Integrating research and practice

The relationship between restoration science and practice is a two-way one. Firstly - practice can be improved by good science. Secondly, restoration projects can also act as research sites, contributing new information and new questions to science.

• The achievement of meaningful research requires research-management partnerships.
• Researcher involvement is necessary to ensure monitoring is designed in a way that questions can be answered.
• Manager involvement is necessary to ensure questions are relevant to practice and take into account practical constraints.

Examples:

Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Projects: http://www.australianwildlife.org/field-programs.aspx
Research: http://www.australianwildlife.org/field-programs/science-surveys-and-research.aspx
See: http://www.australianwildlife.org/field-updates/2015/ground-breaking-feral-cat-research-extended-across-northern-australia.aspx

Bush Heritage Australia
Projects: http://www.bushheritage.org.au/what_we_do/working-on-the-land
Science: http://www.bushheritage.org.au/what_we_do/conservation-science

Great Barrier Reef restoration
The project: https://site.emrprojectsummaries.org/2016/03/05/conserving-and-restoring-biodiversity-of-the-great-barrier-reef-through-the-representative-areas-program-rap/
The research: http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/managing-the-reef/how-the-reefs-managed/science-for-management

Mulligan's Flat, Australian Capital Territory
The project: http://www.mulligansflat.org.au/woodland-recovery.html
The research: http://www.mfgowoodlandexperiment.org.au/index.html

Arid Recovery, South Australia
The project: http://www.aridrecovery.org.au/arid-recovery-reserve
The research: http://www.aridrecovery.org.au/research

Great Eastern Ranges, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, Australia
The project:http://www.greateasternranges.org.au/the-challenge/restoring-lost-linkages/
The science: http://www.greateasternranges.org.au/the-challenge/increasing-knowledge/
and http://www.greateasternranges.org.au/about-the-corridor/connectivity/

Mt Annan, New South Wales
The project: https://site.emrprojectsummaries.org/2016/03/05/seed-production-and-direct-seeding-to-restore-grassy-understorey-diversity-at-mount-annan-nsw/
The research: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1111/emr.12139/

Traditional Knowledge Pathways, Queensland fire, culture and biodiversity
http://site.emrprojectsummaries.org/2012/01/26/three-action-research-projects-itraditional-knowledge-revival-pathways-fire-program-iikuku-thaypan-fire-management-research-project-and-iiithe-importance-of-campfires-to-effective-conservation-2/

Thiaki Creek rainforest reconstruction experiment
https://site.emrprojectsummaries.org/2016/03/05/thiaki-biodiversity-ecosystem-functioning-and-restoration-experiment/