The Australian Ethical Foundation has invested funding through their strategic grant into a 3-year PhD scholarship for the Blue Carbon Lab to further research in coastal wetland restoration.
Australian Ethical is an ethical and sustainable investment company that endeavours to create the most impact through the Australian Ethical Foundation, through their community grants program, strategic multi-year grants and impact investments. Utilising leading research they strive to address some of the world’s most pressing issues such as climate change by funding the most effective organisations across their three core pillars – People, Planet and Animals.
This collaborative project will generate new knowledge in preparation for, and in response to, climate change. It will enable us to better understand and predict the degree to which the natural process of biosequestration from coastal vegetated systems will help offset anthropogenic emissions.
Specifically, the fully funded PhD project will:
- Determine rates of blue carbon accumulation from restored blue carbon ecosystems (currently data is only available from mature ecosystems),
- Perform a cost benefit analyses from previously restored coastal wetlands (including valuation of blue carbon offsets, biodiversity gains, coastal protection and other social benefits),
- Trial low-cost sensors and techniques for evaluating blue carbon gains from restoration of coastal wetlands.
Stay tuned for project updates and outcomes of this important research.
