Curtin University of Technology is working on a major project, in collaboration with Indonesian partners, to preserve the diversity of plant life in Bali.<\/p>\n
School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages senior lecturer Dr Ian Chalmers said Curtin had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Udayana University in Denpasar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first step towards undertaking an action-research project aimed at preserving the island\u2019s flora,\u201d Dr Chalmers said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project will focus on plants of special cultural significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver 90 per cent of the population of Bali is Hindu and they have traditionally used a range of exotic plants, flowers and fruits as part of their ceremonies.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, Curtin Indonesian Studies student Chris Brown has found that the once abundant supply of flora used for these traditional ceremonies is rapidly dwindling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is mainly due to the competing demands of population growth, agriculture and land degradation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a list of more than 60 plants that need to be saved \u2013 including more than 25 critically endangered species \u2013 including local species of banana and coconut.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitially the plants will be coded to establish the botanical region that they come from, then we will locate sites for regeneration and grow supplies for the local rituals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project will involve other areas at Curtin including the Australian Sustainable Diversity Institute (ASDI), and Muresk Institute.<\/p>\n
Contact:<\/strong> Dr Ian Chalmers, Curtin School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, 9266 7081, I.Chalmers@curtin.edu.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Curtin University of Technology is working on a major project, in collaboration with Indonesian partners, to preserve the diversity of plant life in Bali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17523","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-research"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17523"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}