Matthew Farrell

My broad passion is reversing the extinction crisis through restoring ecosystems and advocacy. I feel that ecological collapse from biodiversity loss is the greatest threat to humanity and we must do everything we can to protect future generations from this catastrophe. This is a world-wide problem but the solutions are locally based, one plant, one habitat at a time.

My current research looks at how woodland birds, as indicators of biodiversity, use the micro habitat features within historical revegetation sites. By understanding the outcomes of restoration from 50 years ago, we can design future restoration projects to achieve better results and return to past projects and improve them by reducing negative elements and introducing positive ones as found by the research.

Improving the practice of ecological restoration to be able to provide the habitat required is vital if we are to save our wildlife and ourselves.