MsRegi Broeren

Project Total: $832,197; The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is delivering the Renewable Environmental Research Initiative (RERI) to address key information gaps in the regulation of renewable energy developments. The RERI aims to improve understanding of how renewable energy projects affect nationally significant environmental matters, and how best to manage these impacts to enable faster, better-informed decision-making under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This project focuses on two EPBC-listed species identified as priorities under the RERI: the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle and the Tasmanian masked owl. For each species, the project will: Compile existing data and identify key knowledge gaps. Investigate flight behaviour, habitat associations, and vulnerability to impacts from renewable energy infrastructure.Evaluate current survey methods used in pre-construction ecological impact assessments. Findings will be synthesised into species-specific regulatory guidance to support environmental assessments of renewable energy developments and ensure appropriate protections are in place for these threatened species. Funded by: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Tender ($850,800); University of Tasmania.

Project Total: $13,525; Applied research. Evaluating epidemiological data and biological samples to determine effects of a new transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils. Funded by: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - Grant ($13,525); University of Tasmania.