for the far eastern curlew
5.1.1
The far eastern curlew has experienced one of the most acute declines of any Australian shorebird species. Currently little is known about it exact feeding and roosting habitat requirements. While coastal development can negatively impact populations, it is known to use some artificial habitat for roosting. This project will provide the knowledge needed to develop strategic guidelines for far eastern curlew conservation in the context of potential development and associated offsetting.
Improving conservation assessments and policy options for poorly known species
5.2
In Australia, assessments of species’ conservation status are routinely based on information such as population size and trends, distributional extent, and threats. When a species is poorly known and these data do not exist, that species is unlikely to be assessed. It is likely that many of Australia’s poorly known species would qualify as threatened if we had the data to assess them properly.Theme Leader
Project Leaders
Project Team
Related News
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Curlew globe-trotting update
Tuesday, 04 December 2018 -
Dealing with data deficiency
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 -
Developing a policy for the unknown
Monday, 14 November 2016 -
Larrakia action for the far eastern curlew on their saltwater country
Tuesday, 20 August 2019 -
Learning from a failed biodiversity offset
Wednesday, 24 May 2017 -
Migratory shorebirds and artificial roosts
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 -
Nest box offset fails to tick the box
Tuesday, 13 February 2018 -
Recovering the far eastern curlew
Sunday, 12 March 2017 -
Saving species at the development frontier - Strategic assessment, offsets and no-net-loss
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 -
Tracking the far eastern curlew - News from Darwin and beyond
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 -
Better offsets for threatened species
Wednesday, 04 May 2016 -
No species too ugly to save
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Related Videos
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How does the far eastern curlew use Darwin Harbour?
Monday, 27 July 2020 -
Strategic planning for the far eastern curlew
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 -
Introduction to biodiversity offsetting - the basics of what biodiversity offsetting involves
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Why do we offset? – under what circumstances might be consider a biodiversity offset
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
What do we offset? – how do we describe and measure biodiversity for the purposes of offsetting
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Calculating losses and gains – how to estimate the amount of gain from an offset
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Uncertainty, time lags and multipliers – adjusting estimates of gain from an offset
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Offset rules – setting constraints and requirements to help make offsets more effective
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Spatially strategic offsets – coordinating offset actions for greater benefits
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Target based ecological compensation: an approach that aligns compensation with conservation targets
Wednesday, 02 June 2021 -
Monitoring & evaluation – tracking the performance of individual offsets and offset programs
Wednesday, 02 June 2021
Publications & Tools
Theme Partners
