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
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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
Historically natural coastal wetlands were converted to pastureland to maximize available farming area along Victoria’s coast. However, these coastal pastures limited the lands profitability due to the difficult growing conditions, invasive weeds and waterlogged soils. Our project intends to use low-cost fencing to restore marginal farmland back to coastal wetlands, where farmers end up withRead more
When Dr. Maria del Mar Palacios led Blue Carbon Lab teammates and volunteers to the start of the Citizen Science project in Feb 2020, we did not anticipate it to be such a bumpy road with a big boom event at its end in Feb 2021. We endured through one of the world’s strictest COVID-19Read more
Date: Feb 8, 2020 Participants: Friends of Hobsons Bay Wetland Centre Site: Hobsons Bay, Victoria Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks and recovery capacity of three common saltmarsh species The Blue Carbon Lab celebrated World Wetlands Day 2020 with a citizen science day at Hobsons Bay Wetland Centre. The Citizen Science day began at theRead 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
In partnership with Greening Australia and the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, the Blue Carbon Lab is one of the recipients of DELWP’s Community Climate Change Adaptation grants (3CA) to develop a 1-year ‘Wetland Restoration Citizen Science Program’ in the Gippsland region. The program will engage, educate, and empower Gippsland communities on climateRead more
Date: Sept 26-27, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Next DC, Allens, Energetics, ANZ Site: Towra Point, Sydney Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems Two days of data collection at Towra point !! Citizen Scientists from Sydney joined us in the field on Sept 26 and 27. Days started early at HSBC’s Barangaroo officeRead more
Celebrating one year of the #BlueCarbonArmy! In 2018, HSBC and Earthwatch Australia partnered with the Blue Carbon Lab (BCL) to develop a ‘citizen science’ program that empowered Australian industries to build a sustainable future, while advancing Deakin University’s research on coastal wetlands and climate change. After one year of field operations and data collection activities,Read more
