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News Archive

02 Nov

Wrapping up the 2023 #BlueCarbonArmy field campaign

Earlier this month, we embarked on the third and final citizen science field trip for our GeelongPort #BlueCarbonArmy program,

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02 Nov

Corinella community rises to the challenge of Regenerating Our Coasts

In October the #ReGenOurCoasts team held a second citizen science event at our trial restoration site in Corinella, Western

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13 Oct

Citizen Scientists hit the Gippsland Lakes to Restore Coastal Saltmarsh

What a day for it! The clear sky beams shades of blue on Victoria lagoon. There is excitement in

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04 Oct

Reflections on the SER World Conference on Ecological Restoration

It’s October in the Northern Territory and the air sweats in anticipation of the monsoon rains. A warm sea

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27 Sep

Local Scale, Lasting Impact: Major blue carbon opportunities uncovered in Victoria’s Western Port and Port Phillip bays

Blue carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses, play critical roles in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Victoria

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23 Aug

Citizen Science Workshop 2023: Gippsland Wetland Restoration

Are you keen to take part in a citizen science workshop on wetland restoration? Join us on Wednesday, October

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15 Aug

Newsletter August 2023

The BCL Newsletter (August 2023) is hot off the press! ReadSubscribe

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01 Aug

The #BlueCarbonArmy surveys seasonal changes in saltmarsh bird and bug biodiversity

The second of GeelongPort’s 2023 citizen science trips to Avalon Coastal Reserve was a chance to survey the saltmarsh

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30 Jun

Emissions be dammed: Using floating greenhouse gas sensors to inform farm dam emissions management

Farm dams in Australia have recorded some of the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per m2 among freshwater environments

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28 Jun

Monitoring restoration responses for #ReGenOurCoasts

Regenerating Our Coasts is trialling an active restoration method for coastal wetlands along the Victorian coastline in Australia. The

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20 Jun

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

The Blue Carbon Lab is excited to announce a new 200+ ha restoration project that will demonstrate the potential

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13 Jun

Revealing the carbon mitigation potential from Seychelles’ mangrove forests

Mangrove forests play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, globally recognised as ‘Natural Climate Solutions’ (NCS).

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01 May

Greenhouse gas analysis on the go: A new and improved way to detERMIne emissions

Coastal wetland ecosystems, including saltmarsh, mangrove forests and seagrass meadows, play a crucial role in adapting and mitigating the

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04 Apr

Newsletter March 2023

The BCL Newsletter (March 2023) is hot off the press! ReadSubscribe

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03 Apr

The #BlueCarbonArmy explores bird & bug biodiversity at Avalon saltponds

GeelongPort’s 2023 citizen science program is now underway! Earlier this month, GeelongPort #BlueCarbonArmy undertook bird and bug surveys at Avalon Coastal

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29 Mar

Monitoring mangroves to measure success: highlights from a #ReGenOurCoasts citizen science day

Regenerating Our Coasts is moving into an exciting phase – mangrove seeds planted into our trial plots over summer

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28 Feb

Growing Outreach and Engagement to #ReGenOurCoasts

We recently celebrated World Wetlands Day. This year the Convention on Wetlands wants to focus on efforts to reverse

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30 Jan

Protecting and Restoring an Urban Wetland: Truganina Wetlands Citizen Science Workshops

The Blue Carbon Lab recently helped run three citizen science workshops at Truganina Wetland, a 175-hectare area of Biodiversity

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21 Sep

Adding seaweed to the menu! Unlocking the power of seaweed – a potential $million Gippsland industry

When you think about eating seaweed you most likely think of seaweed on a beach or taste it in

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09 Sep

BCL hosts Lunch & Learn session to involve Beach Energy employees in conversations about coastal wetland restoration

Last week, the BCL team had engaging discussions with Beach Energy employees about the importance of coastal wetlands and

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24 Aug

Newsletter August 2022

The BCL Newsletter  (August 2022) is hot off the press! ReadSubscribe

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15 Aug

Quantifying Seychelles mangrove forests’ blue carbon stocks for the first time

The Blue Carbon Lab, with the help of local consultants, is working with the Seychelles Ministry of Environment, Energy

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28 Jul

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

Two different groups of citizen scientists, staff members from Intrepid Travel and students from Holmesglen TAFE, have joined a

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23 Jun

Developing Seychelles’ Blue Carbon Roadmap to reach net zero

Located in the Western Indian Ocean, the Seychelles archipelago contains some of the most thriving and diverse coastal ecosystems

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12 May

Deakin continues HSBC partnership with funding for new project

Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab is continuing its relationship with HSBC, with confirmation of funding for a new project.

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12 May

Citizen scientists explore the carbon gains from coastal rehabilitation

The GeelongPort #BlueCarbonArmy visited former Avalon saltponds to survey the naturally-rehabilitated saltmarsh and measure the carbon gains. Twenty new

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20 Apr

Training Seychellois to monitor their blue carbon future

More than 30 scientists from Seychelles participated in a blue carbon technical workshop aimed at demonstrating state-of-the-art sampling techniques

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14 Apr

The #BlueCarbonArmy welcomes GeelongPort staff

GeelongPort staff joined our BCL scientists in the field to sample carbon stocks from healthy and degraded saltmarsh communities

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03 Mar

BCL and GeelongPort join forces to build a more sustainable future

BCL is pleased to announce a new partnership with GeelongPort seeking to raise awareness on the value of Corio

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17 Feb

Gippsland farmers join the #BlueCarbonArmy wave

Date: Jan 28, 2022 Participants: West Gippsland CMA, East Gippsland CMA, Field and Game, Wilandra Farms, GLaWAC, DEWLP, BugBlitz,

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17 Feb

Future generation #BlueCarbonArmy

Date: Jan 27, 2022 Participants: Children and families from Gippsland’s Culture Connect Group Site: Hollands Landing, Gippsland Lakes Research:

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03 Feb

Newsletter February 2022

The BCL Newsletter  (February 2022) is hot off the press! ReadSubscribe

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17 Jan

Citizen Science Workshop: Gippsland Wetland Restoration

Are you keen to join a citizen science workshop on wetland restoration? Join us next Friday, January 28th, for

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16 Dec

Finalist 2021 AFR Higher Education Award for Emerging Leadership

This year’s Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards have been announced and we are excited to share that

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02 Nov

Blue Carbon in Hobsons Bay City Council

Hobsons Bay City Council (HBCC) is one of the first Australian city councils to recognize the importance of coastal

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25 Oct

Premier’s Sustainability Awards Finalist

The finalists for the 2021 Premier’s Sustainability Awards have been announced, and the Victoria Coastal Wetland Rehabilitation Program is

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07 Sep

New Grant: Citizen Science and Microplastics

The BCL has been awarded a 2021 Community Volunteer Action Grant by the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and

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02 Sep

Finalist 2021 SERA Award for Ecological Restoration Excellence

The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, funded by the Victorian Government, Deakin University and The Nature Conservancy, was a

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30 Aug

BCL Partners with the Intrepid Foundation

The Blue Carbon Lab is all about using cutting-edge blue carbon research to mitigate climate change, while supporting aquatic

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30 Aug

New Grant: Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Innovation Grant

The Blue Carbon Lab has received funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation to “Build the Blue Carbon Business

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25 Aug

DECRA Fellowship

New Fellowship We are thrilled that our scientist Dr Martino Malerba has received a DECRA Fellowship! This prestigious fellowship

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08 Aug

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

This project will build on the previous work achieved through the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, in which the

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01 Aug

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

Truganina Swamp is a 175-ha wetland of Biodiversity Significance, providing critical habitat for threatened and protected fauna as well

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18 Jul

Newsletter June 2021

The BCL Newsletter  (June 2021) is hot off the press! ReadSubscribe

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14 Jul

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

Historically natural coastal wetlands were converted to pastureland to maximize available farming area along Victoria’s coast. However, these coastal

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09 Jul

New Grant: Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

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

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06 Jul

Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2021

This week is NAIDOC week, where we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year’s theme

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11 Jun

Farm Dam Fieldwork

Farm dam fieldwork 🐮🤠 Only a few days before the onset of Melbourne lockdown, two intrepid BCL members, Noyan

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27 May

TeaComposition H2O: Reading tea leaves to save the planet

Why read a story when you can jump into it and live the story for yourself? Immerse yourself in

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23 Apr

Volunteer Spotlight: Savitri

At the Blue Carbon Lab, we are happy to host volunteers and interns who visit the lab to learn

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      • Farm dams
      • Floating wetlands
      • Revitalising Australia’s Freshwater Wetlands
    • Valuing Ecosystem Services
      • Mapping Ocean Wealth
      • Guide to Valuing Coastal Wetlands
    • Ecosystem Restoration
      • Coastal Wetland Restoration
        • The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program
        • Regenerating Our Coasts
        • Enabling Blue Carbon Markets
      • Kelp restoration
      • Freshwater Wetland Restoration
    • Citizen Science
      • HSBC citizen science
      • GeelongPort citizen science
    • Microplastics
    • Marine Biosecurity
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    • Wetland Carbon Assessments
    • Environmental Assessments
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    • Citizen Science
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