Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments (ACSC) |
Grants and projects
Project Title (and Affiliated Organisations) |
USQ Project Members |
Funding and Funding Sources |
- Urban Water Security Research Alliance (CSIRO Research Contract, 2009-2011) |
Assoc Prof Ribbe |
CSIRO ($170,000) |
| - Department of Climate Change - Adaptation Skills for Professionals (Small Grant) |
Assoc Prof Ribbe |
Department of Climate Change ($150,000) |
- Cloud Seeding Research Data Management Systems (with QCCCE and NCAR, USA) |
Prof Stone
Dr Craig |
Qld Government/DNRW/EPA ($317,900) |
| - Cloud Seeding - Science Advisory Program |
Prof Stone |
Qld Government/DNRW/EPA ($360,000) |
| - Pasture and Habitat Monitoring for Grazing management in the Traprock Region, NSW/Qld Border (with Traprock Wool Assoc) |
Assoc Prof Cockfield
Dr LeBrocque
Prof Grace |
LWA/AWI ($83,021) |
| - Northern Australia Climate Knowledge (NACK): Scoping Study (with CSIRO, APSRU, DPIF) |
Prof Stone
Dr Maroulis |
LWA ($100,000) |
| - Eastern Australia Climate Knowledge (NACK): Scoping Study (with CSIRO, APSRU, DPIF) |
Prof Stone |
LWA ($100,000) |
| - Development of a Fast-rate Stormwater Re-use System (with Toowoomba Regional and Ipswich City Councils) |
Dr Brodie |
TRC/ICC/USQ ($339,000) |
| - Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Trial: Review of Progress Report |
Prof Stone |
NSW EPA ($10,000) |
| - Extremes, Climate Modes and Reanalysis-based Approaches to Agricultural Resilience (with Dr Allan, Met Office Hadley Centre, UK) |
Prof Stone
Prof Best |
LWA-MCV II ($163,250) |
- Conservation of the nationally endangered Arachnorchis atroclavia (Black-clubbed spider orchid) |
Dr Dearnaley
Dr Mathieson
Dr Le Brocque |
The Australian Orchid Foundation ($6,500)
2007-2009 |
- Fine-scale habitat mapping of threatened reptiles in the Queensland Brigalow Belt using new generation radar remote sensing and high spatial resolution imagery |
Assoc Prof Apan |
Hermon Slade Foundation ($47,000) |
- Fine-scale Mapping and Extraction of Natural Resource Information Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery |
Assoc Prof Apan |
Condamine Alliance ($105,000) |
Project Title (and Affiliated Organisations) |
USQ Project Members |
Funding and Funding Body |
- Modelling and planning to increase future habitat of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, including the endangered Buloke Woodlands (with Greening Australia Victoria and UQ (C. McAlpine)) |
Assoc Prof Apan
Dr Maron (UQ) |
Wimmera Catchment Management Authority (NHT) ($70,000) |
| - Early detection of pests and diseases in vegetable crops through imaging spectroscopy (with CSIRO and DPIF) |
Assoc Prof Apan |
RIRDC ($20,000) |
- Eye in the Sky to Revolutionise Northern Crop Production (with DPIF) |
Assoc Prof Apan |
GRDC ($417,852) |
- Quantifying Hail Damage for Crop Loss Assessment: Techniques using Remote Sensing and GIS |
Assoc Prof Apan |
AusIndustry (DITR)/Freemans($100,000) |
| - Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Rural Industry in Qld (with an Expert Science Panel drawn from USQ, APSRU, QUT, CSIRO, DPIF, DNRW) |
Prof Stone
Dr Maroulis
Mr Marcussen |
QFF ($85,000) |
- Feasibility Study to Use Satellite Imagery in Determining Area Planted in Support of Regional Crop Forecasting – A Case Study for Winter Crops in the Darling Downs |
Assoc Prof Apan
Mr Potgieter (DPIF) |
DPIF ($7,000) |
| - Quantifying spatial variability in soil and crop properties to improve irrigation performance |
Dr Misra
Mr Padhi |
CRC IF ($97,500) |
| - Determination of the fate of dissolved organic nitrogen in biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes and development of appropriate treatment technologies |
Dr Yoong |
ARC ($150,000) |
| - Using Pressure Reduction Technology to reduce urban water use |
Dr Aravinthan
Assoc Prof Porter |
Wide Bay Water ($57,000) |
| - Grey Water Reuse (with Landloch Pty Ltd) |
Dr Misra |
Toowoomba Regional Council ($63,800) |
| - Fungal associations of Dipodium hamiltonianum (Yellow hyacinth orchid) (with Dr Zammit (DEH)) |
Dr Dearnaley
Dr LeBrocque |
Australian Orchid Foundation ($3,850) |
| - Integrating paddock and catchment planning: a woolgrower driven approach to sustainable management (with Dr Zammit (DEH)) |
Assoc Prof Cockfield
Dr LeBrocque
Prof Pretty |
Land Water and Wool (sub-program of LWA) ($220,000) |
- Impacts of Lantana camara on soil fungi. |
Dr Dearnaley
Dr Le Brocque |
NSW Dept of Environment and Climate Change. 2008. ($7150) |
| - Determining genetic variation in Pararistolochia praevenosa populations via molecular DNA sequencing. |
Dr Dearnaley
Dr Petrovich |
Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Network. 2008 ($1818) |
| - An evaluation of natural resources management arrangements in Queensland (with Dr Zammit (DEH)) |
Assoc Prof Cockfield |
DNRW ($80,000) |
| - Decision support systems for farm forestry (NHT-Joint Venture Program-with RIRDC and LWRRDC) |
Assoc Prof Cockfield |
(NHT-Joint Venture Program-with RIRDC and LWRRDC) ($300,000) |
- Ecological services and the sustainable use of remnant vegetation in the Brigalow Bioregion of southern Queensland (with Dr Zammit (DEH), DNRW, QPWS) |
Dr LeBrocque |
ARC-SPIRT ($175,770) |
| - Preliminary testing of the runoff quality of mulch & its effectiveness in sediment control at the Bedford Street Landfill |
Dr Brodie
Assoc Prof Porter |
TRC ($13,000) |
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