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Dr Sean Bellairs is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering, IT and Environment, specialising in plant science research and teaching. His research areas focus on restoration of native vegetation on mine sites and other disturbed lands, ecosystem development, seed biology, development of success criteria for ecological restoration and commercial use of native plants. This includes commercialisation of native Australian rice. Sean Bellairs holds a PhD in Ecological Restoration and recently won an award from the Extractive Industry Association of the NT. Publications include a review of tropical seed biology and a textbook chapter on restoration of tropical savanna.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Commercialisation of native rice for Indigenous enterprise development: Agronomy and value-adding
Bellairs, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Wurm, P. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Hoang, T. M. L. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Klaric, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
1/04/20 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Expertise on understory functional groups for Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
Bellairs, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
24/06/21 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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Seed biology and understory establishment collaborative research between ERA and Charles Darwin University
Bellairs, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
1/09/19 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
Research output
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An Approach to Assess Land Stability and Erosion on Mined Landforms
Nair, D., Bellairs, S. & Evans, K. G., 6 Dec 2024, In: Mining. 4, 4, p. 1093-1106 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Simulating long-term erosion equilibrium of a rehabilitated mine landform to evaluate the dynamics of land restoration
Nair, D., Bellairs, S. M. & Evans, K., 27 Nov 2024, Mine Closure 2024: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mine Closure. Fourie, A., Tibbett, M. & Boggs, G. (eds.). Perth: Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Vol. 2. p. 739-754 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper published in Proceedings › peer-review
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Consideration of First Nations’ cultural values in mine site rehabilitation by environmental professionals
Kemp, W., Bellairs, S. M., Joyce, J. & Henderson, J., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Challenges. 13, p. 1-11 11 p., 100757.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling of a Post-Mining Catchment for Future Simulations
Nair, D., Evans, K. & Bellairs, S. M., 23 Jul 2023, In: Mining. 3, 3, p. 409-427 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment Modelling of a Catchment to Determine Medium-Term Erosional Trends
Nair, D., Evans, K. G. & Bellairs, S. M., Sept 2023, In: Land. 12, 9, p. 1-21 21 p., 1785.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An approach to simulate long-term erosion equilibrium of a rehabilitated mine landform
Nair, D., Bellairs, S. M. & Evans, K., 2022, Mine Closure 2022: 15th International Conference on Mine Closure. Tibbett, M., Fourie, A. & Boggs, G. (eds.). Perth: Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Vol. 1. p. 1063-1074 12 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Mine Closure).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper published in Proceedings › peer-review
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Commercial cultivation of Australian wild Oryza spp. A review and conceptual framework for future research needs
Abdelghany, G., Wurm, P., Hoang, L. T. M. & Bellairs, S. M., Jan 2022, In: Agronomy. 12, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., 42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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