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The School for Environmental Research (SER) undertakes integrated biophysical, social and economic research with a focus on tropical and desert environments in Northern Australia and in similar climatic regions globally, with emphasis on South East Asia. SER aims to balance conservation and development outcomes, thereby enhancing human well-being through responsible natural resource management.
The school has three inter-related themes:
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Can you help? The Social Values of Threatened Birds project seeks several volunteers in cities and rural areas around Australia to help with a number of small projects looking at ways values are expressed and how they might be measured. One example is to identify which bird species appear on stamps, street signs and in figures of speech.
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Bush Break-up Leads to Trend In Blue Genes Destruction of the natural landscape caused by land clearing and urban development poses a serious risk to the conservation of butterfly species according to a recent study. The study, co-authored by Research Fellow, Dr Neil Collier and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Clive McMahon from the School for Environmental Research at Charles Darwin University, examined the genetic make-up of populations of butterflies in a range of coastal landscapes in South Australia. |
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SER Seminar: A paradigm shift for the restoration of the inhabited highlands of Galapagos School for Environmental Research Adjunct, Dr Mark Gardener, Director of Terrestrial Science at the Charles Darwin Foundation will present an SER Seminar on Friday 26 March discussing the fortunes of the Galapagos ecosystem and how it has waned and waxed since Darwin's visit. The seminar will being at 1:00 in building Blue.1.1.1 on the Casuarina Campus. |
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An International Focus on Climate Change and Sustain ability Two significant collaborations between the SER, CDU and our research partners have resulted in the launch of two new international book titles. CDU Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover launched “Prepare for Impact: When people and the environment collide” and “RIMBA: Sustainable forest livelihoods in Malaysia and Australia” on Monday, 22 February 2010.
Listen: Interview with authors, Gill Ainsworth and Dr Natasha Stacey (courtesy Territory FM). To purchase a copy of RIMBA, contact Gill Ainsworth. Prepare for Impact is available through CDU Press. |
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SER researchers dominate inaugural issue of Methods in Ecology and Evolution A collaborative research paper involving two leading SER researchers, Dr. Clive McMahon and Dr. Neil Collier, features in the inaugural issue of Methods in Ecology and Evolution. The researchers devised an innovative model for the strategic management of invasive ungulates (pigs, swamp buffalo and horses) in the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park, Northern Australia. The journal cover features an image of Asian swamp buffalo, Bubalis bubalis, taken near Bulman in the NT, by SER’s Communications Officer, Jesse Northfield. |
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New Honours OpportunityAn exciting new Honours opportunity has just been announced within the School for Environmental Research. Based within the TRaCK Hub, the successful student will study the ecological role of the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium sp.). |
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What's been happening at SERIn this edition we look at SER's work with the Hawksbill Turtle on Groote Eylandt, examine the future of pastoral land in the Northern Territory, take a trip to the Galapagos and much more. |
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