This year’s Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards have been announced and we are excited to share that Professor Peter Macreadie was “Finalist 1” in the Emerging Leadership category! The AFR Higher Education Awards put the spotlight on institutions contributing significantly to Australian prosperity and quality of life. The entries are judged by anRead more
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Hobsons Bay City Council (HBCC) is one of the first Australian city councils to recognize the importance of coastal ecosystems by assessing the blue carbon-storing potential in the region. The region (65 km²) boasts a range of blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves (2 ha), seagrass meadows (108 ha) and saltmarshes (251 ha). These ecosystems offerRead more
The finalists for the 2021 Premier’s Sustainability Awards have been announced, and the Victoria Coastal Wetland Rehabilitation Program is on the list! This program brings together a range of project partners and stakeholders to oversee the restoration of 600 hectares of critical wetland habitat. It is a nature based solution to sequester carbon, mitigating theRead more
The BCL has been awarded a 2021 Community Volunteer Action Grant by the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning. This funding will support a citizen science program all about microplastics and their role in coastal wetlands. Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing planetary threat affecting nearly every global marine and freshwater ecosystem, estimateRead more
The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, funded by the Victorian Government, Deakin University and The Nature Conservancy, was a finalist in the 2021 SERA Awards for Ecological Restoration Excellence (Large Project). This award given the Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia acknowledges individuals or organisations that have made a significant, enduring or internationally recognized contribution toRead more
The Blue Carbon Lab is all about using cutting-edge blue carbon research to mitigate climate change, while supporting aquatic biodiversity, economic growth, capacity building, and community wellbeing. That is why we are pleased to announce our partnership with The Intrepid Foundation on a series of upcoming on-ground projects to restore and protect crucial blue carbonRead more
The Blue Carbon Lab has received funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation to “Build the Blue Carbon Business Case: Cost-benefit analysis of coastal wetland restoration”. As Australia’s largest independent community foundation, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation inspires philanthropy to create positive social change. As a community foundation, they work in partnership with their stakeholders toRead more
New Fellowship We are thrilled that our scientist Dr Martino Malerba has received a DECRA Fellowship! This prestigious fellowship from the ARC will allow him to quantify the national carbon footprint of farm dams and develop low-cost strategies for ‘greener’ practices. He will explore the untapped potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from millions ofRead more
This project will build on the previous work achieved through the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, in which the Blue Carbon Lab, Coastcare Victoria and Arthur Rylah Institute worked alongside Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) to perform remedial work at a coastal volcanic plain temperate grassland site within Port Phillip Bay Catchment. Only 1%Read more
Truganina Swamp is a 175-ha wetland of Biodiversity Significance, providing critical habitat for threatened and protected fauna as well as threatened saltmarsh vegetation. However, particular areas of this wetland need restoration due to pressures from a range of urban threats. With the help of local citizen scientists, Friends of Truganina Wetland (FOTW), and Melbourne WaterRead more
