ILWS - Institute of Land, Water and Society

Current Projects

Start Year 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007

2011

• Peer Supervision for Counselling Professionals in Rural Areas Faculty of Arts small research grant Bailey R.I., Bell, K., & Pawar, M. (2011)
  
• Understanding why young people leave farming/rural communities. DPI Victoria. Gray, I. (2011)
  
• The social drivers of catchment management in the Wimmera CMA. Wimmera CMA. Curtis, A & Mendham, E. (2011-2012)
• Economic, social and environmental trade-offs in the Murray-Darling Basin. CSU Internal Funding Parton, K.( 2011-2012)
• The future of electricity. CSU Internal Funding Parton, K.(2011-2013)
• Economic analysis of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CSU Internal Funding Parton, K.(2011-2013)
• Exploring the social construction of risk in the groundwater context. CRC Cotton Catchment Communities/ ANU. Curtis, A., Mendham, E. (2011).
• Landscape-scale conservation of threatened grassy woodlands in the Greater Murray-Goulburn Catchment. North East Catchment Management Authority. Curtis, A., Race. D. (2011).
• Understanding landholder responses to water reform and climate change in the Namoi Valley. CRC Cotton Catchment Communities/ ANU. Curtis, A., Sharp, E. (2011-2013).
  
• The effectiveness of reconfigured Lake Brewster in improving wetland ecology, water quality and biodiversity. A PhD scholarship funded by State Water NSW & Lachlan CMA and CSU Faculty of Science. Finlayson, M. (2011-2014)
• Monitoring the ecosystem response to the delivery of environmental water. Department of SEWPAC. Wassens, S., Watts, R., Hall, A., Howitt, J., & Zander, A. (2011-2012)
• Socio-economic study of fish harvesting by villagers around Pak Pun reservoir in Laos. Development of fish passage technology to increase fisheries production on floodplains in the lower Mekong and Murray-Darling River basins. ACIAR New South Wales Department of Industry and Innovation Millar, J. (2011-2015)
• Sustaining Economic Growth in China. Funded by AusAid’s Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships Program. Sharma, K. Hicks, J & Bandara, Y. (2011)
• Sloane’s Froglet Survey. Supplementary funding from Australian Geographic. Watts, R & Knight, A. (PhD Candidate) (2011)
• Assessing the Resilience of Frog Communities, DECCW. Wassens, S. (2011)
• Transformation for resilient landscapes and communities. RIRDC & Rod Griffith Consulting. Mitchell, M (2011)
• Environmental monitoring of pulsed releases from Dartmouth Dam. MDBA. Watts, R & Allan, C. (2011)
• Social research for the NECMA “grassy woodlands” project. NECMA with Race, D., & Curtis, A. (2011)
• Determining the factors influencing the success of private and community-owned Indigenous businesses across remote, regional and urban Australia. ARC Linkage grant with partners Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia, Indigenous Business Australia. Morrison, M.D., Foley, D.L., Collins, J.H., Krivokapic- Skoko, B., Basu, P.K., Brudenall, D.K., Nogrady, M.B., Redman A.M. (2011 to 2013)
• Monitoring the responses of the Southern Bell Frog (Stage 5), DECCW. Wassens, S. (2011)

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2010

• Barmah-Millewa midden fish study Living Murray Program of the Murray- Darling Basin Authority. Humphries, P., and the Yorta Yorta Nation (2010-2012) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Monitoring of ecosystem responses to the delivery of environmental water in the Murrumbidgee system Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Wassens,S., Watts, R., Howitt, J., Zander, A., and Hall, A. (2010 – 2012) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Strategies to promote community resilience in disaster management: The case of flooding in selected communities in Bangladesh and Australia. CSU. Hicks, J., Ingham , V., & Islam, R., Sappey, R., Mannock, I., (2010 - 2012)
• Communication in agricultural development in South East Asia: pathways, problems and possibilities Ward, W. (PhD Candidate) (2010 - 2015) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Growth in China and its Regions and the impact on Australia and Regional Australia. CSU. Hicks, J., Basu, P.K. and Sappey, R.B. (2010 – ongoing) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Supply Chains in Thailand CSU Internal Funding.  Parton, K., Thongrattana, P., (U Wollongong), Jie, F., (RMIT),  (2010-2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Understanding Drought in the Lachlan Region ILWS funding. Tierney, R., & Parton, K. (2010 -2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Charles Sturt University Parton, K., Adlong, W., Maher, E. (2010-11) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Communicating the economic impacts of climate change, CSIRO, The Climate Institute, ILWS, Morrison,M., Parton, K ., Hatfield Dodds, S., (DCC), Hatton MacDonald, D.(CSIRO) (2010- 2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Identification of hydrological and habitat requirements to maintain viable Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis) populations in the Lowbidgee floodplain (Phase 2), Department of Environment and Climate Change. Wassens, S., Wilson, A. . (2010-2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Transhuman agropastoralism in Bhutan: does it have a place in the 21st century? Namgay, K. (PhD Candidate) (2010 - 2014)
• Overcoming constraints to community-based commercial forestry in Indonesia . Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, CIFOR, University of Gadjah Mada, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne & Southern Cross Uni. Race, D. (2010 to 2014)
• Sustaining farming in Australia: Market instruments for improved land management. ARC Discovery grant. Higgins, V. (2010-2013) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• CSIRO Flagship Cluster project "Ecological responses to altered flow regimes. CSIRO. Project undertaken in collaboration with CSIRO, Griffith University, UNSW, Monash University, Latrobe University and the Arthur Rylah Institute. Watts, R., Finlayson, M., Wassens, S., P. Humphries, Kopf, R (post-doc). (2010 -2013)
• Climate change, technology and water policy drivers in cotton catchments. Cotton Catchment Communities CRC & ANU. Curtis, A & Sharp, E (post-doc). (2010-2012)
• Diversification of smallholder coastal aquaculture in Indonesia. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)  Collaborator with University of Sydney. Millar, J. (2010 to 2013)
• Forest Community Development: Enhancing corporate social responsibility in Indonesia's forestry sector Wahyudiyati, T. (PhD Candidate) (2010 - 2013 )
• Climate Change Adaptation in the Coorong, Murray Mouth and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert NCCARF. In conjunction with ANU. Finlayson, M., Gross C., (ANU) Pittock, J., (ANU). (2010-2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Recovery from disaster experience: its effect on perceptions of climate change risk and on adaptive behaviours to prevent, prepare, and respond to future climate contingencies. Department of Climate Change. Collaborator with James Cook University. Millar, J. Finlayson, M., Rogers M., (June 2010 to June 2012). [Summary Sheet PDF]
  
• Focus Farm Wetland Study. Murrumbidgee CMA, Caring For Our Country & NSW Government. Allan, C., Duncan, R., Dehaan, R., Finlayson, M., Morrison, M., Wassens, S., Wilson, A (2010-2011) (This is a joint ILWS and EH Graham Centre project) [Summary Sheet PDF]

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2009

• Integrating the conservation and ecosystem-service value of Australia’s catchments. ARC Future Fellow. Luck, G. (2009-2013) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Delivering ecosystem services to agriculture. ARC Discovery Grant. Luck, G. and Spooner, P., (2009-2012) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Linking food security and conservation in Lao PDR. Volunteer International for Development Australia (ViDA) Smith, M., Millar, J., Davidson, P. ( 2009 – 2013) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• The capacity of non-government organisations to be catalysts for community forestry in Indonesia Murdiningrum, Y. (PhD Candidate) (2009 -2013)
• Extreme weather and population health in Australia: risk assessment, prediction of health impacts and disease burden, and adaptive strategy exploration. ARC Discovery. Parton, K.A., Bi, P., Ryan, P., Weinstein, P., Pisaniello D.L., Moss, J.R.,Braunack-Mayer, A.J. (2009 - 2012)
• Development of a sustainability garden on the student residences site through a participatory learning model. CSU sustainability grant.Wilson, B., Raggatt, E., Jones, P. & Neville, K.  (2009-2012)
• From woody weeds to restored ecosystems? Ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity values of regrowth shrublands resulting from regional land use change. CSU Competitive grant. Lunt, I. (2009- 2011)
• Understanding the effects of complex pollutant exposure on the growth and development of soft tissues and shell structure of molluscs.  CSU Competitive grant. Howitt, J. (2009 - 2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Transformation for resilient landscapes and communities—Murray case study. Natural Resources Commission &  Murray Catchment Management Authority. Curtis, A., Griffith, R. & Mitchell, M. (2009-2011)
• Educating campus users and visitors about the nature and appropriate use of Thurgoona Campus. CSU sustainability grant. Howard, J., Wilson, B. (2009-2011 )
• Consequences of water buy backs on rural communities, CSU, Howard, J. (Dec 2009-Dec 2011)
• ARC/NWC Groundwater Research and Training Centre: Program 6: Integrating socio-economics, policy and decision support systems (social research component). Australian Research Council/ National Water Commission. Curtis, A., Race, D., Mitchell, M. (2009-2014). National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training.
• Designing Landscapes to Deliver Ecosystem Services to Agriculture. ARC Discovery Grant. Luck, G. & Spooner, P. (2009-2011)
• Maximizing conservation and production gains. ARC Linkage Project. Spooner, P., Watson, D., and Luck, G. (2009-2011)
• Benchmarking values and attitudes to conservation in the Great Eastern Ranges DECC and Hawkesbury Nepean CMA. Morrison, M., McCulloch, R., Greig, J. & Lockwood, M.& Waller, D (2009-2011). [Summary Sheet PDF]

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2008

• Enhanced profitability of selected vegetable value chains in the Southern Philippines ACIAR and NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) . Mullen, J. (2008-2012)
• Improved domestic profitability and export competitiveness of selected fruit value chains in the Southern Philippines ACIAR and NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) . Mullen, J. (2008-2012)
• The Future of Farming in Rural Amenity Landscapes – the role of planning and governance in a changing landscape. ILWS PhD scholarship. Roots, J., (2008-2012) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Restoring Woodland Understoreys New Environmental Trust, Murray CMA, Future Farm Industries CRC, Sugar Australia, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. Lunt, I., Prober, S., (CSIRO) and Cole, I. (ILWS, DECCW NSW) (2008-2012) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Best Practice health and husbandry of cattle and buffalo, Lao PDR.  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Millar, J. (2008- 2012)
• The Role of Decision Support Tools in Farm Decision Making GRDC. Parton, K.A., & Long, B.. (2008-2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• The ecology and conservation management of the endangered Regent Parrot along the Murray River in NSW and Victoria , NSW Department of Environment & Conservation. Spooner, P., Watson, D., Luck, G., and Oliver, D. (NSW DECC). (2008-11)
• Managing agricultural landscapes to maximise biodiversity gains: the case for the regent parrot.  Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant; Spooner, P., Watson, D., Luck, G., McLaughlin, J., (Phd candidate) & Triplett, S., (Phd candidate) Valentine, D., (Select Harvests) and Temby, I., (Victorian Department of Primary Industries). (2008-11) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Sustainable Management of Murray Spiny Crayfish. MDBC. Watts, R. and Zukowski, S. (2008 -2011)

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2007 and earlier

• Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities Program (CERF Landscape Logic): Project 2: social research. Department of Environment and Water. Curtis, A., Race, D., Sample, R., Thwaites, R., and Allan, C. (2007 - 2011). [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Livestock movement and managing disease in Eastern Indonesia and Eastern Australia. ACIAR. Millar, J. with University of Sydney. (2007- 2011).
• Assessment of fish habitat and fish populations in the Old Man Creek/Beavers Creek anabranch of the Murrumbidgee River Funded by Water for Rivers. Watts, R. (2007-2011)
• Demographic Change and Inland Australia: Exploring the motives, experiences and impact of tree-changers ILWS Funded. Ragusa, A.T. (2007- ongoing) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• Mistletoe: saviour of biodiversity in remnant woodlands? Winnifred Violet Scott Trust, Watson, D. (2007 - 2022)
• Optimising frog breeding responses to flooding in managed wetlands (multiple projects) NSW DECCW and Murray Wetlands Working Group. Wassens, S., Watts, R., Wilson, A., Hall, A., (all ILWS), Spencer, J. (DEH NSW) (2006–2011) [Summary Sheet PDF]
• The development of interim operating guidelines for the operation of Dartmouth Dam. Murray Darling Basin Authority (formerly Commission). Watts, R., Zander, A., Allan, C., Ryder, D., (UNE) and Burns, A. (UNE) (2001–ongoing) [Summary Sheet PDF]

Completed Projects