Biodiversity, Landscapes and Ecosystem Stewardship

Our strength is in our diversity. One of the great things about science is that we get to ask questions of fundamental importance to the future of life of Earth as we know it. Questions like how can we develop a smaller footprint upon the planet and leave room and resources for the rest of nature, or how western civilisation can become more socially equitable, ecologically just and economically sustainable so that all peoples, including unborn generations, can live with dignity free from injustice, environmental degradation and economic hardship.

• seeing green: sales pitches for conserving native biodiversity that connect with farmers
• monitoring, evaluation and improvement of on-ground investments in revegetation and natural resource management
• biophysical and socio-economic impacts of wild canid management in wilderness and farming regions
• nature and value of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
• relationship between invasive native scrub (INS), soil erosion and soil health
• state-and-transition models for threatened ecological communities
• role of the visual and performing arts in influencing environmental attitudes
• restoring weed-infested hardwood plantations for biodiversity conservation
• impact of feral horses in temperate and subtropical wilderness
• profitable biodiverse wool production systems
• cotton growers as ecosystem stewards
• river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) dieback on inland floodplains
• rapid biodiversity assessment methods
• coolibah recruitment after flooding and environmental water management
• managing INS in the endangered ecological community of coolibah – black box woodland
• plant biodiversity in grazed pastures
• economic valuation of ecosystem services at catchment and farm scale
• plant conservation strategies in arid New South Wales: what works?

Inquiries from potential postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers are always welcome.

Professor Nick Reid
Ecosystem Management
School of Environmental and Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale, New South Wales, 2351
Australia
Ph: +61 2 6773 2759
Fax: +61 2 6773 2769
Email: nrei3@une.edu.au

Plant diversity
response to organic farming and heterogeneity (video)

Methods to Manage Mistletoe (booklet available from Southern New England Landcare)

Nature and Farming (book available from CSIRO Publishing)

• Review in New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
• Review in Rangelands
• Review in Geographical Research

Profitable, biodiverse wool production systems for the Northern Tablelands (NSW)

• Project summary
• Journal paper in Extension Farming Systems Journal

Wool industry spreading tree message (story on Landline, ABC)