Brooke Williams博士获得了530K美元的赠款,用于开发一种工具,用以确定澳大利亚森林恢复的最佳土地,目的是促进碳和生物多样性市场,同时确保以科学为基础的政策。 Dr. Brooke Williams wins $530K grant to develop a tool for identifying optimal lands for forest restoration in Australia, aiming to boost carbon and biodiversity markets while ensuring science-based policies.

Newcastle大学养护生态学家Brooke Williams博士获得澳大利亚研究理事会530 000美元的赠款,用以创建一种工具,确定最佳土地用于恢复森林。 Dr Brooke Williams, a conservation ecologist at the University of Newcastle, has been awarded a $530,000 Australian Research Council grant to create a tool identifying optimal lands for forest restoration. 该项目旨在加强澳大利亚的碳和生物多样性市场,价值11亿美元,预计到2050年将达到1,370亿美元。 The project aims to enhance Australia’s carbon and biodiversity markets, valued at $1.1 billion and projected to reach $137 billion by 2050. 威廉斯强调,需要以科学为基础的政策,以确保恢复努力,有效地应对气候变化和保护生物多样性,并警告说,不受管制的市场可能无意中损害生态系统或取代农业。 Williams emphasizes the need for science-based policies to ensure restoration efforts effectively combat climate change and protect biodiversity, warning that unregulated markets could inadvertently harm ecosystems or displace agriculture. 她的研究,包括一项2023年自然研究,表明天然森林的再生可恢复全球2.15亿公顷土地,抵消23.4亿吨碳排放量,相当于澳大利亚目前50年的排放量。 Her research, including a 2023 Nature study, shows natural forest regeneration could restore 215 million hectares globally, offsetting 23.4 gigatonnes of carbon emissions—equivalent to 50 years of Australia’s current emissions. 尽管最近对环境法进行了改革,但专家们说,由于过度的部级酌处权和漏洞,这些改革不够充分,这突出表明了以证据为驱动的养护战略的紧迫性。 Despite recent environmental law reforms, experts say they fall short due to excessive ministerial discretion and loopholes, underscoring the urgency of evidence-driven conservation strategies.