Optimising biodiversity conservation in managed forest landscapes

如何满足人类对木材的需求，同时限制对生物多样性的损害是一个紧迫的科学目标。该项目将通过量化林业系统和野火对哺乳动物物种的影响来应对这一挑战。植物，动物和环境变量之间相互作用的新型网络模型将建立具有成本效益的管理改进，以最大限度地提高生物多样性价值。一个系统的保护规划方法将提供空间和时间上明确的解决方案，以平衡生产和保护之间的权衡，同时考虑到气候变化和火灾的动态影响。成果将为政策变革提供基础，将理论解决方案付诸实践。

How to meet human needs for timber while limiting harm to biodiversity is an urgent scientific goal. The project will address this challenge by quantifying the impacts of forestry systems and wildfire on mammal species. Novel network modelling of interactions among plants, animals, and environmental variables will establish cost-effective management improvements to maximise biodiversity values. A systematic conservation planning approach will deliver spatially and temporally explicit solutions to balancing trade-offs between production and conservation taking into account dynamic impacts from climate change and fire. Outcomes will provide a foundation for policy changes to put theoretical solutions into practice.