Future Earth Australia

What is the best way to connect researchers and decision makers? How is this implemented successfully, and then measured? Sustainability Science recently published a study on the attributes of effective knowledge brokers in the environment sphere. Evaluation towards diverse goals, strategies and personal contributions create successful knowledge exchange collaborations. Knowledge brokering is a key service of Future Earth Australia, where we produce extensive consultation and facilitate evidence-based collaboration for crucial sustainability transitions. Find out more below! (open access) https://lnkd.in/gF623Uyf

Future Earth Australia is excited to announce the launch of our new National Strategies Policy Library. The library includes 3 policy briefs based on our National Strategies: Just Adaptation, Sustainable Oceans and Coasts, and Sustainable Cities and Regions. Each brief is designed to increase accessibility and support decision-makers with clear policy advice to improve equity, sustainability, and successful partnerships. Read our new Policy Library and news story about research-policy-practice below! https://lnkd.in/gRXDR_Mr https://lnkd.in/g7kHNVfz #newproject #sustainability

Future Earth's Annual Report for 2023-2024 has just been published, and we are very excited to have contributed as the National node for Australia. In particular we highlight their recent series '10 New Insights in Climate Science' featuring essential advances in climate change research from natural and social sciences, with high policy relevance. Future Earth Australia is proud to be a constituent of this important global community. 🌏 https://lnkd.in/g9t5gutz

Read the most extensive new studies on trees in the Amazon rainforest! 🌴 🦋 'The pace of life for forest trees' is based on 3.2 million tree measurements across the Americas - the most comprehensive assessment ever conducted. 'The biography of the Amazonian tree flora' explores how tree communities change across the Amazon basin due to a variety of factors. These recent papers are providing brand-new insights into Earth's tree communities in and around the Amazon rainforest. Happy reading! 📑 References: Bialic-Murphy, L., et al. 2024. The pace of life for forest trees. Science 386:92-98. Luize, B. G., et al. 2024. The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications Biology 7:1240. https://lnkd.in/gQyjDiVv.  (free access!)

The IUCN is supporting alternative conservation methods outside of protected areas. Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) "represent an expansion of the conservation paradigm, managed directly or indirectly to conserve biodiversity and relevant cultural, spiritual, and socio-economic values for local communities." These wholistic, inclusive and adaptive responses embody transdisciplinarity in conservation and sustainable management. 🌿 Read about OECMs in South America here: https://lnkd.in/gFaZUVcD.

Future Earth Australia proudly celebrated Science at the Shine Dome last week with our host The Australian Academy of Science. 🌏 🎉 We hosted lunch to bring together the great minds of Australian based Future Earth members and researchers. This was a particular highlight as we connected with our vast Academy and Future Earth networks.

🙌🏼 What an amazing week! 🧬 The Australian Academy of Science was on show this week, and wow 👀 did Science at the Shine Dome deliver in spades. Seeing the celebration of science in so many forms was incredibly uplifting. The diversity and caliber of academic excellence was astounding as always. I come away in even more awe of our world (& beyond!) and the incredible people working to understand our place within it all. 🌏 Future Earth Australia is proudly incubated by the Academy, and we were on show this week too as we hosted lunch to bring together Australian based members of the vast Future Earth network. Other highlights of the week were launching the Academy’s Innovation Reconciliation Action Plan, hearing from Her Excellency the Governer-General at the Gala dinner, and the always popular gelato cart🍦 My sincere thanks for the stellar leadership of Anna-Maria Arabia and Chennupati Jagadish, AC Congratulations everyone on a fabulous #ShineDome24 🌟

Future Earth Australia is hosting a lunch networking event for researchers in the greater Future Earth community! Lunch will occur during Science at the Shine Dome at the Australian Academy of Science. If you are part of the Future Earth network and would like to attend, please see our events page for more information. https://lnkd.in/gx3fXNbZ

The University of the Sunshine Coast has developed a chlamydia vaccine for koalas that can reduce disease-related deaths in wild populations by at least 65%. Research is ongoing to establish a veterinary-approved product for distribution in vulnerable populations. The University of the Sunshine Coast is a member of Future Earth Australia. 🐨 https://lnkd.in/gseqki8B

As we celebrate National Science Week in Australia, it is important not only to look at the future of science, but to the past. Decolonising science in a colonised world is complex, but these complexities should not deter from action. Science and research practices that are inclusive, listen deeply, and actively work to decolonise are the only equitable way forward. Find more resources below 🔭 Confronting a colonial past - https://lnkd.in/gzD97J96 Decolonising Australian psychology - https://lnkd.in/g5tYiaMd Ethical ecological practices - https://lnkd.in/gDzazsCD Australian Academy of Science opens resources to lower income countries - https://lnkd.in/ghSTVqYH