Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP170100557]
Researchers:
A/Prof Luke Knibbs
(Chief Investigator)
,
Emeritus Professor Clive McAlpine
(Chief Investigator)
,
Emeritus Professor Clive McAlpine
(Chief Investigator)
,
Honorary Professor Jamie Shulmeister
(Chief Investigator)
,
Kelly Johnstone
(Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Climate and health benefits of restoring tropical peat swamp forests. This project aims to investigate the climate and health benefits of restoring the tropical peat swamp forests. The project will integrate novel, field-based paleo-reconstruction of the historical conditions, satellite observations of temperature and rainfall, and high-resolution modelling of the regional climate processes under different restoration scenarios. It will use this information to determine how restoration activities affect the regional climate, how changes in climate affect peatland fires and regional smoke haze, and how changes to regional climate and smoke haze affect human respiratory health and heat stress.
Funding Amount $421,000
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP170100557
- ARC : LP170100557