Threatened Species Recovery Hub - Approved Projects

1.1

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

University of Queensland; 
Charles Darwin University

$1,061,437

1.1.1

Responses of mammal fauna and cats to fire management in Kakadu

Charles Darwin University

$0

1.1.2

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

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University

$497,039

1.1.4

Securing the kowari in South Australia

University of Sydney

$121,183

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

$53,000

1.1.8

Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) to protect threatened species and restore habitat

University of Tasmania

$205,713

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

University of Queensland

$180,000

1.1.12

Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat

Charles Darwin University

$243,248

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

$67,001

1.2.1.7

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

Australian National University

$74,460

1.2.2

Adaptive Management of Endangered Buloke Woodlands

University of Melbourne

$186,500

1.2.3

Threat management prioritization to support alpine peatland recovery

Monash University

$84,536

1.2.4

Ecosystem Accounts in Box Gum Grassy Woodlands threatened ecological community

Australian National University

$242,505

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

$628,514

1.3.3

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

University of Queensland

$55,600

1.3.4

Contrasting the outcomes of 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

University of Melbourne

$232,401

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

$292,228

2.2

Tackling threats to endangered hollow nesting birds in Tasmania

The Australian National University

$623,174

2.3

Enhancing conservation outcomes for Christmas Island

University of Queensland;
Charles Darwin University

$568,245

2.3.3

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

University of Queensland

$42,500

2.3.6

Research and management priorities for Christmas Island Frigate birds

Charles Darwin University

$13,422

2.4

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

University of Queensland

$412,855

2.4.1

Development of a national action plan for Australian Eucalypts

University of Queensland

$40,000

2.5

Securing 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

University of Queensland

$927,795

3.2

Action evaluation and on-ground monitoring of threatened species

The Australian National University

$1,055,213

3.2.2.1

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

Australian National University

$554,748

3.2.2.2

Monitoring threatened species in IPAs:  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

$45,000

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

University of Melbourne

$302,707

3.2.6

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

University of Queensland

$387,039

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

University of Melbourne

$40,000

3.3

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

The Australian National University

$974,728

3.3.2

Adaptive management for threatened mammals in Victorian Central Highlands

Australian National University

$474,359

3.3.5

Malleefowl Adaptive Management Experiment

University of Melbourne

$100,787

3.3.6

Adaptive reintroduction strategies for the critically endangered northern corroboree frog

Australian National University

$298,581

3.3.7

Mitigating and Managing Barriers to Fish Passage and Improving River Connectivity

University of Queensland

$416,671

4.1

Translocation, reintroduction and conservation fencing for threatened fauna

The University of Western Australia; and University of Queensland

$1,403,066

4.1.5

Decisions for ex situ management of threatened species

University of Queensland

$96,193

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

$176,784

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 project

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

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

$12,000

4.2.4

Saving threatened plants on Norfolk Island

University of Queensland

$0

4.3

Improving threatened plant reintroduction success and species recovery

WA Dept of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

$474,466

4.4

Identifying and managing refuges from threats

University of Queensland

$401,093

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

$133,000

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

$134,500

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

University of Queensland

$76,567

5.1

Better offsets for threatened species

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

$878,472

5.1.1

Strategic planning for the Eastern Curlew

Charles Darwin University

$444,731

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

The University of Western Australia;
Charles Darwin University

$521,598

6.2

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

CSIRO;
Charles Darwin University

$488,340

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

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

$228,789

6.3.5

Targeting Australia’s highest biodiversity impact behaviours

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

$231,526

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;
The 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

$363,689

6.6

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

Charles Darwin University

$170,309

7.1

Methods for measuring uptake and outcomes from environmental research

Australia National University

$114,667

7.2

Conservation actions for Threatened Ecological Communities

University of Melbourne

$93,000

7.3

Strategic Assessment – Cross Hub Synthesis Coordination

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

$245,072

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

$301,942

7.8

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

University of Queensland

$81,321

Cross-Hub

Integrated Environmental Assessment to Inform Environmental Decisions

University of Melbourne

$65,000

7.10

Conservation decision making for island management: lessons learned

University of Queensland

$100,000

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

$102,000

8.1.2

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

University of Melbourne, Australian National University

$141,776

8.1.3

Post-fire impact assessment for priority frogs

Australian National University

$144,757

8.2.1

Indigenous aspirations and capacity for bushfire response

Charles Darwin University

$155,000

8.3.1

Fire-affected invertebrates: priority species and management response

Charles Darwin University, University of Melbourne

$176,000

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?

University of Queensland/ANU/CDU

$146,000

8.3.3

Genetic assessment of priority taxa and management priorities

Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Australian
National University

$123,959

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

Applied Aquatic Ecology, Arthur Rylah Institute; Biodiversity Division, Department 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

$51,000

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

$112,000

8.4.4

Review of faunal responses to fire and post-fire management

Australian National University

$165,989

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

Charles Darwin University; University of Melbourne

$160,000