Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods

Faculty of Science and Technology

Phone+61 8 8946 6378
Emailriel@cdu.edu.au
Websitehttps://www.cdu.edu.au/riel

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The Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) is nationally and globally recognised as a leader in tropical savanna research in north Australia. RIEL’s research strengths in the region include biodiversity conservation, functional ecology, savanna and arid environments, water and catchments, and communities and livelihoods. RIEL works with our partners in northern Australia and the region to ensure sustainable management of these unique ecosystems. Co-operative research and traditional ecological knowledges are a key aspect of RIEL’s research practice. RIEL’s ‘livelihoods approach’ explores the co-existence between people and country, while recognising the services provided by a healthy environment.

Ronju Ahammad
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Fellow
Person: Research
20112023
Sam Banks
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Outstanding Professor
Person: Research
20102023
Gianna Bonis-Profumo
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Adjunct Research Fellow
Person: Research and Teaching
20192022
Benjamin Brown
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Associate and Program Coordinator
Person: Research and Teaching
20142023
Mariana Campbell
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Lecturer
Person: Research
20072023
Teigan Cremona
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Fellow - Arboreal Marsupial Ecology & Conservation
Person: Research
20142023
Kerry Crosbie
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Bushfires Spatial Data and Outreach Officer
Person: Research
20232023
Hugh Davies
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Senior Associate - Mammal Ecology
Person: Research
20142023
Jenny Davis
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Professor - Freshwater Ecology
Person: Research
20102023
Sofia De Jesus Oliveira
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Fellow Bushfires
Person: Research
20152023
Clement Duvert
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Senior Research Fellow in Hydrology and Biogeochemistry
Person: Research
20102024
Andrew Edwards
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Senior Research Fellow Bushfires
Person: Research
20082024
Sarah Fischer
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Research Fellow - Climate Change Impacts on NT Ecosystems
- Faculty of Science and Technology
Person: Research, PhD
20182023
Stephen Garnett
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Professor - Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods
Person: Research
19782023
Karen Gibb
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Professor - Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods
Person: Research and Teaching
19942023
Edward Halawa
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Person: Research
20082023
Nicola Hanrahan
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Post Doctoral Research Fellow - Bat Ecology and Conservation
Person: Research
20222023
Dylan Irvine
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Outstanding Future Researcher - Northern Water Futures
Person: Research
20122023
Peter Jacklyn
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Knowledge and Adoption Coordinator
Person: Research
20002023
Aidan Joseph
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods - Bushfires Spatial Data and Outreach Officer
Person: Research
20152023

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12 Finished
33 Active

Addressing the fundamentals of cropping-systems that deliver sustainable growth of agriculture sector in the Northern Territory
Sangha, K. & Mazhar, M. S.
1/01/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
Adelaide River Aquatic Ecosystem Mapping and Classification, Preliminary Fieldwork
Garcia, E., De Mello, K., Kyne, P. M., Kopf, R. K. & Ramsey, R.
4/09/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
Ant Identification for WA TERN
Andersen, A.
1/09/22 → 30/05/25
Project: Research
Assessing the costs and benefits of autonomous aircraft integration into healthcare service delivery for remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
Bosiocic, V. & Campbell, H.
1/01/21 → 30/12/23
Project: Research
ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO NT ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY
Banks, S., Murphy, B., Hutley, L. B., Davis, J., Stromsoe, N., Kopf, R. K., Irvine, D. & Edwards, A.
4/10/23 → 15/12/23
Project: Research
A Survey for the brush-tailed rabbit-rat in the Jessie Creek area
Banks, S. & Carey, A.
18/05/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Beyond burial: redefining the blue carbon paradigm
Maher, D., Sanders, C., Johnston, S., Ho, D. & Hutley, L. B.
12/03/18 → 12/03/21
Project: Research
CDU_AIMS Postdoctoral Fellow (Jo Randall)
Crook, D. & Randall, J.
17/07/18 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
CER Fire Scar Mapping 2023-24
Jacklyn, P., Crosbie, K., Fisher, R. & Joseph, A.
1/07/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
Creating mainland and island safe havens to secure Top End priority mammals
Banks, S., Murphy, B. & Dixon, K.
5/10/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Data analysis and report on Christmas Island Hawk-owl (HO) survey data collected from 8 separate island-wide occupancy surveys conducted between 2006 and 2019
Garnett, S. & Murphy, B.
13/05/22 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Development of eDNA sampling detection of animal disease from on-farm water sources
Piggott, M. & Gibb, K.
9/06/23 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
Development of real-time land management metrics through NAFI - Strategic Plan
Banks, S., Jacklyn, P. & Edwards, A.
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Dispersal and spatial population dynamics of threatened mammals in fire-prone landscapes
Carey, A., Banks, S. & Cremona, T.
18/08/23 → 17/08/24
Project: Research
Encountering Maritime Northern Australia: Perspectives on Fisheries, Sea Country and Governance. Supplementary Funding Scheme
Stacey, N. & McKenna, K.
1/12/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
NAFIEO4NT: EO4NT NAFI High Reolution Maping Toolkit
Jacklyn, P. & Weber, P.
24/02/23 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
Evaluation of livelihood zones, rural household trajectories, research and development partners and initiatives in Timor Leste
Stacey, N., Vial, L., Wurm, P. & McWilliam, A.
13/05/22 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
Evaluation of livelihood zones, rural household trajectories, research and development partners and initiatives in Timor Leste
Stacey, N., Vial, L., Wurm, P. & McWilliam, A.
13/05/22 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
Fine-scale habitat mapping and ecological threshold analysis for the Western Top End Savanna Fire Management Project
De Jesus Oliveira, S. & Edwards, A.
3/05/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
Fine-scale habitat mapping for a subset of Kakadu National Park
De Jesus Oliveira, S. & Edwards, A.
1/08/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research

Aboriginal Community Views about a Native Plant-Based Enterprise Development in Northern Australia
Gorman, J., Ennis, G., Wurm, P., Bentivoglio, M. & Brady, C., May 2023, In: Land. 12, 5, p. 1-16 1096.
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Abundance and detection of feral cats decreases after severe fire on Kangaroo Island, Australia
Hohnen, R., James, A. I., Jennings, P., Murphy, B. P., Berris, K., Legge, S. M., Dickman, C. R. & Woinarski, J. C. Z., May 2023, In: Austral Ecology. 48, 3, p. 600-615 16 p.
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Activity of tjakura (great desert skinks) at burrows in relation to plant cover and predators
Ridley, J. C. H. & Schlesinger, C., Aug 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 8, e10391.
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A Global Systematic Literature Review of Ecosystem Services in Reef Environments
Giglio, V. J., Aued, A. W., Cordeiro, C. A. M. M., Eggertsen, L., S. Ferrari, D., Gonçalves, L. R., Hanazaki, N., Luiz, O. J., Luza, A. L., Mendes, T. C., Pinheiro, H. T., Segal, B., Waechter, L. S. & Bender, M. G., 25 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Management. p. 1-12 12 p.
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Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests
Pratzer, M., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Meyfroidt, P., Krueger, T., Baumann, M., Garnett, S. T. & Kuemmerle, T., Jun 2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 6, p. 671-682 12 p.
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A microcystin synthesis mcyE/ndaF gene assay enables early detection of microcystin production in a tropical wastewater pond
Padovan, A., Kennedy, K. & Gibb, K., Aug 2023, In: Harmful Algae. 127, p. 1-8 8 p., 102476.
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An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration
Lovelock, C. E., Adame, M. F., Bradley, J., Dittmann, S., Hagger, V., Hickey, S. M., Hutley, L. B., Jones, A., Kelleway, J. J., Lavery, P. S., Macreadie, P. I., Maher, D. T., McGinley, S., McGlashan, A., Perry, S., Mosley, L., Rogers, K. & Sippo, J. Z., Sept 2023, In: Restoration Ecology. 31, 7, p. 1-15 15 p., e13739.
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Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires
Ensbey, M., Legge, S., Jolly, C. J., Garnett, S. T., Gallagher, R. V., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D. G., Rumpff, L., Scheele, B. C., Whiterod, N. S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R., Chapple, D. G., Dickman, C. R., & 35 othersDoyle, K. E., Ferris, J., Fisher, D. O., Geyle, H. M., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Kennard, M., King, A. J., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J. J. L., Sitters, H., Southwell, D. G., Spencer, R., West, M. & Zukowski, S., Jul 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 283, 110021.
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Ant diversity in relation to time since fire in a mallee landscape of South-Eastern Australia
Staff, M., Chapple, D. G., Andersen, A. N., Walker, K., Hinkley, S., Melville, J. & McLean, C. A., Jun 2023, In: Austral Ecology. 48, 4, p. 679-686 8 p.
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A review of the life history and ecology of euryhaline and estuarine sharks and rays
Constance, J. M., Garcia, E. A., Pillans, R. D., Udyawer, V. & Kyne, P. M., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. p. 1-25 25 p.
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Aridity and chronic anthropogenic disturbances cause a taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic homogenization of ant communities in a Caatinga dry forest
Ribeiro-Neto, J. D., Oliveira, F. M. P., Arcoverde, G. B., Tabarelli, M., Leal, I. R. & Arnan, X., Aug 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 284, p. 1-10 10 p., 110151.
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Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises
Bauschlicher, S. N., Weitzman, C. L., Martinez, V., Tracy, C. R., Alvarez-Ponce, D. & Sandmeier, F. C., 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 6, e10173.
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Assessing the ecological impacts of NORM-contaminated scale on marine infauna using sediment microcosms
MacIntosh, A., Dafforn, K., Penrose, B., Chariton, A. & Cresswell, T., Nov 2023, In: Chemosphere. 340, p. 1-15 15 p., 139939.
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Aversive Conditioning of Larger Estuarine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and the Remote Deployment of Transmitters
Booth, S., Taplin, L., Brien, M., Campbell, H. & Christian, K., Apr 2023, In: Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 18, 1, p. 168-181 14 p.
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Aware but not prepared: Understanding situational awareness during the century flood in Germany in 2021
Zander, K. K., Nguyen, D., Mirbabaie, M. & Garnett, S. T., 1 Oct 2023, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 96, p. 1-14 14 p., 103936.
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Balpara: A Practical Approach to Working With Ontological Difference in Indigenous Land & Sea Management
Campion, O. B., West, S., Degnian, K., Djarrbal, M., Ignjic, E., Ramandjarri, C., Malibirr, G. W., Guwankil, M., Djigirr, P., Biridjala, F., O’Ryan, S. & Austin, B. J., 20 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Society and Natural Resources. p. 1-21 21 p.
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Biomonitoring for Watershed Protection from a Multiscale Land-Use Perspective
De Mello, K., Taniwaki, R. H., Macedo, D. R., Leal, C. G. & Randhir, T., May 2023, In: Diversity. 15, 5, p. 1-21 21 p., 636.
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Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems
Mikula, P., Tomášek, O., Romportl, D., Aikins, T. K., Avendaño, J. E., Braimoh-Azaki, B. D. A., Chaskda, A., Cresswell, W., Cunningham, S. J., Dale, S., Favoretto, G. R., Floyd, K. S., Glover, H., Grim, T., Henry, D. A. W., Holmern, T., Hromada, M., Iwajomo, S. B., Lilleyman, A., Magige, F. J., & 27 othersMartin, R. O., de A Maximiano, M. F., Nana, E. D., Ncube, E., Ndaimani, H., Nelson, E., van Niekerk, J. H., Pienaar, C., Piratelli, A. J., Pistorius, P., Radkovic, A., Reynolds, C., Røskaft, E., Shanungu, G. K., Siqueira, P. R., Tarakini, T., Tejeiro-Mahecha, N., Thompson, M. L., Wamiti, W., Wilson, M., Tye, D. R. C., Tye, N. D., Vehtari, A., Tryjanowski, P., Weston, M. A., Blumstein, D. T. & Albrecht, T., Dec 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, p. 2146 1 p., 2146.
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Bold-shy personality traits of globally invasive, native and hatchery-reared fish
Sales, E., Rogers, L., Freire, R., Luiz, O. & Kopf, R. K., 23 Aug 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 8, p. 1-10 10 p., 231035.
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Building Resilient, Sustainable, Wellbeing-based Economies in Northern Australia
Sangha, K., 10 Aug 2023, SDGs in the Asia and Pacific Region. Filho, W. L., Foo Ng, T., Iyer-Raniga, U., Ng, A. & Sharifi, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 1-18 18 p. (Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives).
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