Biodiversity Research and Monitoring Forum in The City of Melbourne
Members of the ICS research group recently attended The Biodiversity Research and Monitoring Forum held by The City of Melbourne – a day of discussions about biodiversity research in the urban area of Melbourne. It was a fantastic day to meet practitioners, decision makers and researchers working in Melbourne. Three members of ICS spoke about […]
Wildlife gardening for conservation in cities
by Laura Mumaw In this article we explore how the Knox Gardens for Wildlife program, a collaboration between a municipality (Knox City Council) and community group (Knox Environment Society) in greater Melbourne involves residents in gardening to help conserve indigenous biodiversity. We used semi-structured interviews and Council survey data to identify key program features that […]
PhD opportunity – Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being
Interested in joining our research group and working on an exciting interdisciplinary project as part of your PhD? Here is a great opportunity!
New ARC-Linkage Project: Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being
The health and well-being of urban residents is intrinsically linked to green spaces and their biodiversity. Yet little is known about the mechanisms through which green space design delivers biodiversity and human well-being benefits. Through our recently funded Australian Research Council – Linkage Project ‘Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being’ (LP160100324) we aim to […]
The Little Things that Run the City
How many insect species live in your city? How are they distributed amongst the city’s green spaces? What are the ecological processes they perform and ecosystem services they deliver? What are their most frequent ecological interactions? The Little Things that Run the City is a project that aims to address these and other questions within […]
The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities
Planning for biodiversity at the urban-rural fringe – Reimagining the suburb
We invite you to click-on the image and enjoy A/Prof Sarah Bekessy’s plenary talk ‘Planning for biodiversity at the urban-rural fringe – Reimagining the suburb’ giving at the 6th Biodiversity across the borders conference – Biodiversity in rural landscapes (Ballarat 2015).
Conserving insect assemblages in urban landscapes: accounting for species-specific responses and imperfect detection
A values-based approach to urban nature research
Chris Ives has just essay posted on The Nature of Cities website: “Start with people. Adopting a values-based approach to understanding urban ecological systems will challenge how land use and environmental management decisions are typically made. Rather than fitting the importance of urban nature into current paradigms of decision-making (often based on economic values and balancing […]
