Relationships La Trobe University Ability to provide knowledge on how to between promote ecosystem resilience in the Deakin University biodiversity and landscape; an increased understanding of the baseline landscape impacts of our actions (or inactions) now and mosaic burning in into the future; ability to quantify the the 2009 bushfire impacts of fire suppression activities on areas (Faunal significant biodiversity assets following Refuges in wildfire; and ability to provide advice on the prone Landscape) desirable proportions and configurations of vegetation seral stages that maximize regional biodiversity, while also protecting human life and property and ecosystem services. Retrospective Arthur Rylah Institute Identification of fire management options that approach to identify improve key assets and habitat for all flora and the biodiversity fauna; maintain or improve ecosystem values of different diversity and resilience; and are effective for fire mosaics ecological fire management and threat reduction. Fire Transition CSIRO through the Bushfire Improve our ability to assess bushfire ability to Across Urban and Natural Hazards assess bushfire hazard and exposure into Boundaries Cooperative Research urban environments. This will improve our (Bushfire and Centre ability to determine and weigh the fire Natural Hazards behaviour factors that enable and promote Cooperative bushfire transition into urban environments, Research Centre including critical thresholds improving the Schedule 6) accuracy of bushfire risk assessments as described in the Strategic and Regional Risk Profiles. Analysis of Rapid Monash University through To improve the capability of the DELWP to Eye imagery to map the Bushfire and Natural repeatedly and reliably map and report on fire severity and Hazards Cooperative planned burning outcomes and testing and ground truth Research Centre improving the use of known readily available (Bushfire and technology to improve current use within Natural Hazards DELWP. Cooperative Research Centre Schedule 14) Fire Severity Monash University through Will guide DELWP’s investment into current Mapping Review: the Bushfire and Natural and future research investment into remote Remote sensing Hazards Cooperative sensing, which is necessary to improving techniques (Bushfire Research Centre DELWP’s capability to repeatedly and reliably and Natural Hazards map and report on planned burning outcomes Cooperative and defining current best practice and future Research Centre research and development needs. Schedule 13)
Relationships between biodiversity and baseline landscape mosaic burning in the 2009 bushfire areas (Faunal Refuges in Landscape) La Trobe University Deakin University Ability to provide knowledge on how to promote ecosystem resilience in the landscape; an increased understanding of the impacts of our actions (or inactions) now and into the future; ability to quantify the impacts of fire suppression activities on significant biodiversity assets following wildfire; and ability to provide advice on the desirable proportions and configurations of vegetation seral stages that maximize regional biodiversity, while also protecting human life and property and ecosystem services. Retrospective approach to identify the biodiversity values of different fire mosaics Arthur Rylah Institute Identification of fire management options that improve key assets and habitat for all flora and fauna; maintain or improve ecosystem diversity and resilience; and are effective for ecological fire management and threat reduction. Fire Transition Across Urban Boundaries (Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre Schedule 6) CSIRO through the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre Improve our ability to assess bushfire ability to assess bushfire hazard and exposure into urban environments. This will improve our ability to determine and weigh the fire behaviour factors that enable and promote bushfire transition into urban environments, including critical thresholds improving the accuracy of bushfire risk assessments as described in the Strategic and Regional Risk Profiles. Analysis of Rapid Eye imagery to map fire severity and ground truth (Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre Schedule 14) Monash University through the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre To improve the capability of the DELWP to repeatedly and reliably map and report on planned burning outcomes and testing and improving the use of known readily available technology to improve current use within DELWP. Fire Severity Mapping Review: Remote sensing techniques (Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre Schedule 13) Monash University through the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre Will guide DELWP’s investment into current and future research investment into remote sensing, which is necessary to improving DELWP’s capability to repeatedly and reliably map and report on planned burning outcomes and defining current best practice and future research and development needs. prone