Using fossil insects and plants to recognise past human impacts on Pacific island biodiversity

这个项目将提高我们描述人类对岛屿生物多样性影响的能力。它将开发新的研究方法，可以应用于澳大利亚的环境，以了解人类影响带来的生物多样性变化。在过去引进的背景下，可以更好地理解当前在保护澳大利亚独特环境免受人为引进的外来病虫害侵害方面对生物安全的重视。我们的项目将展示澳大利亚考古学家和自然科学家在理解人类在太平洋上的传播以及殖民化对环境的影响方面所发挥的作用。它将加强澳大利亚/太平洋地区研究机构之间的合作。

This project will enhance our ability to characterise human impact on island biodiversity. It will develop novel research methods that can be applied in the Australian context to understand changes in biodiversity that come with human impact. The contemporary emphasis on biosecurity in the protection of Australia's unique environment against human-introduced exotic pests and diseases can be better understood in the context of past introductions. Our project will demonstrate the role Australian archaeologists and natural scientists can play in understanding the spread of humans across the Pacific and the environmental consequences of colonisation. It will increase collaboration between research institutions in the Australia/Pacific region.