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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 were generated by 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 Hub project B4). They have also established an extensive database of marine and coastal restoration projects (Australian Coastal Restoration Network: 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 builds upon these previous projects to synthesise the approaches for monitoring of habitat restoration. It explores integration of new technologies, such as automation, artificial intelligence, and eDNA, within the monitoring framework to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness.


The primary output of this project is 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 streamlines the development of future restoration projects and ensures that maximum value from monitoring activities is achieved.


Outputs

• Best-practice toolkit / final project report [written]

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2021-03-01

Resource provider

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)
GPO Box 858
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Principal investigator

Griffith University - McDougall, Carmel (Project Leader)
Queensland
Australia
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Principal investigator

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Cole, Victoria (Project co-leader)
New South Wales
Australia
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Principal investigator

Griffith University - Connolly, Rod (Project co-leader)
Queensland
Australia
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Collaborator

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - New, Tristan (Research Assistant)
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Purpose
To develop a guidelines document (best-practice toolkit) for co-ordinated monitoring of restoration initiatives.
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

Griffith University - McDougall, Carmel
Queensland
Australia
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Point of contact

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Cole, Victoria
New South Wales
Australia
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Point of contact

Griffith University - Connolly, Rod
Queensland
Australia
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Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment

Extent



Temporal extent

Time period
2021-09-01 2022-03-31
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords (dataSource)
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Keywords (Theme)
  • open science
  • monitoring
  • restoration
  • habitat
GCMD Earth Science keywords
  • ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
  • ESTUARINE WETLANDS

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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UTF8

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
Final Project Report

McDougall C, Cole V, Connolly RM (2022) Towards a consolidated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Griffith University.

OnLine resource
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website

OnLine resource
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: NESP MaC Hub website

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/86d17e0f-c825-47d3-9480-114253bacd30

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Data Manager (Southern node))
Parent metadata
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal (MaC) Hub - Funding Program 2021-2027

Type of resource

Resource scope
Field session
Name
MaC Hub Project 1.7
Metadata linkage
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)
2025-02-03T09:02:08

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Keywords

habitat monitoring open science restoration
GCMD Earth Science keywords
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT ESTUARINE WETLANDS

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