Connect the people and the knowledge needed to solve complex biodiversity challenges.
WABSI is a joint venture – a Western Australian research partnership which connects the right people, knowledge and resources around the questions that matter.
Our role is not to duplicate the work of others. It is to create the conditions for, and lead collaboration.
Our role is not to duplicate. It is to lead collaboration.
Biodiversity challenges rarely fit neatly within one organisation, discipline or sector. They require people with different knowledge, experience and responsibilities to work together towards a shared goal.
WABSI brings together researchers, government, industry, Traditional Owners and other knowledge holders to build the connections needed to address complex biodiversity challenges.
We create opportunities to identify shared priorities, connect expertise and develop collaborative approaches that no single organisation could deliver alone.
Better connections lead to better solutions.
Bringing different perspectives together
Complex biodiversity challenges need scientific, practical, cultural, policy and economic perspectives. Collaboration brings these different forms of knowledge together to create a stronger evidence base.
Turning shared challenges into shared action
When organisations work towards common priorities, research effort can be better aligned, duplication reduced and opportunities for larger-scale impact identified.
From shared questions to collective action.
WABSI starts with the issue, not the research.
We work with people making decisions about Western Australia’s biodiversity to understand the challenges they face and the knowledge they need. We then connect the right expertise, organisations and resources to help address those priorities.
This can mean bringing together researchers across disciplines, connecting science with policy and industry, or creating partnerships that enable new research and investment.
The result is a stronger connection between the questions decision makers need answered and the research capable of answering them.
Four areas where connection counts.
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Climate resilience
Connecting knowledge and expertise to understand how ecosystems are changing and how biodiversity can be better protected in a changing climate.
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Restoration and conservation
Bringing together research, practice, policy and investment to support a stronger restoration economy across land and sea.
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Nature and the economy
Connecting biodiversity science with economic thinking to help integrate nature into investment, planning and business decisions.
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Data and decision-making
Building partnerships that make biodiversity and environmental data more accessible, connected and useful for landscape-scale decisions.
Explore what else WABSI does.
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Solutions
Coordinate research
Turn shared priorities into coordinated research.
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Solutions
Translate science
Transform scientific knowledge into decision-ready insights.
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Share data insights
Make environmental data connected, accessible and useful.
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