NESP MaC Project 1.7 - Towards a consolidated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "Towards a consolidated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring". No data outputs are planned for this project.
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Coastal habitat restoration is scaling up rapidly in Australia and covers a range of habitats including oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, kelp forests, and saltmarshes. Every restoration project includes some attempt at monitoring outcomes but currently these are piecemeal, uncoordinated, often poorly funded, and rarely follow Open Science protocols. Previous NESP-funded projects have improved understanding of the ecology and service provision of threatened ecosystems and established targets for repair based on reference conditions (e.g. Marine Biodiversity project B4). They have also established an extensive database of marine and coastal restoration projects (ARCN: project E5), and have supported the development of monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement systems (MERI) for various sectors or projects. By combining the knowledge of all Australian researchers undertaking monitoring of restoration projects, across multiple habitats, this project will build upon these previous projects to synthesise the approaches for monitoring of habitat restoration. It will also explore integration of new technologies, such as automation, artificial intelligence, and eDNA, within the monitoring framework to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The primary output will be a co-ordinated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring across projects, scales and habitats, that integrates clearly articulated hypotheses to determine the goals for restoration. This framework will streamline development of future restoration projects and ensure that maximum value from monitoring activities is achieved.
Planned Outputs
• Literature review [written]
• Guidelines document (best-practice toolkit) [written]
---no data outputs are planned for this project---
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-03-01
Resource provider
- Purpose
- To develop a guidelines document (best-practice toolkit) for co-ordinated monitoring of restoration initiatives.
- Credit
- Carmel McDougall (Griffith University), Victoria Cole (NSW DPI Fisheries), Rod Connolly (Griffith University), Gary Kendrick (UWA), Melanie Bishop (Macquarie University), Sarah Richmond (Bioplatforms AUstralia), David Harasti (NSW DPI Fisheries), Timothy Glasby (NSW DPI Fisheries), Marcus Sheaves (JCU), Nathan Waltham (JCU), Adriana Verges (UNSW)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-09-01 2022-03-31
- 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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- open science
- monitoring
- restoration
- habitat
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/86d17e0f-c825-47d3-9480-114253bacd30
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MaC Hub Project 1.7
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/86d17e0f-c825-47d3-9480-114253bacd30
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-03-01T12:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-06-04T09:35:18
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018