The BCL Newsletter is hot off the press: Catch our year in review and the latest update from our programs! Read: https://bit.ly/38NX41X Subscribe: http://eepurl.com/gpmPtLRead more
The BCL Newsletter is hot off the press: Catch our year in review and the latest update from our programs! Read: https://bit.ly/38NX41X Subscribe: http://eepurl.com/gpmPtLRead more
Continue reading … Dr. Mel Wartman from the Blue Carbon Lab wrote a community engagement piece about Blue Carbon and the #VicWetlandRehab Program for Connected to Port Phillip. The Connected to Port Phillip initiative, from Remember The Wild, aims to inspire new and stronger connections with the extraordinary ecosystem of Port Phillip Bay and support those whoRead more
The Blue Carbon Lab headed back down to Avalon in mid-November 2019 to continue to monitor gas fluxes from the 6 different types of vegetated coastal ecosystems. The ecosystems monitored included tussock, shrubland, hypersaline, herbland, coastal dry and salt ponds. The team is monitoring a total of 54 plots, taking soil greenhouse gas measurements everyRead more
In early November 2019, Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation (WAC) hosted an On Country meeting at Point Lillias to discuss management options with project partners. The team took this opportunity to walk around the site to identify areas that are an issue, and discuss different management options to protect important cultural heritage sites and improve native biodiversity.Read more
The Blue Carbon Lab is about to embark in a 3 year program to disentangle the mechanisms underpinning the formation and stabilisation of coastal blue carbon. The program has been funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant scheme and will combine advanced analytical chemistry with environmental microbiology to examine the composition, formation andRead more
After three years of research, a team of leading marine experts from Deakin University and The Nature Conservancy have released a watershed report describing and mapping the economic value provided by the coastal wetlands of southeast Australia. The report “Mapping Ocean Wealth Australia”, details the importance of saltmarsh, seagrass and mangrove environments for Australia’s (1)Read more
They store and filter fresh water from rivers and catchments, support primary industries and provide habitats for hundreds of species, but did you know wetlands are fighting climate change too? For centuries, wetlands were considered nothing more than boggy swamps. But scientists at Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab – who are at the forefrontRead more
Director of the Bue Carbon Lab, Peter Macreadie joins efforts to demonstrate the importance of Maldivian mangroves and seagrass meadows. Invited by the Maldives Underwater Initiative (Six Senses Laamu), Peter Macreadie recently visited the Maldives to support local efforts to highlight the ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands. Similar to several Indo-Pacific islands, Maldives isRead more
Date: Nov 8, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Energetics, Allens, CTpartners Site: Towra Point, Sydney Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems Successful data collection on swamp oaks! After the educational talks at HSBC’s Barangaroo office, participants traveled to Towra Point Nature Reserve – a 600 ha nature reserve in Botany Bay, hosting 40%Read more
Date: October 25, 2019 Participants: HSBC, QBE, BCD travel Site: Towra Point, Sydney Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems Mangroves, saltmarsh, swamp oaks …… the #BlueCarbonArmy sampled it all! Our hot and sunny Citizen Science day began at the HSBC’s Barangaroo office where HSBC, Earthwatch, and the Blue Carbon Lab gaveRead more