We foster dialogue within organisations to generate locally relevant sustainability solutions. We work across a wide range of technical areas, with dedicated teams of experts who remain up-to-date with relevant technology, policy and engagement methods.
The interactions between people, landscapes and ecosystems determine how social-ecological systems such as cities, peri-urban and rural areas, or coastal zones, evolve and develop over time. The values and meanings that people attach to landscapes and ecosystems emerge at different scales and play out in a variety of ways in spatio-environmental decision-making.
Our areas of expertise focus on the values and meanings of a range of actors and how these may be translated to the (economic) institutions that govern ecosystems and landscapes in our time. Applications include land use planning, biodiversity conservation, landscape governance, catchment/water management and natural resource management.
Expertise areas
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Biodiversity conservation
Supporting biodiversity conservation policy and practice to ensure long-term, holistic biodiversity outcomes.
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Values of ecosystems for people
Helping to identify, evaluate and incorporate plural values of nature into decision-making frameworks for the management of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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People and landscapes
Offering expert advice on how people – farmers, communities, families – live in, with and from their landscapes.
Research news and projects
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PROJECT | 2018-2020
Community perceptions of hybrid solar biomass
Finding out communities' attitudes towards biomass will help to plan renewable energy innovations in the Riverina and Hunter Valley regions.
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A sustainable future for burials and cremationsA look into the current and emerging practices for the interment industry and how sustainability factors into our options for a more sustainable practice.
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Strategic biodiversity conservation planning in New South WalesAnalysing the value and viability of proposed conservation measures in Western Sydney.
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Landholder participation in biodiversity offsettingThis project sought to discover how landholders in Western Sydney perceived and engaged with the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme.
Team
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Senior Research ConsultantLandscape justice, peri-urban agriculture, market-based mechanisms for the protection of the environment.
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Adjunct FellowNatural resource management and the intersection of animal welfare and conservation biology.
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Associate Professor and Research DirectorFood systems, sustainable food and phosphorus futures.
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Research DirectorRegional economics, business and industrial transition to sustainability, at the firm, sector, and labour market levels.
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Senior Research ConsultantEnvironmental Scientist, policy and research on land, energy, water and biodiversity through geospatial analysis.
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Adjunct ProfessorBiodiversity and ecosystem values, land and water management, biodiversity conservation and infrastructure development.
