In 2021 we decided to end grazing on Queen Elizabeth Park and use our Low Carbon Acceleration Fund to restore its wetlands. At the time some said it wouldn’t work, but the speed of natural recovery has exceeded expectations, with wetlands rapidly reviving and fernbirds returning.

Want to be that person who arranges great online meetings?! 👍📢 Maximise the power of remote collaboration - super important skills in this day and age. There's a course run from here in Aotearoa - Certificate in Online Facilitation! creativehq.co.nz/certificate-in…

Seagrass credits: Opportunity or risk for robust and resilient seagrass social-ecological systems. Join us Project Seagrass & RESOW (SMMR) in celebrating World Seagrass Day on 1st March as we host an event about seagrass credits. Sign up here: buff.ly/49mOCWh

Like practical training? Become a qualified Conservation Coach!😎 Check out this leaders' course run by The Nature Conservancy - May 2024👍 nature.org/en-us/about-us…

The Stuff of Life! Coastal restoration has huge payoffs for plants, animals, people & climate. We could make money from restoring our blue carbon sinks—those salty, swampy places where land meets sea, so good at holding carbon still. Aotearoa article👇 nzgeo.com/stories/the-st…

How do marine heatwaves & warmer temperatures impact shellfish & critters living in our estuaries? 🌡️🦀 That’s the question a team of NIWA coastal marine ecologists are investigating in Waihī Estuary in the Bay of Plenty. Watch here 👉1news.co.nz/2024/02/27/bay…

Look after seagrass & it will look after us. Happy World Seagrass Day. 🌱💙 earth.org/natural-weapon…

Wetland Mitigation Bank. 💰💰💰 The Port of San Diego has proposed to construct 76.5 acres of coastal wetland habitat. Community benefits, economic benefits, nature benefits. ✔️✔️✔️ portofsandiego.org/projects/wetla…

The climate-saving potential of vanishing wetlands in Aotearoa – expert Q&A. Let's not only keep what we have but restore more! sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/04/11/the…

Fast-track Approvals Bill. Here's where you can push the button "I am ready to make a sumission". Closing date Friday, 19 April 2024. parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-…

The Fast-track Approvals Bill gives "authority to do anything otherwise prohibited under the Wildlife Act".👇 doc.govt.nz/about-us/our-r….

WWF & The Blue Carbon Research Centre launch new partnership. They'll organise capacity building events & work with countries to help safeguard coastal ecosystems. #ClimateChangeAction!👍 wwf.org.uk/press-release/…

NEW - Aotearoa coastal wetland blue carbon!📢 Report from TNC Aotearoa NZ and DOC has potential to accelerate work to enhance NZ's wetland storage of blue carbon. Builds on a national hui & includes a valuable catalogue of 34 projects. Here - lnkd.in/g4rR_SVE

Wetlands capture and store more atmospheric carbon than any other ecosystem on Earth. 🌴 Coastal blue carbon ecosystems like mangroves, seagrass beds, and salt marshes account for approximately half of the total carbon sequestered in ocean sediments. waterdiplomat.org/story/2024/02/…

📣 Running a coastal #restoration project? Australian experts created a Guide to account for the benefits of restoring #bluecarbon ecosystems! 🌍 The Guide aims to improve how we quantify the economic, environmental & social benefits of restoration. 🔗 bluecarbonlab.org/guide-to-valui…

Help us map tidal barriers & boost #bluecarbon restoration in Australia! 🌍 Our new paper provides a #lowcost method to map coastal areas with tidal barriers & pinpoint potential restoration sites🌿 🙌Get involved! If you know of tidal barriers in Australia, share your insights⬇️

A new spatial tool for #BlueCarbon restoration! 🌿 Our GIS-based tool identifies 33,253 ha of restoration potential along Victoria's coastline. See thread for info on open access resources 👇 Read here: bit.ly/3WKGbzh

This week brought some notable developments in the global voluntary carbon market: 1. Gold Standard releases its first methodology to manage mangroves sustainably, accompanied by Blue Carbon and Freshwater Wetland Activity Requirements. Read more: goldstandard.org/news/new-mangr…

So thrilled to have my #wetlands research featured by USC Today! Along with Cameron Thrash and Felipe de Barros we will investigate how rising seas will affect blue carbon capture in estuaries. Check out the story/video below👇 today.usc.edu/what-is-blue-c…

We're hiring - Technical Advisor to help support initiatives such as the Revitalisation of the Gulf, marine reserve monitoring & reporting. Suit early career person. Applications close 04 Feb 2025. careers.doc.govt.nz/jobs/DOC-18309…