Research
Research is an important part of environmental management. It provides objective, reliable information to underpin and support sound decision making.
Research enables environmental managers to:
- Deal with uncertainty or knowledge gaps
- Understand how ecosystems, communities and species function
- Understand and refine management programs.
Research priorities
Parks Victoria’s priority themes for research are:
- Improving management effectiveness
- Decision-support - priority setting and resource allocation
- Ecosystems and species
- Ecosystem restoration and conservation
- Managing invasive species
- Over-abundant native animals
- Fire ecology
- Urban biodiversity
- Environmental impacts of visitors
- Inventory
- Climate change.
Research projects may cover a number of these themes.
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Dusky Moorhen
14 May 2012
The Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a dark grey and black water bird with a red facial shield and a yellow tipped bill. An adult bird is usually 35-38cm. Young birds are duller brown colour. They are found throughout Victoria and Eastern and South-western Australia. The Dusky …
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