Corridor Research: Investigations into a pollinator corridor for inner Sydney, Australia
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posted on 2025-07-24, 04:49 authored by Penelope AllanPenelope Allan, Alex Crowe, Chloe Walsh, Patrick Franklyn, Griffin PickardNo description supplied<p></p>
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Commissioned by: Alastair Swayne Foundation
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Alastair Swayne FoundationPlace of publication
Sydney AustraliaPagination
1-48Report or Submission Number
2024Commissioning body
Alastair Swayne FoundationResearch statement
This research is in the field of urban ecology and resilience. Efforts to tackle the biodiversity crisis around the world have taken shape in many ways, with community groups, academics and local councils in cities publishing research, policy and design guidelines that focus on ‘rewilding’, a popular term to describe holistic ecosystem restoration that has evolved to mean the reintroduction of complex ecosystems in complex and increasingly contested urban areas that often support very little biodiversity. The focus of this report is on pollinators as their presence may reflect overall ecosystem health in this way pollinators represent the canary in the coal mine of urban ecosystems. The unseen work they perform in wild places is shrouded even further by the built environment and the work here-in seeks to make this work visible, celebrate it and to facilitate its proliferation. The research for this project has been conducted by a core team of landscape architects from industry and academics from the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Western Sydney. The intention of this report is primarily to assess the urban condition of the area local to this team and help form a foundation of understanding for how to act in pursuit of more biodiversity in their local area. It is the intention for the work to be applicable and implementable for landscape architects, community members and other professionals alike. The methodology is intended to be broadly applicable to any urban context however the output is specific to place, as it always should be. The research is intended to directly inform the next phase of work by the Sydney Pollinator Lab as well as any community group or professional looking for guidance on what to doUN Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
