2022 Publications Performance
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Monash Research Outputs: 97
Mean Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI): 2.09
3 Year Rolling Mean FWCI: 1.76
Risks and Regulation in Biodiversity
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Research undertaken in the Faculty of Arts has explored the viability of impact investments - which have dual goals of generating profit as well as environmental or social impact - in promoting biodiversity conservation. Dr Benjamin Thompson, School of Social Sciences, evaluated the financial risks and impact risks of recent impact investments in biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management and nature based solutions to climate change. The study found that risk mitigation measures are necessary to counter financial and impact risks.
Unit Statistics and Highlights
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In 2022, Monash offered 124 units directly related to SDG15 with 6,143 total enrolments.
The units highlighted below are a small sample of the units at Monash relating to life on land:
Earth Science
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Earth science is a broad discipline that covers all aspects of the study of the Earth's physical environment and the interaction of that environment with the biosphere. It includes the disciplines of physical geography, geology, geophysics, and climate science. The earth science extended major at Monash provides an integrated, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary perspective that explains how the Earth's physical systems operate and equips graduates to face some of the major global challenges such as climate change, land and water degradation, and resource exploration.
Bushfire and Biodiversity Tool
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Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative (MUDRI) marked International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction by helping launch an Australian-first bushfire and biodiversity tool.
Based on community values, the Upper Beaconsfield Bushfire & Biodiversity Tool provides tailored, local information for residents in the Victorian towns of Upper Beaconsfield, Dewhurst and Guys Hill to make informed decisions about managing bushfire risks while protecting biodiversity on private property.
The user-friendly tool tells the story of the region’s biodiversity values and its devastating bushfire history. It offers evidence-based approaches to help residents assess and take action to manage their bushfire risks while taking account of the environment
Bloodwood Series: Corymbia Eximia
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A performance installation presented by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, the Bloodwood Series cycle is a lament and elegy for the lexicon of rare and endangered trees and wildlife that have been burned. Using the metaphor of remembered images of familiar bushland and bushfire-ravaged landscape as points of departure, the Performance, hosted by the Melbourne Recital Centre, provided a meditation on the darkness of the night, and a prayer for deliverance and for a new path in the world to come, for green shoots from the ashes.
Urban Ecosystem: Thriving Habitats
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Monash University’s landscapes and Indigenous flora, with an estimated value of more than $100 million, are designated by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects as being nationally significant. Embedded in the campus masterplans is a commitment to sustain a rich biodiversity on each campus, sensitive to local contexts. The masterplans for each Australian campus include clear deliverables and metrics for the infrastructure and landscape development to achieve University aspirations, including sustainability goals.
Monash continually endeavours to improve the sustainability and biodiversity of its campus ecosystems so they are better equipped to manage a changing climate and extreme weather events. Work is being undertaken to improve the sustainability of our gardens, including the installation of permeable pathways and rainwater harvesting and treatment networks to capture, reuse and repurpose water throughout our landscapes for the benefit of wildlife, including the diverse bird species that seek respite among our native flora each year.
