Ecologist

Description

Studies the relationships between living organisms and the environment around them, and develops plans for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of biodiversity.

Description

Protect, manage and restore ecosystems and landscapes, and enhance them via appropriate management and conservation, promote public understanding and awareness of the natural environment and help to develop and implement appropriate policies to achieve these objectives.

Tasks include

• Studies interactions such as competition, cooperation and predation between species
• Investigates local and global ecosystems, including how species respond to environmental challenges and climate change
• Develops, plans and conducts field research and ecological monitoring surveys
• Utilises remote sensing and modelling to track ecosystems and predict the impact of biodiversity shifts in natural systems
• Researches how changes in habitat connectivity and patterns of natural and human disturbance impact species and biodiversity over time
• Provides advice on ecological restoration practices to repair ecosystems that have been degraded or damaged through natural processes or activities such as agriculture, construction, forestry and mining
• Plans, conducts and monitors reintroductions of locally extinct species