NESP MaC Project 3.7 - Identifying and overcoming barriers to coastal and marine habitat restoration and Nature based Solutions in Australia
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Research Plan 2023 project 3.7 – Identifying and overcoming barriers to coastal and marine habitat restoration and Nature based Solutions in Australia. All outputs of this project are written (i.e. no data outputs).
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There is an increasing need for and investment in coastal and marine restoration around Australia to help manage habitat and biodiversity loss, water quality, coastal inundation and erosion, and blue carbon assets. These projects are undertaken by a range of Commonwealth, state and local government agencies, NGOs, and community groups, and range across different habitat types and scale. However, a number of barriers currently preclude widespread uptake and implementation of habitat restoration and nature-based solutions (NbS) in Australia, which centre on: 1) policy and legislative barriers; 2) engineering adoption of NbS; and 3) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion and co-design.
Overcoming barriers to marine and coastal restoration, and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) adoption is critical to safeguarding Australia’s marine estate. We focus this research on three thematic areas that represent roadblocks and opportunities for more inclusion in implementing and scaling-up restoration and NbS:
1. Engaging policy and permitting regulators to identify and breakdown barriers for marine and coastal habitat restoration;
2. Understanding and up-take of NbS by the engineering sector; and
3. Inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in restoration and NbS
This research was conducted through in person and virtual workshops, with the outcome being advancement of effective approaches to overcome these challenges.
Outputs
• Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature-based solutions in Australia [project summary - written]
• A blueprint for overcoming barriers to the use of nature-based coastal protection in Australia [written]
• Legislative permitting processes for restoration [written]
• Pathways to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion and co-design in restoration [written]
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-06-01
Resource provider
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
- Purpose
- To build a framework for the pathway to restoration activities, including where the barriers are (Indigenous specific).
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Point of contact
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2023-01-10 2023-12-31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Restoration
- Nature-based solutions
- Cultural inclusion
- Governance
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
- Project page on NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/0715091c-53e2-436a-a080-f71ec09bbfeb
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
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- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MaC Hub Project 3.7
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0715091c-53e2-436a-a080-f71ec09bbfeb
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-06-01T12:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-02-04T16:56:11
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
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