Cultural and Environmental Shifts in Late Holocene East Timor: Evidence for Climate Change?

该项目将通过提高我们对本地区最近气候变化的认识和理解，实现应对气候变化和变异性的NRP目标。对东帝汶过去1000年来气候变化、环境影响和人类适应的调查将增进我们对邻近的热带澳大利亚的此类问题的了解。我们的气候已经高度多变，我们可以预期未来的气候变化将对澳大利亚的环境和社区产生重大影响。该项目具有政策制定方面的影响，并将进一步提高澳大利亚作为环境研究基地的国际声誉。

This project will address the NRP goal of responding to climate change and variability by advancing our knowledge and understanding of recent climate change in our region. An investigation of climate change, environmental impact and human adaptation in East Timor over the last 1000 years will improve our understanding of such issues in neighbouring tropical Australia. Our climate is already highly variable and we can expect future climate change to have significant influence both on Australia's environment and her communities. This project has policy development implications and will further enhance Australia's international reputation as a research base for environmental studies.