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Conservation projects with a bright future - July 2010

Wallum Sedge Frog
Photo © Tyrone Lavery

We all know that our actions have an effect on wildlife, but we often don't know enough about the important details. Through its grants program Wildlife Queensland, funded by its Endangered Species Trust, is supporting research by university students so we can all find out more.

From pythons to wallabies to endangered heathlands, wallum wetlands and dams - in our eyes these conservation projects have a bright future.

Our inaugural program attracted many applications. Here are the 5 successful applicants who have each received $1000 towards their research project.

Successful Applicants

Melissa Bruton University of Queensland PhD candidate	Relationships between reptiles and patch quality in the Brigalow Belt: with a focus on the woma python Aspidites ramsayi.
Gabriel Conroy University of Sunshine Coast PhD candidate	The effects of fire and fragmentation upon two co-occurring coastal heath species Acacia baueri (vulnerable) and Blandfordia grandiflora (endangered) and the resultant implications for their future conservation manaqement.
Bluey Donaldson University of Queensland PhD candidate	Effect of vegetation change and management on the ecology and health of the endangered bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata).	Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Photo © Lee Curtis
Katrin Lowe Griffith University PhD candidate	Landscape ecology and bioclimatic conditions of the Wallum Sedge frog in coastal wallum wetlands of eastern Australia.
Erica Todd James Cook University PhD candidate	Assessing long-term impacts of river damming on ecologically diverse Australian freshwater turtles.

Each of the students will be contributing articles to Wildlife Australia Magazine as well updates to this website in the coming months. So watch this space!

The next round of grants will open in February 2011. Eligible research projects are those which investigate methods of addressing or reversing the decline in native plant and animal species or their habitat, or other applied conservation outcomes in Queensland. These include biodiversity conservation, vegetation communities and regional ecosystems.

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