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Building national capacity for marine and coastal restoration
May 25, 2023
The Marine and Coastal Hub is consolidating what we’ve learned from past research and setting strategic and technical guideposts for the next research phase including the need for: Several tools and guidance documents have been delivered through the hub projects including: This article was first published in NESP News, the quarterly newsletter of the National…
Australia’s first living shorelines database showcases nature-based solutions to coastal hazards
Feb 21, 2023
Living shorelines harness natural ecosystems to reduce coastal erosion and flooding, and provide co-benefits such as carbon sequestration. They may consist of dunes, wetlands and biogenic reefs: either alone (soft approach) or together with hard structures (hybrid approach). Land managers and community groups engaged in shoreline restoration can benefit greatly from a national repository of…