Advancing Australian Leadership in Tropical Conservation Science

热带森林对澳大利亚至关重要。它们保护珊瑚礁，减少洪水和土壤侵蚀，并通过促进赋予生命的降雨和储存大量碳储备来帮助稳定气候，否则会加剧全球变暖。它们还维持着令人惊叹的生物多样性，并为全球数亿人提供生计。通过一个动态的环境研究和政策计划，该项目将在热带澳大利亚、危险的亚太地区和其他地区促进森林的可持续利用。它将建设世界领先的研究能力，加强与澳大利亚邻国的联系，并为澳大利亚科学家提供一系列新的挑战和研究机会。

Tropical forests are vital for Australia. They protect coral reefs, reduce flooding and soil erosion, and help stabilise the climate by promoting life-giving rainfall and storing massive stocks of carbon that would otherwise worsen global warming. They also sustain stunning biodiversity and provide livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Via a dynamic environmental research and policy program, this project will promote sustainable forest use in tropical Australia, the imperilled Asia-Pacific region, and beyond. It will build world-leading research capacity, strengthen ties with Australia's neighbours, and provide Australian scientists with an array of new challenges and research opportunities.