Conserving biodiversity amid habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change remains a global challenge for land managers and policy-makers. By exploring options for conserving biodiversity while drawing on the expertise of industry professionals, the undergraduate course ENVS3039 Biodiversity Conservation offered by the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University prepares students for future employment in this field.

In spring 2026, the course is convened by Professor Adrian Manning of the Coexistence Conservation Lab. The workshop and project materials presented here were developed by Dr Belinda Wilson and Shoshana Rapley.

This Git repository (repo) contains materials associated with ENVS3039 workshops (weeks 1–8) and research projects (weeks 9–12):

1. data: in input, metadata, and output folders
2. scripts: script.Rmd
3. tutorials: tutorial.html

• week 1: getting started with R
• week 2:
• week 3:
• week 4:
• week 5:
• week 6:
• week 7:
• week 8:

Each student will work on one of these four projects:

• project 1: eastern bettong viability
• project 2: eastern bettong diet
• project 3: eastern quoll traits
• project 4: eastern quoll habitat

There are other files in this repo that ensure reproducibility:

• .gitattributes: Git settings
• .gitignore: files excluded from Git version control
• LICENSE: MIT license
• project.Rproj: RStudio project file for consistent setup
• README.md: project overview and usage guide

Learn more about using Git and R here and how markdown language works here.

Unless otherwise stated, all code in this repository is licensed under the MIT License. We kindly ask that you cite the relevant publication(s) or this repos if you reuse or adapt our code.