The TS-CRC Savanna Advisory Committee and Board met on June 1
and 2 and approved the 2005-06 Project Portfolio listed below.
You can download a PDF of the entire portfolio from Monday, 1
August, in the Research Section of the CRC website, see link
below. All projects are also currently being updated in the
research website.
The Board also approved funding for a re-bid for a third round
for the TS-CRC with an increased focus on socio-economic issues and
livelihoods. The detailed re-bid will need to be submitted by June
2006. Funding was also approved for a thorough social,
environmental and economic impact assessment of the TS-CRC to date
to be undertaken by a consultant. For more details contact Cheryl
Arnott on cheryl.arnott@cdu.edu.au
1.1.3
Soil biota, nutrients and water (Tracey Dawes-Gromadzki
CSIRO SE)
1.1.4
Savanna carbon dynamics (Chris Stokes/Dick Williams CSIRO
SE)
1.1.5 Exotic
grasses in tropical savannas (Sam Setterfield CDU/John
Clarkson EPA)
1.2.1 Savanna
riparian health (Michael Douglas CDU)
2.1.1 Grazing
land management (Neil Macdonald DPIFM, Paul Jones, Kev
Shaw, Robyn Cowley DPIFM, Alison Kennedy
2.1.4 Fireplan:
Fire management for the savanna community (Jeremy
Russell-Smith, BFCNT, TS-CRC)
2.4.1
Woody vegetation dynamics in savannas (Dave Gillieson JCU/
Garry Cook CSIRO SE)
2.4.2 Savanna biodiversity (John Woinarski DNREA / Alaric
Fisher DNREA/ Alex Kutt QEPA)
3.1.3
Knowledge building/ Integrating research and management at property
and regional scales through participatory knowledge-building
(Ockie Bosch UQ, Jeremy Russell-Smith BFCNT)
3.3.4 Outback livelihoods (Rolf Gerritsen
NTDPIM)
3.3.5 Healthy
savanna planning systems (Geoff McDonald CSIRO SE/ Bruce Taylor
QDNRM)
4.1.1
Higher education (Penny Wurm CDU)
4.3.1
Communication resources (Peter Jacklyn TS-CRC)
4.3.2 Tropical
savannas knowledge for schools (Julie Crough TS-CRC/ Louise
Fogg NTDEET)
4.4.1 Improving cross-cultural engagement (Allan Arnott
CDU)
4.4.2 Integrating research with Indigenous land and sea
management (Joe Morrison NAILSMA, TS-CRC)
