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| Greater Blue Mountains |
| Managing for Ecosystem Change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area |
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| This project is a three year research project headed by Prof. Richard Kingsford and involving eight other Chief Investigators from three universities and two government departments. The project has been primarily driven by the UNSW and the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute and is managed by Dr Daniel Ramp. |
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| We have entered Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, this time human-driven. Protected areas are a major preventative option. Our research identifies the conservation importance and spatial impacts of anthropogenic drivers (frequent fires, climate change and invasive species) on biodiversity in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA). We test the effectiveness of the current reserve for biodiversity conservation and determine how to best manage at different spatial scales. The research will deliver conservation policy and management options through analysis of trends and development of spatially-explicit models within an adaptive environmental management framework, including a required monitoring programme for this important area. |
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