satellite monitoring

Australian scientists are developing a revolutionary way to monitor changes in biodiversity across vasttracts of the continent using satellites.In research for the Desert Knowledge CRC, Dr Ken Clarke of the University of Adelaide has helpedpioneer a new way to watch over biodiversity in the deserts – where some of the nation’s gravestextinction rates occur – and study what happens to it as the impacts of pests, human activity and climatechange build up.

Satellite tracking shows how far feral camels travel and why landholders and governments in different state and territories need to work together. [Graphic supplied by Mark Lethbridge based on his satellite tracking research, Lethbridge 2008]