Smart allocation of restoration funds

自欧洲人定居以来，澳大利亚超过四分之一的原生森林和林地已被砍伐，迫切需要恢复植被，以避免物种和生态系统服务（如清洁的空气和水）的进一步损失。该项目旨在开发新的理论和方法，以帮助环境管理人员分配植被恢复资金，以解决风险规避和最大化投资回报的愿望之间的紧张关系。恢复生态学家和决策科学家在这里与来自黄金海岸市的自然区域管理人员合作，使恢复方面的公共支出更加有效，高效和透明。

Over a quarter of Australia’s native forests and woodlands have been cleared since European settlement, and vegetation restoration is urgently needed to avoid further loss of species and ecosystem services (such as clean air and water). This project aims to develop new theory and methods to help environmental managers allocate restoration funds for vegetation recovery in a way that addresses the tension between risk aversion and aspirations to maximise return on investment. Restoration ecologists and decision scientists are here partnered with natural area managers from the City of Gold Coast, to make public expenditure on restoration more effective, efficient and transparent.