RESEARCH WEEK EVENT - Conserving and Restoring the Cumberland Plain for shared cultural, social, and ecological values

The Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan (CPCP) Research Strategy was developed in a collaboration between Western Sydney University and the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE). The strategy identifies research priorities within 4 core themes:

1. Supporting Aboriginal connections
2. Engaging with peoples and cultures
3. Conserving threatened species and ecosystems
4. Restoring and reconstructing ecosystems.

These research themes are interconnected with shared objectives and research priorities to address critical knowledge gaps across multiple interdisciplinary themes such as “Prioritising sites for shared cultural, conservation and restoration values”.

This event highlights the progress of the research and aims to develop interdisciplinary teams to bid for funding under the research strategy in the coming years.