Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and Mc Donald Islands: overall (UMBRELLA PROGRAM)

Project aim

Australias World Heritage listed subantarctic Heard and McDonald Islands are experiencing rapid climate change. Their terrestrial and coastal ecosystems are poorly known. This multidiciplinary project will gather baseline data on ecosytem biodiversity and species distribution, and make predictions about responses to future environmental change, providing vital information for conservation protocols.