UQ researchers secure funding to protect vulnerable species

Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $110,000 to help safeguard some of Queensland’s most vulnerable species under the Queensland Government’s Threatened Species Program.

Dr April Reside and Associate Professor Karen Cheney from the School of the Environment will lead separate projects to investigate threats to endangered species to inform conservation strategies.

Dr Reside will examine the impact of habitat loss and degradation on endangered Queensland reptiles including the Condamine earless dragon, the Roma earless dragon, the Grey snake, and the long-legged worm-skink to improve land management practices.

Dr Karen Cheney will investigate the White’s Seahorse’s population and movements in South East Queensland, including monitoring changes and threats to key habitat sites and how this impacts on the species.

They are among 9 research projects awarded funding by the Queensland Government to help protect the future of more than 1,000 species currently listed as threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act.