Unlocking archives of faunal dispersal and extinction: the key to reconstructing palaeoenvironmental change in Southeast Asia

环境变化对动物种群的影响对于环境敏感地区的澳大利亚社区来说是一个紧迫的问题。这将通过记录我们最近的邻国东南亚的动物(和人类)如何应对环境挑战来解决。揭示人类何时在该地区扩散以及他们是如何适应的，将有助于我们了解澳大利亚土著定居者的文化遗产。该项目将发展已建立的印度尼西亚合作关系，鼓励与中国、泰国、英国和荷兰的研究人员开展新的合作，以促进澳大利亚在世界舞台上的研究，并开创新的测年方法，以增强澳大利亚在地质年代学方面的领先地位。

The influence of environmental change on faunal populations is a pressing issue for Australian communities in environmentally sensitive areas. This will be addressed by documenting how fauna (and humans) in Southeast Asia, our nearest neighbours, responded to environmental challenges. Revealing when humans dispersed through the region and how they adapted will contribute to our understanding of the cultural heritage of Australia's indigenous settlers. This project will develop established Indonesian collaborations, encourage new collaborations with Chinese, Thai, English and Dutch researchers to promote Australian research on a world stage, and pioneer new dating methodologies to enhance Australia's place at the forefront of geochronology.