The Ecosystem & Biodiversity group assesses impacts of mining activities on flora and fauna; develop innovative approaches to restore ecosystem services and practices that encourage recolonisation by native species; examine the resilience of ecosystems under specific disturbance regimes; discover and understand the utility of metallophyte plants; create approaches for the recovery and sustainability of disturbed land.
- Assess the impacts of mining activities on flora and fauna
- Develop innovative approaches to restore ecosystem services and practices that encourage recolonisation by native species
- Examine the resilience of ecosystems under specific disturbance regimes;
- Discover and understand the utility of metallophyte plants; create approaches for the recovery and sustainability of disturbed land.
Group Leader
Professor Peter Erskine
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Team
Dr Lorna Hernandez Santin
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Dr Phill McKenna
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Dr Sang Phan
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Weerach Charerntantanakul
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Thomas Scanlan (Senior Research Assistant)
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Higher Degree by Research students
Kate Harries
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Katherine Pinto Irish
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Dantong "Momo" Meng
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Coleby Thew
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Tom Bos
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Yasanga Suduweli Kondage
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Alex Leslie
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For a list of current and past projects undertaken by CERM's Ecosystem & Biodiversity group at UQ's Sustainable Minerals Institute, click here.
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Professor Peter Erskine
Group leader of the Ecosystem Assessment, Restoration and Resilience research group
The Ecosystem Assessment, Restoration and Resilience research group sits within the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining (CERM).