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Growing Outreach and Engagement to #ReGenOurCoasts
Citizen Science,#ReGenOurCoasts,News / February 28, 2023
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Finalist 2021 SERA Award for Ecological Restoration Excellence
News,VicWetlandRehab / September 2, 2021
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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 trialRead more
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Growing Outreach and Engagement to #ReGenOurCoasts
We recently celebrated World Wetlands Day. This year the Convention on Wetlands wants to focus onRead more
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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-hectareRead more
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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,Read more
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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 carbonRead more
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Training Seychellois to monitor their blue carbon future
More than 30 scientists from Seychelles participated in a blue carbon technical workshop aimed at demonstratingRead more
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The #BlueCarbonArmy welcomes GeelongPort staff
GeelongPort staff joined our BCL scientists in the field to sample carbon stocks from healthy andRead more
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Gippsland farmers join the #BlueCarbonArmy wave
Date: Jan 28, 2022 Participants: West Gippsland CMA, East Gippsland CMA, Field and Game, Wilandra Farms,Read more
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Future generation #BlueCarbonArmy
Date: Jan 27, 2022 Participants: Children and families from Gippsland’s Culture Connect Group Site: Hollands Landing,Read more
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Citizen Science Workshop: Gippsland Wetland Restoration
Are you keen to join a citizen science workshop on wetland restoration? Join us next Friday,Read more
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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,Read more
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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 protectedRead more
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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.Read more
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Farm Dam Fieldwork
Farm dam fieldwork 🐮🤠 Only a few days before the onset of Melbourne lockdown, two intrepidRead more
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Blue Carbon in Seaweed? Notes from the Lab
It has not been until recently that seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are getting greater considerationRead more
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Wetland citizen scientists rejoin and rejoice the final leg of the research project at Hobsons Bay
When Dr. Maria del Mar Palacios led Blue Carbon Lab teammates and volunteers to the startRead more
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Remembering David Rhodes
It is with great sadness the unexpected passing of David Rhodes (November 19, 1958 – DecemberRead more
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Two ways of knowing natural temperate grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain
Back in October 2020, Chase Aghan – Project Officer (Forest, Fire and Parks) for Wadawurrung TraditionalRead more
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Seagrass restoration in Western Port
Where has seagrass in Western Port been lost, and which of these areas are most suitableRead more
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Port Phillip Bay reef health check completed!
What is the current status of reef health in Port Phillip Bay? How many sea urchinsRead more
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