Restoration by design: improving biodiversity outcomes from Australia’s restoration investments

Our Projects

Supporting Ecosystem Restoration

Restoration by design

This project aims examines what drives successful outcomes. Ultimately, the project seeks to build regional capacity and inform national environmental standards to ensure that restoration efforts deliver a meaningful and lasting return for the environment.

About this project

This project aims to improve outcomes for biodiversity from restoration programs in Australia through a greater understanding of key social and ecological factors that contribute to the success of ecosystem restoration. The social component of this larger collaborative project will examine the behavioural elements involved in ecosystem restoration across diverse landscapes. We hope that understanding restoration pathways will enable stronger support of landholders across the entire journey of restoration, from planning to monitoring and adaptive management.

Our approach

We are working with landholders to explore key factors that shape decisions around beginning, continuing or avoiding key activities throughout the life-cycle of restoration programs. We integrating the perspective of practitioners and policy-makers to understand key challenges for ecosystem restoration in the face of climate change.
If you are a landholder who would like to share your experiences of a restoration project, please get in touch!

Goals/key achievements

This project has been funded by the National Environmental Science Program Resilient Landscapes Hub (Project 4.5)

Status

Current.

This project will continue until September, 2027.

Project Partners

Understanding People and Nature

Research That Makes a Difference

We explore how people connect with the environment from urban green spaces to ocean reefs, and develop strategies to promote conservation stewardship and meaningful engagement with the natural world. Through citizen science, community partnerships, and innovative communication strategies, we’re working to strengthen the connections between people and nature for lasting conservation impact.