In Kakadu, our focus is on research that addresses threats such as fire, weeds and feral cats, both across the landscape and in riparian and floodplain areas. We are also working closely with the Park’s Traditional Owners to identify and undertake action-research partnerships. A new suite of three projects is working to ensure the world-class rehabilitation of the Ranger Uranium Mine site. Other Hub research across northern Australia, on topics such as Indigenous land management, environmental monitoring techniques, fire and carbon, is also generating information to support the management of environmental resources in Kakadu. Our Kakadu-focused research projects are listed below.
You may also be interested in our projects conducting research across the entire northern Hub region.
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Bininj/Mungguy healthy country indicatorsKeywords: Monitoring, weeds & ferals, Indigenous NRM focus, social & cultural values
Fish movement and sensitivity to contaminated mine waterKeywords: Floodplains, rivers & waterholes, coasts & estuaries, water qualitymine rehabilitation
Indigenous NRM in Kakadu National ParkKeywords: environmental flows, rivers & waterholes, Indigenous NRM focus, social & cultural values
Investigating feral cats in small mammal declineKeywords: Threatened species, weeds & ferals
Kakadu National Park’s threatened speciesKeywords: Threatened species, land planning
Managing savanna riparian zonesKeywords: Floodplains, Fire, weeds & ferals, crocodiles
Monitoring terrestrial animals in KakaduKeywords: Threatened species, Monitoring, Fire
Rehabilitated mine sites and Top End animalsKeywords: Monitoring, mine rehabilitation, closure objectives
Tree water use and sensitivity to contaminated mine waterKeywords: water quality, mine rehabilitation, closure criteria
Aquatic biodiversity conservation and management
Ecogenomic approaches to monitor Kakadu estuaries
Managing threats to floodplain biodiversity and Indigenous values
Remote sensing to map & monitor coastal habitats and water quality
River to landscape connections and biodiversity
Water and sediment movement in the Alligator Rivers estuaries
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Dec 11, 2019Delivering research for NT government
Hub researchers recently met for a workshop with NT Government policy-makers and regulators to share relevant research and solicit feedback […]
Oct 03, 2019Using technology to monitor healthy country indicators
This new video from our project working in Kakadu with Bininj/Mungguy shares experiences of how technology can help monitor healthy […]
Sep 17, 2019Tracking returning animals at rehabilitated mine sites
A new approach to setting benchmarks for the return of fauna will allow rehabilitation managers to better assess the success […]
Jul 04, 2019Following fauna in Kakadu National Park
A new Hub project led by Graeme Gillespie from the NT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources is trialling a […]
Jun 07, 2019Investigating healthy country indicators
Together, Traditional Owners and researchers have identified indicators that they can use to monitor and evaluate the health of country […]
Aug 23, 2018Tree water use & sensitivity to contaminated mine water
Riparian, or riverbank, vegetation in the Top End depends on groundwater to sustain it during the dry season. Weathering of waste rock […]
Aug 22, 2018Feral cat exclosures boost reptile populations
Collaborative research between the Northern Territory Government, the Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, the Threatened Species Recovery Hub and Parks Australia […]
Aug 21, 2018Informing Ranger mine rehabilitation
The NT’s Ranger uranium mine is set to cease operations in 2021 and by 2026, be rehabilitated to a state […]
Aug 20, 2018Rehabilitated mine sites & Top End animals
Effective rehabilitation is a major challenge for the many active and legacy mines across northern Australia, with best practice mine […]
Jul 25, 2018What do crocs eat?
With a fearsome reputation as a ‘hypercarnivorous apex predator’, you would expect estuarine crocodiles (or ‘salties’ as we call them […]
Apr 30, 2018Feral cats in Kakadu
Small and medium-sized native mammals have suffered severe declines across much of northern Australia, including within protected areas such as […]
Feb 05, 2018World Wetlands Day at Kakadu
What better time to celebrate World Wetlands Day than after the Top End’s wettest January since 1904? The Northern Hub […]
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