Coastal councils
Building an evidence base for living shorelines: a framework for evaluating monitoring activities
Mar 12, 2026
Living shorelines are gaining favour as a nature-based alternative to conventional engineered coastal protection structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Typical living shoreline habitats are beaches and dunes, saltmarshes, mangroves, seagrasses and kelp forests, and coral and shellfish reefs. These habitats increase coastal resilience through wave attenuation and sediment stabilisation. They also offer potential co-benefits…
5.5
Feb 19, 2025
5.1
Feb 19, 2025
Method in microplastics: best-practice manual builds collaboration and comparable datasets
Dec 12, 2024
“It was overwhelming trying to find and follow the literature, papers, opinions and ideas, with different people saying different things,” she says. “I’ve since heard similar stories told in multiple research groups, both in Australia and internationally. Anyone in my shoes would agree that knowing what method to follow saves a lot of time, resources…
Smoothing the flow of marine and coastal restoration
Dec 12, 2024
These are findings of a Marine and Coastal Hub project that reviewed people’s experiences and made suggestions for improving the viability of marine and coastal restoration efforts in Australia. In 2022, Australia joined other parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in adopting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The framework agenda is to halt and…
3.5
Oct 11, 2023
2.4
Sep 8, 2023
1.25
Sep 22, 2023
1.19
Sep 22, 2023