Planning for biodiversity and economic development on the Tiwi Islands
The proposal has two elements:
- A planning meeting on the Tiwi Islands, bringing together key stakeholders and knowledge-holders from the Tiwi Islands, the Northern Territory government and interested NGOs and philanthropic funding bodies, with the aim of developing priorities for research and funding to support it
- Funding for a research assistant to gather all available data in preparation for a larger project, and begin analyses for Tiwi decision-makers. If funded, this could develop into a new interdisciplinary research program with long-term benefit to the Tiwi people.
Industry outcome: The research program will provide a template for integrated planning on Australia’s vast Indigenous estates, where similar issues exist as on the Tiwi Islands. This project is essentially the seed for the larger envisaged program.
It will provide grounding and preparation for the larger project, by developing relationships and understanding, establishing base data and models, and seeking out funding for a long-term research program.
Faculty researchers
Collaborators
- Professor Jane Elith, School of Botany, the University of Melbourne
- Dr Emily Nicholson, Deakin University
- Dr Brett Murphy, Charles Darwin University
- Dr Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, the University of Melbourne
- Dr Kate Hadden, Tiwi Land Council
Funding
- Funded by: Tiwi Land Council and the Australian Research Council, ARC Linkage Grant.
- Grant number: LP170100305
- Funding period: 2018-2021
More information
Dr Margaret Ayre