[Aqualist] Linkage Project outcomes (2022 round 2)

[Simon Haberle]

Dear All,

The ARC have just announced the funding outcomes for the Linkage 2022 round 2 grants. Congratulations to those who have been successful.

Please see the two project that have connections to Quaternary related studies.

Online funding details can be found here
https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/247

Regards, Simon



The University of Melbourne
Dr Joe Greet; Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher; Dr Rhys Coleman
This Indigenous scientist led project aims to investigate the past and present fire, flooding and vegetation dynamics of urban billabongs through paleoenvironmental assays (sediment cores) and field surveys of vegetation, faunal and water quality responses to cultural burns and floods. In partnership with Melbourne Water and Traditional Owners, this innovative project intends to develop and combine historical and contemporary ecological and Indigenous peoples’ knowledge and apply it to better manage culturally and ecologically significant billabongs in one of Australia’s largest cities. This project expects to provide a template for effective Traditional Owner-led restoration and management of our threatened urban wetlands.
WURUNDJERI WOI WURRUNG CULTURAL HERITAGE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION; MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION
$476,460
4 years

Charles Darwin University
Professor Sarah Legge; Associate Professor Brett Murphy; Professor Sam Banks; Dr Malcolm Lindsay
This project aims to improve fire management in Australian deserts. Working with 4 Indigenous ranger teams managing >150,000 km2 of the Great Sandy Desert, the project expects to document fire patterns caused by pre-European, traditional burning practices over large environmental gradients; compare these with contemporary fire patterns; and undertake extensive fieldwork to understand how fire affects native fauna, including culturally significant species. This information will shape a template for fire management planning and evaluation that is culturally meaningful to local managers. The project should support Indigenous rangers to access sustainable funding pathways for conservation management through emerging biodiversity markets.
ENVIRONS KIMBERLEY INC; KARAJARRI TRADITIONAL LANDS ASSOCIATION (ABORIGINAL CORPORATION) RNTBC; YANUNIJARRA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC; NYANGUMARTA WARRARN ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC; DESERT SUPPORT SERVICES PTY LTD; INDIGENOUS DESERT ALLIANCE LIMITED
$741,172
4 years


Prof Simon Haberle
Director, School of Culture, History & Language
Professor of Natural History & Palaeoecology

ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
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