Indicators of ecosystem health in Western Australian recovery catchments

西澳大利亚州恢复流域的生态系统健康指标

• 批准号: ARC : LP0211998
• 负责人: Dr Matthew Tonts
• 金额: $ 13.53万
• 依托单位: Edith Cowan University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/indicators-ecosystem-health-recovery-catchments/74106
• 关键词: Indicators; ecosystem; health; Western; Australian

Indicators of ecosystem health in Western Australian recovery catchments. Dryland salinity and rural community decline in Australia are important and inter-related issues. Any ecosystem recovery actions proposed to address salinity should be examined for their potential to assist rural communities, rather than exacerbate their problems. The framework theories of ecosystem health and participatory research embrace these issues. A PhD student placed in each of two recovery catchments will use methodologies adapted for these approaches to develop indicators for the detection of trends in recovery or deterioration of ecosystem and community well-being. This will allow for adaptive changes to recovery actions, and for an analysis of causal relationships.

西澳大利亚恢复集水区生态系统健康指标。澳大利亚的旱地盐碱化和农村社区衰落是相互关联的重要问题。应审查为解决盐碱化问题而提出的任何生态系统恢复行动是否具有帮助农村社区的潜力，而不是加剧农村社区的问题。生态系统健康的框架理论和参与性研究包含了这些问题。在两个恢复集水区各安置一名博士生，将使用适用于这些方法的方法，制定监测生态系统和社区福祉恢复或恶化趋势的指标。这将允许对恢复行动进行适应性改变，并对因果关系进行分析。