Dr Brenda Lin

Natural systems are increasingly lost or being pushed to the outskirts of the landscape, creating a larger gap between ecosystems and the communities that could potentially benefit from their services.

Dr Lin's research examines how natural systems or components of natural systems can be maintained or integrated into an increasingly developed landscape to provide ecosystem services that optimise both environmental and human well-being.

One specific focus has been the development of integrated agricultural landscapes that provide ecosystem services that mitigate climate change impacts (increasingly temperature variability, decreasing precipitation, extreme storm events) on agricultural food production.

More recently, this research has moved into the built environment context in order to understand how ecosystem services may be helpful in protecting urban environments from projected climate change impacts.

Dr Lin’s work is inherently interdisciplinary, as the interactions between humans and their environment are complex to manage. Much of the research is highly applied with the hope that the research will inform on future public policy and help create resilient socio-ecological systems.