As human impact continues to increase in marine environments, it's essential to understand how these stressors impact the marine environment and develop evidence-based solutions for restoring and rehabilitating marine ecosystems. Our research into solutions and restoration includes projects working on active restoration or eco-engineering projects, research into the effectiveness of restoration over time, and research into improving coastal management.
Current research projects:
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Project Restore combines the methods and technologies of four existing restoration projects, Living Seawalls, Operation Posidonia, Operation Crayweed and Fish Habitat Enhancement to restore and enhance multiple connected habitats in Sydney Harbour.
Visit the Project Restore website to learn more: https://projectrestore.sims.org.au/
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As human impact continues to affect marine environments, active restoration is becoming increasingly necessary. However, success is often limited due to widespread stressors such as climate change or the lack of intact ecological processes in the restoration site. We're investigating novel strategies for restoration to improve outcomes.
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Restoration and management sites are often not monitored long term. This monitoring is essential to understand how their biodiversity and ecosystem functions compare to natural sites and how environmental and anthropogenic constraints may alter outcomes. We're investigating how biodiversity and functioning differ in sites with different restoration and management strategies, and how this may change over time.
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The success of coastal management and restoration is dependent on both ecological and social factors. We're interested in developing coastal management and restoration strategies incorporating social and ecological needs and building collaborative approaches between stakeholder networks to help improve coastal management and restoration outcomes.