TERN Webinar - Australia’s Coastal Ecosystems: How are we monitoring them?

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Date:

Wednesday, 01 May 2024

Time:

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Zoom Webinar

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Full Description:: Coastal regions across the world are facing so-called wicked problems such as climate warming, and sea level rise. Australia has some of the longest coastlines in the world. It is along these coasts and close to them that most Australians choose to live, work and play.
This dynamic intersection between land and sea includes numerous critical ecosystems and infrastructures, all exposed to a range of natural and human-induced stressors, which can have significant impacts on their health and functioning.
The field methods that TERN might use for other land-based ecosystems, for example, flux stations, surveys and drones, are effective but can be difficult to use due to accessibility, remoteness, resource requirements, health hazards and the challenge posed by the extreme environment to the effective functioning of instruments and materials.
So how do we cost effectively monitor coastal habitat condition, resilience and threats over vast areas? How do we discover, quantify and account for the important ecosystem service they provide, such as storage of carbon? Can we restore damaged coastal ecosystems to their former condition?
Our speakers have an amazing breadth of experience to share, drawn from their own monitoring strategies along Australia’s coasts and those of regional neighbours – and includes the emerging interest in coasts as a component of natural capital markets.

Speakers:
Ruth Reef, Madeline Goddard and Toni Cannard