The Applied Environmental Decision Analysis hub (AEDA) is funded by the Australian Government's Commonwealth Environment Research Facility (CERF) programme. The CERF programme is a $100 million initiative of the Australian Government to improve Australia's capacity to understand and respond to priority environmental concerns. The CERF program is administered by the Australian Government Department of Environment Water Heritage and the Arts.

The AEDA research hub brings together many of the world’s best quantitatively-oriented conservation ecologists. AEDA will enable these researchers to better collaborate on a range of our most pressing conservation issues. 

AEDA members are split between universities in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. As a group we have a proud record in both research and its application. In funding AEDA, the Commonwealth Government has provided our people with resources to increase the volume and quality of our research, improve interactions between our members and between us and the outside world (through workshops, newsletters and a variety of products), and enhance our interaction with environmental managers and policy-makers.

AEDA is advised by an Advisory Board with representatives from conservation science and the Australian Government Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

For an Introductory Guide to AEDA, please download our 1 page brochure Introducing AEDA (.pdf file, 262kb)

For more detailed information about the AEDA hub, please download out booklet, A Guide to AEDA (.pdf file , 766kb)

If you have any trouble with downloading these files, please email Karen Hurley (k.hurley AT uq.edu.au) and a copy can be sent to you.