Living Laboratories

The philosophy behind “Living Laboratories” is that the current investment in landscape change through Natural Resource Management Programs offers the research community a “laboratory” within which hypotheses can be tested and measurements can be taken at full landscape scale. The Living Laboratories Program is supported by ICE WaRM and DWLBC.

Any individual or organisation interested in helping to create a “Living Laboratories” Open Day is encouraged to contact Paul Dalby at ICE WaRM.

Recent Living Laboratory presentations

• Presentation for workshop on tools for information sharing
• Emerging Technologies in Environmental Management
• Integrated Landscape Science - Recent Research
• Emerging Tools to Respond to and Influence Community Values in Natural Resource Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation in Natural Resource Management

Purpose of Living Laboratories

To utilise large-scale infrastructure and policy initiatives in water and natural resource management as “living laboratories” to:

• generate and document innovations and lessons learned that can be used to better implement large-scale NRM programs;
• integrate research methodologies into implementation programs to allow more meaningful evaluation of their outcomes; and
• provide infrastructure for Australian researchers to undertake world-class research.