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2019-04-01
CellPress;
One of many challenges in the conservation of biodiversity is the recent trend in the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events. The Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, endured an unprecedented marine heatwave in 2011. Catastrophic losses of habitat-forming seagrass meadows followed, along with mass mortalities of invertebrate and fish communities. Our long-term demographic data on Shark Bay's resident Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) population revealed a significant decline in female reproductive rates following the heatwave. Moreover, capture–recapture analyses indicated 5.9% and 12.2% post-heatwave declines in the survival of dolphins that use tools to forage and those that do not, respectively. This implies that the tool-using dolphins may have been somewhat buffered against the cascading effects of habitat loss following the heatwave by having access to a less severely affected foraging niche. Overall, however, lower survival has persisted post-heatwave, suggesting that habitat loss following extreme weather events may have prolonged, negative impacts on even behaviourally flexible, higher-trophic level predators.
2018-05-11
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grant recipients in The Ian Potter Foundation's Environment & Conservation and Science program areas. It contains the summarised learnings of all Environment & Conservation and Science grantees over the past five years.The information documented here has been taken from the final reports of Environment & Conservation and Science grantees, which were submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation following the completion of their projects.
2018-05-03
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grantees in the Education program area. It contains the summarised learnings of all the Foundation's Education grantees over the past seven years.The information documented here has been taken from the final reports of Education grantees which were submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation following the completion of their projects.
2018-07-23
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document summarises the key learnings for the Foundation as funder. Below are the distilled lessons from over 1000 Science, Medical Research, Health & Disability, Education, Arts, Community Wellbeing and Environment & Conservation grants acquitted by The Ian Potter Foundation between 2009 and 2017.Learnings are organised by timeframe ('before', 'during' and 'after' the grant) and grouped by themes.
2017-08-17
JMIR Public Health Surveillance;
Flutracking is a weekly Web-based survey of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Australia that has grown from 400 participants in 2006 to over 26,000 participants every week in 2016. Flutracking monitors both the transmission and severity of ILI across Australia by documenting symptoms (cough, fever, and sore throat), time off work or normal duties, influenza vaccination status, laboratory testing for influenza, and health seeking behavior. Recruitment of Flutrackers commenced via health department and other organizational email systems, and then gradually incorporated social media promotion and invitations from existing Flutrackers to friends to enhance participation. Invitations from existing participants typically contribute to over 1000 new participants each year. The Flutracking survey link was emailed every Monday morning in winter and took less than 10 seconds to complete. To reduce the burden on respondents, we collected only a minimal amount of demographic and weekly data. Additionally, to optimize users' experiences, we maintained a strong focus on "obvious design" and repeated usability testing of naïve and current participants of the survey. In this paper, we share these and other insights on recruitment methods and user experience principles that have enabled Flutracking to become one of the largest online participatory surveillance systems in the world. There is still much that could be enhanced in Flutracking; however, we believe these principles could benefit others developing similar online surveillance systems.
2017-04-21
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grantees in the Arts program area. It contains the summarised learnings of all Arts grantees over the past five years.The information documented here has been taken from the final reports of Arts grantees, which were submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation following the completion of their projects. As such, the views expressed here to not necessarily represent the views of The Ian Potter Foundation.The learnings are grouped roughly by project type. A majority of Arts programs supported by The Ian Potter Foundation over the last five years fall under one or more of the following categories: emerging artist programs; touring programs; 'one-off' events, such as festivals or exhibitions; and education programs. The section titled 'Creative content' refers broadly to the choices surrounding creating, presenting or performing creative works, and as such is applicable to all project types.
2017-04-21
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grantees. It contains the collective lessons reported by grantees in the past five years of final reports submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation. The document is arranged thematically, and provides examples of learnings sourced from grantees final reports.
2017-07-31
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grantees in the Community Wellbeing program area. It contains the summarised learnings of all Community Wellbeing grantees over the past seven years.The information documented here has been taken from the final reports of Community Wellbeing grantees, which were submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation following the completion of their projects.
2017-05-18
The Ian Potter Foundation;
This document is intended for future applicants and grantees. It contains the collective lessons reported by grantees in the past five years of final reports submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation.The document is arranged thematically, and provides examples of learnings sourced from grantees final reports.
2008-08-27
Pew Environment Group;
Using existing data, describes potential focus areas for a conservation program supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Nature Conservancy, the ecological processes that maintain the native vegetation, the threats, and local conservation efforts.
2009-07-22
Commonwealth Fund;
Provides an overview of Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and its consideration of both comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in deciding on drug subsidies. Outlines its framework, structure, and impact on policy and practice.
2010-07-13
Pew Environment Group-Australia;
Projects mitigation effects and cost savings from protecting "terrestrial carbon" and land management practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Outlines the need for an international policy framework, carbon accounting, and research and development.
