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Remove the Hooves: How fencing off a paddock to exclude sheep in the Gippsland Lakes will lead to blue carbon gains

By Blue Carbon Lab | News, Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 20 June, 2023 | 15

The Blue Carbon Lab is excited to announce a new 200+ ha restoration project that will demonstrate the potential of fencing to exclude livestock from marginal farmland as a scalable, replicable, and low-cost strategy to restore blue carbon ecosystems. The project aims to remove key threats to tidal marsh and supratidal swamp forests, increase biodiversityRead more

Invasive Manoeuvres: Citizen scientists assist with ongoing monitoring of Point Lillias, a threatened coastal grassland ecosystem with significant cultural heritage

By Blue Carbon Lab | Citizen Science, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 28 July, 2022 | 3

Two different groups of citizen scientists, staff members from Intrepid Travel and students from Holmesglen TAFE, have joined a team of researchers and land managers from Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC), Arthur Rylah Institute, Parks Victoria and the Blue Carbon Lab for workshops involving weed monitoring in a unique coastal grassland ecosystem. This areaRead more

Premier’s Sustainability Awards Finalist

By Blue Carbon Lab | News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 25 October, 2021 | 0

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

Finalist 2021 SERA Award for Ecological Restoration Excellence

By Blue Carbon Lab | News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 2 September, 2021 | 0

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

BCL Partners with the Intrepid Foundation

By Blue Carbon Lab | Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 30 August, 2021 | 1

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

New Grant: Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Innovation Grant

By Blue Carbon Lab | Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 30 August, 2021 | 1

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 Grant: PPBF 2021- Protecting cultural heritage and restoring a threatened ecosystem at Point Lillias

By Blue Carbon Lab | Citizen Science, Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 8 August, 2021 | 1

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

New Grant: PPBF 2021- Restoration of an urban coastal wetland (Truganina Wetland) informed through citizen science research

By Blue Carbon Lab | Citizen Science, Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 1 August, 2021 | 0

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

New Grant: PPBF 2021- Saltmarsh restoration and monitoring utilising citizen scientists in Swan Bay

By Blue Carbon Lab | Citizen Science, Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 14 July, 2021 | 8

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

New Grant: Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

By Blue Carbon Lab | Grant, News, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 9 July, 2021 | 2

The Blue Carbon Lab has received $200,000 of funding from the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust for the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program. This funding will be used to build upon the achievements of the program over the past 3 years and look to upscale wetland restoration using low-cost methods along the Victorian coast. This project will do so by determining scalability, supporting practitioners with specialist resources,Read more

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