Making a difference in the wider world. Zoos Victoria is committed to wildlife conservation programs both within Australia and overseas. Many of these programs depend on an understanding of key threatening processes, ecosystem function and management, population dynamics, and the interactions between these elements. Zoos Victoria is conducting and supporting critical research in these areas.
A collaborative research project looks at the impacts of fire, forestry and feral predator management on wildlife in Gippsland, eastern Victoria.
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Researchers are investigating how to improve conservation strategies for elephants in Sabah, Malaysia by studying human and elephant land-use.
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Zoos Victoria is leading a research project to assess the herpetofauna (reptile and amphibian) and small mammal communities across undisturbed and human-modified habitats in south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Researchers from LaTrobe University are investigating the effects of Kunzea (a native shrub) encroachment on woodland bird communities.
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Researchers from Zoos Victoria and the University of Melbourne are investigating the relative impacts of trout predation and chydrid fungus on Spotted Tree Frog populations in north-east Victoria.
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