RAiD https://raid.org/10.71613/c14eeca7
NESP RL Project 4.7 - Identifying biodiversity and bush-tucker hotspots for targeted management in Kakadu National Park

Dates

Start Date
01-Apr-2023
End Date
30-Jun-2027

Titles

Title
NESP RL Project 4.7 - Identifying biodiversity and bush-tucker hotspots for targeted management in Kakadu National Park
Title Type
Primary
Title Type:
Primary
Preferred full description or abstract.
Start Date
01-Apr-2023
End Date
30-Jun-2027
Language
English

Descriptions

Description

Kakadu National Park is one of the largest national parks in Australia, covering almost 20,000 square kilometres.

The effective conservation in large, protected areas like Kakadu National Park requires managers to prioritise certain areas of high conservation value for management activities.

Given Kakadu’s widespread mammal declines in recent decades, the continued threat from other priorities like grassy-weed invasions, ongoing degradation from feral animals, and pressures caused by the changing climate, prioritisations must be well-informed.

This project is gathering information on where threatened species are surviving in the landscape, where areas of high biodiversity exist, and where key locations for bush-tucker species can be found. We are developing this information into landscape-scale management tools to be used by Traditional Owners and Parks Australia staff.

With this knowledge, land-managements can focus their efforts on areas where they will have the most value for conservation and for Traditional Owners.

Key research areas

To identify areas of biodiversity and bush tucker in Kakadu National Park, this project is:

  • collating data on the locations and abundance of current species
  • using Indigenous knowledge to create data layers about significant places for bush foods
  • undertaking targeted field surveys of focal communities (including riparian zones) or under-surveyed areas to obtain data to inform models and validate model predictions
  • developing predictive species-distribution models
  • identifying significant locations for bush foods and high biodiversity and explore environmental factors contributing to spatial patterns of diversity
  • performing targeted studies on priority study species.

Pathway to impact

This project will support management in Kakadu National Park by:

  • identifying important areas for biodiversity, threatened species and bush tucker
  • combining scientific data with Bininj/Mungguy knowledge
  • informing management of fire, weeds, feral animals and climate risks
  • supporting monitoring and protection of important places.
Description Type

Primary

Description Type:

Primary

Preferred full description or abstract
Language
English

Contributors

Name Michael Douglas ORCID Logo (unauthenticated)
Contributor ID ORCID Logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-3374 (unauthenticated)
Leader
Yes
Contact
Yes
Positions
Position
Principal or Chief Investigator
Position:
Principal or Chief Investigator
Principal investigator refers to the person(s) in charge of a research project
Start Date
01-Apr-2023
End Date
---
Roles
No Entries

Organisations

Name
The University of Western Australia

Roles
Role
Lead Research Organisation
Role:
Lead Research Organisation
The research organistion administratively responsible for the project; administering organisation
Start Date
2023-04-01
End Date
---

Alternate Identifier

No Entries

Related RAiDs

Title
NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub (10.71821/ffc970c8)
Relation
IsPartOf
Relation:
IsPartOf
Relates a subproject back to its parent project

Access

Type
Open Access
Type:
Open Access
Open access refers to a resource that is immediately and permanently online, and free for all on the Web, without financial and technical barriers.The resource is either stored in the repository or referenced to an external journal or trustworthy archive.
Language
---
Text
---
Embargo Expiry
---

Subjects

No Entries

Raw Data

{
  "access": {
    "type": {
      "id": "https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/access_rights/c_abf2/",
      "schemaUri": "https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/access_rights/"
    }
  },
  "alternateIdentifier": [],
  "alternateUrl": [
    {
      "url": "https://nesplandscapes.edu.au/projects/nesp-rlh/bush-tucker/"
    }
  ],
  "contributor": [
    {
      "contact": true,
      "id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-3374",
      "leader": true,
      "position": [
        {
          "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/contributor.position.schema/307",
          "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/contributor.position.schema/305",
          "startDate": "2023-04-01"
        }
      ],
      "role": [],
      "schemaUri": "https://orcid.org/",
      "status": "AWAITING_AUTHENTICATION",
      "uuid": "7716adcb-a63f-4b1c-bdc7-0aa82f3ce474"
    }
  ],
  "date": {
    "endDate": "2027-06-30",
    "startDate": "2023-04-01"
  },
  "description": [
    {
      "language": {
        "id": "eng",
        "schemaUri": "https://www.iso.org/standard/74575.html"
      },
      "text": "Kakadu National Park is one of the largest national parks in Australia, covering almost 20,000 square kilometres.\n\nThe effective conservation in large, protected areas like Kakadu National Park requires managers to prioritise certain areas of high conservation value for management activities.\n\nGiven Kakadu’s widespread mammal declines in recent decades, the continued threat from other priorities like grassy-weed invasions, ongoing degradation from feral animals, and pressures caused by the changing climate, prioritisations must be well-informed.\n\nThis project is gathering information on where threatened species are surviving in the landscape, where areas of high biodiversity exist, and where key locations for bush-tucker species can be found. We are developing this information into landscape-scale management tools to be used by Traditional Owners and Parks Australia staff.\n\nWith this knowledge, land-managements can focus their efforts on areas where they will have the most value for conservation and for Traditional Owners.\n\n### Key research areas\nTo identify areas of biodiversity and bush tucker in Kakadu National Park, this project is:\n* collating data on the locations and abundance of current species\n* using Indigenous knowledge to create data layers about significant places for bush foods\n* undertaking targeted field surveys of focal communities (including riparian zones) or under-surveyed areas to obtain data to inform models and validate model predictions\n* developing predictive species-distribution models\n* identifying significant locations for bush foods and high biodiversity and explore environmental factors contributing to spatial patterns of diversity\n* performing targeted studies on priority study species.\n\n### Pathway to impact\nThis project will support management in Kakadu National Park by:\n* identifying important areas for biodiversity, threatened species and bush tucker\n* combining scientific data with Bininj/Mungguy knowledge\n* informing management of fire, weeds, feral animals and climate risks\n* supporting monitoring and protection of important places.\n",
      "type": {
        "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.schema/318",
        "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/description.type.schema/320"
      }
    }
  ],
  "identifier": {
    "id": "https://raid.org/10.71613/c14eeca7",
    "license": "Creative Commons CC-0",
    "owner": {
      "id": "https://ror.org/01db6n192",
      "schemaUri": "https://ror.org/",
      "servicePoint": 20000011,
      "servicePointName": "Resilient Landscapes Hub - National Environmental Science Program"
    },
    "raidAgencyUrl": "https://static.prod.raid.org.au/raids/10.71613/c14eeca7",
    "registrationAgency": {
      "id": "https://ror.org/038sjwq14",
      "schemaUri": "https://ror.org/"
    },
    "schemaUri": "https://raid.org/",
    "version": 4
  },
  "metadata": {
    "created": 1754981333,
    "updated": 1791169065
  },
  "organisation": [
    {
      "id": "https://ror.org/047272k79",
      "role": [
        {
          "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/organisation.role.schema/182",
          "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/organisation.role.schema/359",
          "startDate": "2023-04-01"
        }
      ],
      "schemaUri": "https://ror.org/"
    }
  ],
  "relatedObject": [
    {
      "category": [
        {
          "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedObject.category.id/190",
          "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedObject.category.schemaUri/386"
        }
      ],
      "id": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260911012952/https://biocollect.ala.org.au/document/download/2026-06/Biodiversity-and-bushtucker-in-Kakadu-info-sheet.pdf",
      "schemaUri": "https://web.archive.org/",
      "type": {
        "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedObject.type.schema/248",
        "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedObject.type.schema/329"
      }
    }
  ],
  "relatedRaid": [
    {
      "id": "https://raid.org/10.71821/ffc970c8",
      "type": {
        "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedRaid.type.schema/202",
        "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/relatedRaid.type.schema/367"
      }
    }
  ],
  "spatialCoverage": [],
  "subject": [],
  "title": [
    {
      "endDate": "2027-06-30",
      "language": {
        "id": "eng",
        "schemaUri": "https://www.iso.org/standard/74575.html"
      },
      "startDate": "2023-04-01",
      "text": "NESP RL Project 4.7 - Identifying biodiversity and bush-tucker hotspots for targeted management in Kakadu National Park",
      "type": {
        "id": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/title.type.schema/5",
        "schemaUri": "https://vocabulary.raid.org/title.type.schema/376"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Page generated:

ACN 633 798 857