This stream focuses on ecosystem and natural resource protection and is led by Professor Mizanur Rahman.
Because of severe environmental degradation, land clearance, and unsustainable consumption, we are reaching a point of no return with escalating biodiversity loss, climate change, and diminishing resources. This research stream specialises in biodiversity conservation using transdisciplinary research capacity and a collegial approach to ethical research.
This stream focuses on ecosystem and natural resource protection. In view of severe environmental degradation, land clearance, and unsustainable consumption, we are reaching a point of no return with escalating biodiversity loss, climate change, and disappearing resources. Our strengths include transdisciplinary research capacity and a collegial approach to ethical research. Specialties include: biodiversity conservation / ecology; ecosystem services; waste reduction and recycling; measurement and monitoring, (e.g., GIS, sensors); water futures – quality and quantity; surface, groundwater and stormwater; completing the water cycle; rural and urban hydrology, flood forecasting and management, irrigation, forest water accounting, alternative water supplies, resource recovery and optimisation; soil and water, health, remediation, including legacy issues and reclamation. This will link to ‘SDG 12 – Responsible consumption and production’ in addressing the CE practices such as reuse, recycling, recovery, waste prevention, and safe disposal approaches.
Topics include:
- Water resources management: rural and urban hydrology, stormwater management, flood forecasting and management, irrigation, forest water accounting, alternative water supplies, water-sensitive urban design, wastewater management, water quality monitoring
- Ecology and biodiversity conservation: wildlife ecology, restoration ecology, ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, plant community ecology, invasive species, climate change refugia, island biology, marine ecology, conservation biology and management
- Geospatial sciences: geodata acquisition, processing, management and analysis of geographic data, cartographic representation and publishing of geodata, cadastral surveying
- Environmental engineering and geosciences: ecological engineering, resource-use modelling, integrated and sustainable food production, industrial waste recycling and re-use, geotechnical engineering, geology, geochemistry, sustainable development and use of mineral resources
