Threatened Species Recovery Hub - Approved Projects

1.1

Developing evidence-based management tools and protocols to reduce impacts of introduced predators on threatened mammals

Also known as 'Impacts and management options for introduced predators'

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University

$1,063,629

1.1.1

Responses of mammal fauna and cats to fire management in Kakadu

Also known as 'Responses of threatened species to cats and fire management in Kakadu and northern savannas'

Charles Darwin University

$0

1.1.2

Collation, modelling and interpretation of large datasets concerning introduced predator abundance and management

Also known as 'Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data'

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University

$507,530

1.1.4

Securing the kowari in South Australia

Also known as 'The role of feral predators in disrupting small vertebrate communities in arid South Australia'

University of Sydney

$121,184

1.1.5

Feral predator ecology project: towards a 'beyond the fence' strategy

Australian Wildlife Conservancy

$185,682

1.1.6

Integrated management of feral herbivores and feral predators

University of Tasmania

$53,236

1.1.8

Livestock guardian dogs to protect threatened species and restore habitat

University of Tasmania

$203,198

1.1.10

Responses of the threatened Kangaroo Island Dunnart to cat eradication program, Kangaroo Island

Charles Darwin University

$333,178

1.1.11

Cat suppression to conserve Night Parrots

Also known as 'Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot'

University of Queensland

$183,551

1.1.12

Mitigating cat impacts on the Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat

Charles Darwin University

$256,281

1.2

Conserving critical and threatened habitats

University of Melbourne

$911,139

1.2.1.6

Enhancing habitat for the threatened Pink-tailed Worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) within critically endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland ecological communities

Australian National University

$91,509

1.2.1.7

Restoring the endangered Yass Daisy (Ammobium craspedioides) within the critically endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland ecological community

Australian National University

$79,908

1.2.2

Adaptive management of endangered Buloke Woodlands

University of Melbourne

$176,384

1.2.3

Threat management prioritization to support alpine peatland recovery

Also known as 'Supporting alpine peatland recovery by prioritising action on threats'

Monash University

$65,536

1.2.4

Ecosystem accounts in Box Gum Grassy Woodlands threatened ecological community

Australian National University

$235,951

1.2.5

Coordinated recovery planning for threatened woodlands

University of Melbourne

$42,441

1.3

Managing fire regimes with thresholds to save threatened flora and fauna

University of New South Wales

$623,163

1.3.3

Saving an endangered Bettong with fire – a controlled fire and predator experiment in the Wet Tropics

Also known as 'Fire, predators and the endangered northern Bettong'

University of Queensland

$60,600

1.3.4

Contrasting the outcomes of contemporary and traditional fire management approaches in the desert

Also known as 'Pirra Jungku: contemporary and traditional fire management approaches in the desert'

University of Queensland

$36,000

1.3.5

Managing fire to recover Monsoon Vine Thickets on the Dampier Peninsula

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University;
Environs Kimberley

$50,000

1.4

Disease and widespread faunal declines

University of Melbourne

$366,191

1.4.1

Chytrid, fish, and fragmentation: conservation of frogs, fish and crayfish achieved by managing multiple threats at a landscape level

Also known as 'Saving threatened frogs with refuges from disease, fish predation and fragmentation'

University of Melbourne

$236,255

1.4.3

Understanding and combating Myrtle Rust

University of Queensland

$170,426

1.4.4

Guidelines on how to treat Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange

University of Melbourne

$20,000

2.1

Emergency care - identifying and prioritising actions to save fauna species at acute risk of extinction

Charles Darwin University

$283,151

2.2

Tackling threats to endangered hollow nesting birds in Tasmania

Australian National University

$622,165

2.3

Enhancing conservation outcomes for Christmas Island

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University

$526,715

2.3.3

Predicting and managing the outcomes of cat control on Christmas Island biodiversity

Also known as 'Optimising the benefits of feral cat control on Christmas Island'

University of Queensland

$42,500

2.3.6

Research and management priorities for Christmas Island frigatebirds

Also known as 'Christmas Island frigatebird: workshop focusing on research and management priorities'

Charles Darwin University

$13,422

2.4

Development of a Red Hot List for Australia’s most imperilled plants

Also known as 'National Action Plan for Australia's most imperilled plants'

University of Queensland

$412,476

2.4.1

Development of a National Action Plan for Australian eucalypts

University of Queensland

$39,981

2.5

Securing the Night Parrot

Also known as 'Conservation of the Night Parrot'

University of Queensland

$98,000

2.6

Essential research to secure the Buff-breasted Button Quail

University of Queensland

$30,800

3.1

Development and interpretation of integrated reporting of trends in Australia's threatened species

Also known as 'Developing a threatened species index'

University of Queensland

$890,403

3.2

Action evaluation and on-ground monitoring of threatened species

Also known as 'Improving threatened species monitoring'

Australian National University

$1,055,301

3.2.2.1

Using reintroductions and long-term monitoring to unravel causes of decline and extinctions of threatened mammals

Also known as 'Using reintroductions to understand causes of mammal declines and extinctions at Booderee National Park'

Australian National University

$453,216

3.2.2.2

Monitoring threatened species in Indigenous Protected Areas: bilbies in the Martu Determination

University of Melbourne

$55,533

3.2.2.3

A user-friendly tool for evaluating biodiversity monitoring programs with application to Parks Australia

University of Melbourne

$51,005

3.2.5

Developing a coordinated monitoring program for threatened vertebrates, their threats and the effectiveness of management investment across arid and semi-arid Australia

Also known as 'Arid zone monitoring: surveys for vertebrates across arid and semi-arid zones'

University of Melbourne

$335,207

3.2.6

Evidence-based management protocols for recovery of multiple threatened woodland birds

University of Queensland

$479,705

3.2.7

Managing Jilas on Ngurrara country

Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation;
Charles Darwin University;
University of Queensland

$65,000

3.2.8

Bogong moth migration failure and Mountain Pygmy Possums

Also known as 'Monitoring Bogong Moth population change'

University of Melbourne

$40,000

3.3

Practical adaptive management for significantly improving threatened species conservation and recovery programs

Australian National University

$974,728

3.3.2

Adaptive management for threatened mammals in Victorian Central Highlands

Australian National University

$464,859

3.3.5

Malleefowl adaptive management experiment

Also known as 'Recovering malleefowl with adaptive management of feral predators'

University of Melbourne

$91,925

3.3.6

Adaptive reintroduction strategies for the critically endangered Northern Corroboree Frog

Australian National University

$298,810

3.3.7

Mitigating and managing barriers to fish passage and improving river connectivity

University of Queensland

$421,671

4.1

Translocation, reintroduction and conservation fencing for threatened fauna

University of Western Australia;
University of Queensland

$1,388,728

4.1.5

Decisions for ex situ management of threatened species

University of Queensland

$100,308

4.1.7

Enhancing ecosystem function by reintroductions of digging mammals

University of Western Australia

$230,202

4.1.8

Understanding genomic variation in the western ringtail possum and its application to effective conservation management

University of Western Australia

$180,296

4.1.9

Genetic analysis of the Norfolk Island Morepork and Green Parrot

Australian National University;
University of Melbourne

$34,000

4.1.11

Re-establishing critical weight range mammals in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia: reintroductions to a safe haven free of introduced predators

Australian Wildlife Conservancy

$183,959

4.1.12

Reintroduction plan to rescue the northern Eastern Bristlebird

University of Queensland

$27,489

4.2

Saving species on Australian islands

University of Queensland

$865,810

4.2.1

Threatened species and their threats on Australian islands

Also known as 'Creation and analysis of a national database of threatened species on Australian islands'

University of Queensland

$0

4.2.2

Actions for saving threatened species on "priority islands"

University of Queensland

$0

4.2.3

Post-eradication monitoring and translocation on islands

University of Queensland

$0

4.2.3.4

Detecting cryptic burrowing petrel recovery post-eradication in a remote landscape

University of Queensland

$12,024

4.2.4

Saving threatened plants on Norfolk Island

University of Queensland

$0

4.3

Improving threatened plant reintroduction success and species recovery

Also known as 'Threatened plant translocations'

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia

$474,466

4.4

Identifying and managing refuges from threats

University of Queensland

$399,661

4.4.7

Identifying opportunities for the conservation of threatened birds in Murray-Darling Basin wetland and floodplain habitat

University of Melbourne

$94,177

4.4.8

Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the Greater Glider

University of Melbourne

$120,800

4.4.9

Targeting predator control in space and time

University of Queensland

$0

4.4.10

Modelling distributions of species under environmental change

University of Melbourne

$122,685

4.4.11

Using detection dog techniques to conserve Queensland’s endangered montane species

University of Queensland

$60,000

4.4.12

Synthesise the latest knowledge base on koalas

Also known as 'A national approach to the integration of koala spatial data to inform conservation planning'

University of Queensland

$66,334

5.1

Better offsets for threatened species

University of Queensland;
University of Western Australia;
University of Melbourne

$897,276

5.1.1

Strategic planning for the Eastern Curlew

Charles Darwin University

$482,077

5.2

Improving threatened species assessments and evaluating conservation policy options for data-challenged species

Charles Darwin University

$180,200

6.1

Quantifying benefits of threatened-species management in rural and regional economies

Also known as 'The economics of threatened species management'

University of Western Australia;
Charles Darwin University

$515,972

6.2

Collaborations with, and participation of, Indigenous people in threatened species research and management

CSIRO;
Charles Darwin University

$462,687

6.3

Identifying better methods for communication and community buy-in to threatened species conservation

RMIT University

$495,394

6.3.4

Iconic species in schools

RMIT University

$104,745

6.3.5

Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours

RMIT University

$234,543

6.3.6

Prioritising conservation efforts and communicating conservation opportunities in urban areas

University of Melbourne

$19,681

6.4

Learning from success and failure in threatened species conservation

Charles Darwin University;
Australian National University

$103,220

6.5

The role of citizen science in threatened species conservation and in building greater community support for threatened species management: phase 2

University of Queensland

$353,000

6.6

Key factors for effective partner integration and governance for threatened species recovery

Charles Darwin University

$152,907

7.1

Methods for measuring uptake and outcomes from environmental research

Australia National University

$105,221

7.2

Conservation actions for threatened ecological communities

University of Melbourne

$92,838

7.3

Strategic assessment – Cross-hub synthesis coordination

Also known as 'Assessing biodiversity and cultural values for single-site and multi-property development proposals in northern Australia'

University of Queensland

$135,396

7.4

Cat impacts and management:  knowledge exchange for stakeholders

University of Queensland

$140,528

7.5

National monitoring priorities, process and prospectus for threatened species

University of Queensland

$253,411

7.6

Managing impacts of feral and over-abundant herbivores on threatened species and ecological communities

University of Melbourne

$114,500

7.7

Overlaying threat, threatened species ranges, threat mitigation and conservation options – a knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction

University of Queensland

$416,942

7.8

Translating research findings on offsets and strategic planning to underpin continuous improvement in policy and practice

University of Queensland

$81,321

7.10

Conservation decision making for island management: lessons learned

University of Queensland

$125,000

8.1.1

Designing rapid on-ground reconnaissance surveys for post natural disaster (fire) to assess the status of species, ecological communities, habitats and threats

University of Melbourne

$129,000

8.1.2

Design for postfire impact monitoring, including synthesis of current monitoring projects

University of Melbourne;
Australian National University

$202,159

8.1.3

Post-fire impact assessment for priority frogs

Australian National University

$148,133

8.2.1

Indigenous aspirations and capacity for bushfire response

Charles Darwin University

$117,400

8.3.1

Fire-affected invertebrates: priority species and management response

Charles Darwin University;
University of Melbourne

$179,881

8.3.2

Variation in the population response to fires across the distributions of priority vertebrate species – where are impacts greatest, and what management actions will support recovery?

Also known as 'Effect of fire severity on the response of populations of priority wildlife species'

University of Queensland;
Australian National University;
Charles Darwin University

$147,918

8.3.3

Genetic assessment of priority taxa and management priorities

Australian National University

$118,959

8.3.4

Estimating wildlife mortality during the 2019-20 bushfire season

Charles Sturt University;
University of Sydney;
University of Queensland

$67,650

8.3.5

Fire and Rust - the impact of myrtle rust on fire regeneration

University of Queensland

$110,000

8.3.6

Collation of summary of 2019-20 bushfire impacts and emergency responses on freshwater fish

Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning, Victoria

$33,600

8.3.7

Impacts of post-fire ash and runoff sediment on physiological tolerances of Australian freshwater aquatic fauna

University of Queensland

$35,000

8.3.8

Survival and recovery of threatened animal species in fire-affected World Heritage Areas (Gondwana Rainforests focus)

University of Queensland

$60,000

8.4.1

Changes in feral cat density across time-since-fire and fire location, Kangaroo Island

Charles Darwin University

$42,031

8.4.2

Fire-related risks and conservation strategies to ecological communities

University of New South Wales

$122,000

8.4.3

Managing impacts of feral herbivores on threatened species and ecological communities: charting risk and opportunity following regional-scale wildfire

University of Melbourne

$130,000

8.4.4

Review of faunal responses to fire and post-fire management

Australian National University

$149,750

8.4.5

Better managing fire and their impacts for koala conservation

University of Queensland

$60,000

8.5.1

Improving rapid bushfire response for conservation of threatened species and communities

Also known as 'Protecting threatened species and communities during wildfires: Learning from the 2019–20 fires'

Charles Darwin University;
University of Melbourne

$158,933

Cross-hub

Integrated environmental assessment to inform environmental decisions

University of Melbourne

$105,000