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Abstract

Threatened ecosystem conservation requires an understanding of the effectiveness of management and the challenges hindering successful protection and recovery. Bringing together researchers, land managers and policymakers to identify key threats, management needs, and knowledge gaps provides a unified account of the evidence and tools needed to improve threatened ecosystem management. We undertook a research prioritization process for Australian alpine and subalpine peatlands with experts across policy, research, and management. Through individual interviews, structured group discussions, and voting, we generated 25 priority research questions that, if addressed, would enhance our capacity to conserve peatlands. Knowledge gaps spanned four topics: understanding peatland dynamics, impacts of threats, methods to manage these, and the effectiveness of management. Consistent monitoring standards, an open-access knowledge platform and commitment to long-term joint research and management were identified as vital. This collaboration enabled development of a shared agenda of research priorities to target knowledge gaps for informing policy and management of threatened alpine peatlands. Our findings substantiate the importance of stronger ongoing collaboration among researchers, land managers and policymakers across jurisdictions to support conservation.

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Title
Setting research priorities for effective management of a threatened ecosystem: Australian alpine and subalpine peatland
Author
Rowland, Jessica A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Walsh, Jessica C 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Beitzel, Matthew 2 ; Brawata, Renee 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brown, Daniel 3 ; Chalmers, Linden 4 ; Evans, Lisa 2 ; Eyles, Kathryn 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gibbs, Rob 6 ; Grover, Samantha 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Grundy, Shane 8 ; Harris, Rebecca M B 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Haywood, Shayne 10 ; Hilton, Mairi 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hope, Geoffrey 11 ; Keaney, Ben 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Keatley, Marie 12 ; Keith, David A 13   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lawrence, Ruth 14 ; Lutz, Maiko L 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; MacDonald, Trish 15 ; MacPhee, Elizabeth 16 ; McLean, Nina 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Powell, Susan 5 ; Robledo-Ruiz, Diana A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sato, Chloe F 17   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Schroder, Mel 18 ; Silvester, Ewen 19   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tolsma, Arn 20   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Western, Andrew W 21   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Whinam, Jennie 22   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; White, Matthew 23 ; Wild, Anita 24 ; Williams, Richard J 25   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wright, Genevieve 26 ; Young, Wade 27 ; Moore, Joslin L 28   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 
 Conservation Research, Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, Canberra, Australia 
 Eastern Victoria Office, Bright, Victoria, Australia 
 Biodiversity Planning and Policy, ACT Government, Dickson, Australia 
 Department of Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment, Canberra, Australia 
 Australian Alps National Parks Co-operative Management Program, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 
 Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
 International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG), Greifswald, Germany 
 School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 
10  West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia 
11  College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 
12  Melbourne Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
13  Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia 
14  Department of Geography, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 
15  Independent scholar (retired), Canberra, Australia 
16  Alpine Flora - High Altitude Rehabilitation Consultant, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 
17  ACT Government, Canberra, Australia; Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia 
18  Southern Ranges Branch, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia 
19  Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology (RCAAE), Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution (DEEE), La Trobe University, Wodonga, Australia 
20  Arthur Rylah Institute, Biodiversity Division, Environment and Climate Change, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 
21  Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 
22  School of Geography, Planning & Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia 
23  Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra, Australia 
24  Wild Ecology Pty Ltd., Mount Nelson, Tasmania, Australia 
25  Charles Darwin University Faculty of Engineering Health Science and the Environment, Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Darwin, Northwest Territories, Australia 
26  NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia 
27  Parks and Conservation Service, Environment and Planning Directorate, Canberra, Australia 
28  School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Arthur Rylah Institute, Biodiversity Division, Environment and Climate Change, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 
Section
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Mar 2023
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
25784854
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2781279789
Copyright
© 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.