Goal 15 - Life on Land

The aims of this research partnership between Melbourne Water and RMIT University is to help prevent aquatic pollution.

Conventional farming in developing countries contributes to climate change and environment deterioration while bringing negative health effects to both farmers and consumers. Arguable it will not solve the problem of food security.

Most litter that ends up in Port Phillip Bay comes from the catchments. Education is an integral tool for achieving long-term change in community behaviors and reducing litter in waterways and the Bay.

This research is concerned with the impacts of Large-Scale Mining (LSM) in Madagascar.

This project investigates thresholds at which invasive species can be managed (eradication control), provide strategies for management of these species, providing early detection as to what species may cause potential impacts to the ecology of the Gippsland Lakes (range expansion).

Phillip Island Nature Parks (PINP) are currently pursuing a number of interventions and awareness campaigns aimed at reducing conflicts and harmful interactions between off-leash dogs and local wildlife on PINP-managed beaches.

RMIT is partnering with Parks Victoria to improve understanding of the feasibility of airborne thermal imagery for monitoring large mammals in parks and reserves, where factors such as terrain limit the application of traditional monitoring techniques.

Landcare, a grassroots community-led approach to sustainable land management, began in Australia in 1986.

This ACIAR project aims to use community-based extension to improve farmers livelihoods in western Mindanao (Philippines).

This research project examines the inter-relationships between land tenure and climate vulnerability.