Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
A new method for identifying coastal wetland restoration sites
Oct 3, 2024
A large proportion of Australia’s coastal wetlands have been lost and degraded from drainage and exclusion of tidal flows for agriculture, urban and industrial land-uses. Restoration efforts face challenges due to limited data on where coastal wetland restoration may be possible and their carbon-capture potential in vegetation and soils, known as “blue carbon.” Without feasibility…
Updated population trend estimates enable threatened species listings for migratory shorebirds
Mar 25, 2024
The new listings were guided by population trend estimates created in a Marine and Coastal Hub project co-designed with the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). The hub project, led by Professor Richard Fuller of The University of Queensland, focussed on 15 migratory shorebird species whose conservation status was being reassessed…
Pakana Rangers pilot surveys of seagrass habitat in the proposed Tayaritja Milaythina Muka IPA
Mar 25, 2024
Seagrass beds are culturally and ecologically important habitats in the proposed Tayaritja Milaythina Muka Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). This collaborative hub project is mapping their extent for the first time. The results will contribute to the management plan being developed by the Pakana community for the proposed IPA, and to a Pakana Ranger seagrass monitoring…
Project 3.18 Information sheet
Feb 9, 2024
Project 3.8 Information sheet
Feb 9, 2024
Project 3.5 Information sheet
Feb 9, 2024
Project 3.4 Information sheet
Feb 9, 2024