{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100520"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100520","attributes":{"code":"FT250100520","administering-organisation":"Western Sydney University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Western Sydney University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-01-14","anticipated-end-date":"2030-01-13","grant-summary":"Into the wild: safe site networks to halt plant extinction. Nine in ten of Australia’s ~25,000 native plant species occur nowhere else on Earth. This project aims to halt their documented decline and extinction. An entirely new approach for their conservation is proposed – creating ‘safe site’ networks for the reintroduction of populations, funded by nature repair markets. By determining which species are most at risk from extinction and using large theory-driven field experiments and spatial analysis to uncover how and where to recover populations, the research aims to transform plant conservation. Among expected benefits are cost-benefit data and frameworks for embedding safe site approaches in emerging nature markets to safeguard the natural capital embedded in Australia's exceptional flora.","funding-current":1313160.00,"funding-at-announcement":1285398,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Prof","firstName":"Rachael","familyName":"Gallagher","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-4680-8115 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Prof","firstName":"Rachael","familyName":"Gallagher","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-4680-8115 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Western Sydney University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Western Sydney University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"310308","name":"Terrestrial Ecology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"410102","name":"Ecological Impacts of Climate Change and Ecological Adaptation","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4104","name":"Environmental Management","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"410401","name":"Conservation and Biodiversity","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"180606","name":"Terrestrial Biodiversity","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190101","name":"Climate Change Adaptation Measures (Excl. Ecosystem)","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","Samoa","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Ninety percent of Australian plants are unique to the Australian continent, growing nowhere else in the world. However, their conservation is at risk from feral animals, drought, disease, and habitat destruction. This project will develop new and sustainable ways of preventing their extinction, primarily focusing on the practice of plant reintroductions. The research aligns with the Australian Government’s policy agenda for the introduction of a Nature Repair Market and for the successful implementation of its Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032. The project addresses strategic gaps in knowledge within these government policies, firstly by identifying which plant species are most at risk, and secondly by determining ideal planting locations and optimal growing conditions. Australia’s species recovery efforts will benefit greatly from evidence-led financial incentives to landholders who engage in nature markets, so research findings will be communicated directly with policy makers in State and Commonwealth government. Preventing plant extinctions preserves the nation’s natural capital for future generations, not only protecting untapped economic opportunities such as new food crops, materials, and medicines, but also contributing to global biodiversity efforts."}}}