PhD Scholarship Opportunity: Developing indigenous-specific ecosystem services metrics & tools for nature-based economies in Northern Australia

The Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) is seeking applicants for an exciting PhD project that will lead to the development of indigenous-specific ecosystem services metrics and tools for nature-based economies to help indigenous land owners/managers engage with nature-based economies and related markets. This project is an exciting opportunity to work with Indigenous land managers and develop incentivising tools that help protect biodiversity.

About the project:

This project will build upon current ARC Discovery research, where nature-based economic opportunities were explored. In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis by the Australian Government on the Nature Repair market. During the project, we developed the first-of-its-kind, ground-up nature-based economies framework, in collaboration with Indigenous peoples/Traditional Owners from across the north. This framework offers a list of ecological and socio-cultural indicators ...

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