Scientists are equipping Indigenous rangers with drone survey skills, alongside helicopter and boat-based surveys, to map dugongs in connection to their seagrass habitats.

Local scale mapping of dugongs and seagrass habitats

The project embraces the combined benefits of Indigenous Knowledge, on-ground monitoring, and science and management expertise to provide training for Torres Strait rangers and to report data needed for ecosystem management.

Torres Strait rangers monitor seagrass with scientists

We monitor and assess the condition of inshore seagrass meadows across the Great Barrier Reef, providing long-term data essential for managing these habitats.

Monitoring seagrass health in the Great Barrier Reef

This project aims to develop a blueprint for coastal managers to rapidly restore seagrass meadows in high-priority regions.

Seagrass restoration in the Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia

Following back-to-back floods, scientists undertook surveys to understand seagrass loss and its impact on dugong and turtles.

Seagrass loss and recovery in Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait

Researchers study how different seagrass species produce seed banks to support meadow recovery, resilience and restoration.

Seagrass seeds to measure ecosystem resilience

Over four years, we will plant thousands of seagrass fragments and over half a million seeds, while tracking the return of fish species and measuring the blue carbon benefits.

Restoring tropical seagrasses and their ecosystem services

We undertake benthic mapping across largely unexplored regions in collaboration with Traditional Owners.

Northern Australia seagrass sea country mapping

We are investigating the amount of grazing in meadows by turtles and dugongs, and its potential to impact the seagrass.

Impacts of turtle and dugong grazing on seagrass meadows

Our environmental monitoring of port industries is extensive, covering coral, water quality, seagrass, and biodiversity. This monitoring extends to more than 10 ports along Queensland.

Long-term monitoring for port industries: coral, water quality, seagrass, and biodiversity