EOI - BioBrowser Project Reference Group

⁠⁠⁠Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are calling for goat producers, industry stakeholders, and biodiversity/natural capital experts to join the BioBrowser project as members of the Project Reference Group.

As part of the BioBrowser Project Reference Group, you'll play a key role in codesigning the establishment of a biodiversity baseline for the Australian goat industry. You will collaborate with leading experts and industry representatives, sharing insights and approaches to understand the influence of goats on Australian biodiversity.

Applications are currently being accepted from commercial goat producers (farmed and harvested rangeland goats), industry and biodiversity technical specialists to fill the eight (8) available positions on the BioBrowser Project Reference Group.

The aim of the BioBrowser project is to establish a biodiversity baseline for the Australian goat industry, achieving the following five objectives:

1. Conduct an objective, evidence-based review of research and resources centred around the biodiversity footprint of goats in the Australian landscape.

2. Identify repeatable, reliable and accurate measures of biodiversity applicable to a range of environments and update the data on the total grazing pressure of goats.

3. Using six (6) case studies, determine the benefit-cost of wild harvesting rangeland goats on landscape biodiversity and evaluate its value (economic and social) to the environment, industry and the consumer. It is also expected that the outcomes from this activity this will feed into the Goat Industry Sustainability Framework.

4. Identify and explore opportunities for these findings to be disseminated and communicated to key audiences and stakeholders.

5. Develop a short-term, strategic communications campaign to promote the biodiversity credentials of goats on the Australian landscape.

Expressions of Interest for all positions close on 2 July 2025 – please see the EOI and the BioBrowser Project Reference Group Terms of Reference for further detail.

For more information:

Dr Daniel Forwood

Project Manager – Sheep and Goat Productivity

Telephone: 0457 477 537