Research Project
Researchers: David J Pannell (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator) , Samantha Setterfield (Principal investigator, Principal or Chief Investigator)
Full description Urban rivers sustain biodiversity and provide important amenity and connections to Country but they face complex and accelerating threats. Creating resilient urban rivers that protect biodiversity requires strategic landscape-level prioritisation, targeted on-ground actions based on evaluation of past efforts and appropriate monitoring of future outcomes. This project seeks to achieve this using the Djarlgarro Beeliar (Canning River, Western Australia [WA]) as a case study. It will build on research from the first phase of the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, including Whadjuk Noongar Traditional Owners, to help implement and evaluate the Australian Government’s Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.
