Life on Land: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
It just so happens that JCU has a research centre dedicated to exploring, understanding and protecting life in natural and man-made terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics:
TESS: Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science
The main research themes of TESS are:
- Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
- Environmental change and archaeology
- Ecosystem science
- Sustainable landscapes and livelihoods
- Education, training and capacity building.
The members of TESS publish into a variety of subject areas in ResearchOnline, including Terrestrial Ecology and Earth & Environmental Science.
TESS run a series of seminars that are open to the public, so keep an eye on their site to see what's coming in 2020.
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