Research Initiatives
Environment Institute Capability Statement
The Environment Institute’s mission is to deliver relevant, innovative and actionable outcomes to complex global environmental challenges to ensure sustainable goals benefit the health of our environment, our wellbeing and support the economy.
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Research Initiatives leading the future
Our researchers provide new understandings and tools to better monitor and manage biodiversity, invasive species and ecosystems; while our palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists learn from the past to better manage the future world.
Biodiversity Change and Restoration
Research Lead A/Prof Damien Fordham
Combatting Environmental and Wildlife Crime
Research Lead Professor Phill Cassey
Diversifying Citizen Science and Public Engagement
Research Lead Professor Frank Grutzner
Climate and Environmental Risk
Project Lead Professor Seth Westra
Green Urban Futures and Planetary Health
Project Lead Professor Veronica Soebarto
People, Nature, Climate
Research Lead Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray
Pollution and emerging contaminants
Research Lead Professor Volker Hessel
Sustainable Marine Futures
Research Lead Professor Sean Connell
Water for Environment and Society
Research Lead Professor Andy Lowe (Acting)
Support our research
Are you interested in supporting research to make a real difference? Donations to the Environment Institute or citizen science projects - iBandi and EchidnaCSI, will help researchers to delivers relevant, innovative and actionable outcomes to complex environmental challenges.