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Green it Up: Revitalising Australia’s CBDs in a pandemic
Claire Farrell was interviewed as part of a study commissioned by the Property Council of Australia looking at how to re-engergise central business districts (CBDs) across …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2021/04/12/green-it-up-revitalising-australias-cbds-in-a-pandemic
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New solutions for cooling urban landscapes
PhD candidate Pui Kwan (Paul) Cheung and A/Prof Stephen Livesley are working on a novel project looking at the use of misting to cool urban landscapes. …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2021/03/23/new-solutions-for-cooling-urban-landscapes
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Online workshop: Green Roof Maintenance
Find link to recording here In this free online1.5-hour workshop, research experts and practitioners in green roof design and maintenance outlined the key maintenance requirements for …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/11/25/upcoming-workshop-green-roof-maintenance
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Royal Park Direct Seeding Project
In late April, almost a million seeds of native meadow species were sown across a 1,300m2 area under eucalypts in Royal Park. The Royal Park Direct …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/07/10/royal-park-direct-seeding-project
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Moving on to new biodiversity ventures
Caragh Threlfall is leaving GIRG for University of Sydney, having received a Commonwealth Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA) for the project Success and the …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/07/10/moving-on-to-new-biodiversity-ventures
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PhD News
JULY 2020 Image: PhD candidate Katherine Horsfall at her grassland research plots in Royal Park Road verges provide ecosystem benefits plus new projects in urban grasslands, …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/07/10/phd-news
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Collaborative ecology in public spaces – shared learnings
Collaborative research projects in urban ecology and biodiversity were the focus of a March workshop led by GIRG’s Nick Williams with Prof Alexander Felson (Faculty of …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/07/10/collaborative-ecology-in-public-spaces-shared-learnings
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Recent Publications
JULY 2020 Biochar source material matters Joerg Werdin and colleagues tested the wood of 18 eucalyptus species and found that biochar made from lower density wood …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/07/10/recent-publications-july-2020
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Bringing nature back to cities: Streetscape Biodiversity Case Study
The City of Melbourne has released a comprehensive case study of their biodiversity streetscape research project. The project has illustrated how diversifying streetscape plants can have …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/06/21/bringing-nature-back-to-cities-streetscape-biodiversity-case-study
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Roadmap for Greener Cities
GIRG researchers Nicholas Williams, Kate Lee, John Rayner and Rachael Bathgate have worked with our industry, government and research partners to develop the Roadmap for Green …
girg.science.unimelb.edu.au/2020/06/09/roadmap-for-greener-cities
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