Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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…
Mapping critical Australian sea lion habitat to assess ecological value and risks to population recovery
Nov 16, 2024
Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature-based solutions in Australia
Nov 14, 2024
A new method to identify sites for coastal wetland restoration
Oct 3, 2024
Restoration efforts face challenges due to the limited data available on potential project locations and their blue carbon value (carbon-capture in vegetation and soils). The need for feasibility studies to secure carbon market funding can hinder progress. A paper published in the Journal of Environmental Management in October introduces a regional-scale approach to identifying coastal…