2024 Cumberland Plain Research Funding Grant Recipient

Lead investigator: Professor David Keith (UNSW)

Project Summary: Ecological restoration is a key pathway to conserving biodiversity in landscapes transformed by humans. It is a key component of investment and regulatory activity in NSW through mechanisms such as the Biodiversity Conservation Trust and offsets required as conditions of development approval. However, the long-term conservation outcomes of restoration are uncertain. By leveraging a valuable monitoring time series on restoration plantings established 30 years ago, this project will improve the knowledge base on where restoration is likely to succeed, where it is likely to fail and the time frames over which different conservation outcomes are likely to emerge. They will strengthen the evidence base for decision making and planning under the CPCP and inform its development into the future.