This project identifies potential wetland restoration sites between Cairns and Gladstone.

Scoping coastal wetlands and suitable trees for blue carbon restoration

Large-scale shoreline surveys and monitoring of mangrove ecosystems to assess impacts of sea level rise, severe storms, and oil spills. This includes evaluating extent, biodiversity, biomass (carbon), health, ecosystem services, and pressures affecting mangrove habitats.

Monitoring mangrove ecosystems for environmental changes

Identifying causes, drivers, and severity of mangrove damage for effective mitigation and restoration. Assessing threats to adjoining mangrove areas and estimating recovery time for mangroves to return to a healthy state.

Forensic assessments of mangrove damage

Providing environmental managers and policymakers with expert advice on the presence and importance of mangroves in specific areas. Assessing risks to mangroves near operational works like dredging or reclamation and recommending monitoring systems to ensure construction activities proceed with appropriate warnings if necessary.

Expert advice on mangroves and tidal wetlands

Conducting floristic surveys for biogeographic, taxonomic, and productivity investigations of mangrove ecosystems. Offering specific advice on species identification from ad hoc collections and large field surveys, including naming unidentified plants. Surveys cover mangrove structure and biomass, carbon sequestration, permanent forest plots, rapid leaf removal census, water mouse presence, and investigations into phenology, wood growth rings, and eDNA.

Floristic surveys of mangrove ecosystems