The world is changing rapidly across social, cultural, economic, technological and ecological dimensions, often with a scientific underpinning or driver. The need exists to anticipate emerging or novel issues, explore their implications, and catalyse broad-based thinking and action to address them.
Conservation Research initiates, leads and contributes to Environment-wide exploration, analysis and thinking on high-priority emerging issues such as:
- reconceptualising conservation goals and approaches in light of climate change
- exploring appropriate models and mechanisms for integrating Indigenous knowledge and formal science in informing conservation and management
- advancing understanding of urban ecology and threats and opportunities of urbanisation for conservation