Project type Research

This is a practice-led research collaboration between CARI researchers and Vulcana Women’s Circus, a physical theatre community arts organisation. In association with Drs Samid Suliman and Kaya Barry (HLSS/GCSCR) Climate Scape unites performance researchers with social scientist/scholars and professional circus artists to explore how physical theatre and circus methods can… Read More

This book focuses on SDG #4 which focuses on ‘Quality Education’. It is recognised globally that having access to education can be a means by which to get people out of poverty and provide them with a means of socioeconomic mobility (United Nations n.d.). SDG#4 aims to ensure inclusive… Read More

The project goal is determining the role of coastal wetlands in removing dissolved inorganic nitrogen and thus, improving the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef. To test this at the landscape scale, we conducted nutrient fluxes measurements in the Moresby, a small catchment where 33% of it is cultivated… Read More

Project title: “Loganlea State High School Urban Farm and Indigenous Food Forest Project” Our team actively planned opportunities for Environmental Planning student’s holistic development by building professional and authentic relationships with industry members on a real-life local food resilience project in the City of Logan, Australia. Students worked in teams… Read More

This project aimed to contribute to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) led SOLAW21 report by providing a strong comprehensive response framework for better understanding the effectiveness of technical, Institutional and policy responses to mitigate and adapt to land, soil and water degradation. The scale of benefits of this… Read More

Based on a MoU between UNESCO and Griffith University, intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and the Sustainable Water Future program of Future Earth ( hosted at Griffith University) are developing a joint action plan, “Science for SDG6: Science to accelerate the implementation of SDG6″, focusing on the role… Read More

The short course aimed to contribute to improved nutrition indicators and food security policy in Sri Lanka and opened the door to further collaboration and capacity development between Sri Lankan practitioners and their Australian counterparts. This short course provided a point of reference in considering the future of health and… Read More

This project produced a pilot set of Ecosystem Accounts for the Mitchell River catchment in far north Queensland. The Ecosystem Accounts were constructed using recently standardised methodologies from the The United Nations’ System of Environmental Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA). SEEA EA provides a framework for organising data… Read More

Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants that have been detected in every spheres (land, air, water, and organisms) of the planet earth. For example, each year 8 million tonnes of MPs enter the ocean. According to a 2019 report from the World Economic Forum, 30 million tonnes of plastics have already… Read More

This project is a pilot project aiming to create an interactive VR time-lapse video of a mangrove forest from the perspective of its different animal inhabitants. It combines science and animation by embodying the imperceptible “aliveness” of a mangrove forest from multiple perspectives to highlight the importance of the ecosystem. Read More