Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130103341

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP130103341

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A weed by any other name? Comparing local knowledge and uses of environmental weeds around the Indian Ocean. This project investigates the different ways in which indigenous and rural communities in Australia, India, Madagascar and South Africa perceive, classify and use weeds in their everyday livelihood and cultural activities. It provides an innovative framework for sharing local knowledge and new ways of managing environmental weeds.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2013

End Date: 01-03-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $419,827.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Social and Cultural Geography | Human Geography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species not elsewhere classified | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | Human Geography | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Social and Cultural Geography

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