Creating the Victorian Biodiversity Index
Melbourne Biodiversity Institute partnered with DEECA to explore how customers value and engage with nature and climate. The findings are helping shape the bank’s leadership in building a nature-positive economy.
Research Cluster
Research partners
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action [DEECA]
Project team
Professor Brendan Wintle, Dr Emily McColl-Gausden, Will Sowersby (DEECA)
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Project details
To protect and promote biodiversity, state governments need high quality, reliable and detailed data demonstrating the trajectory of different plant and animal populations. MBI has developed the Victorian Biodiversity Index [VBI] for the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action [DEECA] for this purpose.
The MBI team collated 310,468 timeseries for 1,872 species across birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and plants. This living tool incorporates updates to the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, as they are made. DEECA will now use this highly sensitive tool to perform reporting to inform Victoria’s Biodiversity 2030 Strategy.
The MBI will continue to work with DEECA to improve the Index; promoting evidenced-based biodiversity policy across the state.