Wetlands: life support for the Great Barrier Reef

Posted by Tom Rayner
On July 26, 2019

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is well recognised as the one of the most biodiverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth. However, few of us appreciate that one million hectares of wetlands are the life support system for this important ecosystem. In this post, Dr Fernanda Adame and Emeritus Professor Angela Arthington explore the critical relationship […]

GLOW @ #ICCB2019

Posted by Tom Rayner
On July 22, 2019

The Global Wetlands Project team is heading to ICCB in Malaysia and it’s going to be a busy week. We’ll deliver three talks, including two in a GLOW-hosted session on Emerging issues for the global conservation of marine and freshwater wetlands.

Effective action needs accessible science

Posted by Chris Brown
On July 1, 2019

Coastal wetlands are globally threatened. However, the plight of these habitats, like mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, is not well recognised relative to other coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs. This translates into funding shortfalls both for the science needed to address coastal wetland decline and for the protection and restoration actions needed to […]

What the sea needs on World Oceans Day 2019

Posted by Tom Rayner
On June 8, 2019

“You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins.” In the mid 1600s, English poet and clergyman Thomas Traherne penned Centuries of Meditations, a collection of paragraphs vividly detailing his reverence for the natural world. In it, he set a signpost towards awakening.

From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we've found large marine species in some surprising places

Posted by Eric
On May 30, 2019

From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places

Posted by Michael Sievers
On May 30, 2019

When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But our global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging this view – and how we might respond to the biodiversity crisis.

Turtley sick moves: rescuing weak sea turtles and the science aimed at helping their equally weak populations

Posted by Ryan Pearson
On April 26, 2019

Sea turtles are threatened. Literal boat loads of things affect their already low survival rates, most attributable to humans. Plastics, fishing entanglements, temperature increases, habitat degradation and actual boat strikes are killing turtles and affecting their populations in many other ways. Ultimately threatening their very existence. Knowing this, when my buddy Dr Michael Sievers and […]

How to become a Marine Biologist!

Posted by Tom Rayner
On March 13, 2019

How to become a Marine Biologist O, to be a Marine Biologist! The wind. The sea. The salt. The sand. The Life Aquatic! It’s a dream of many, but how do you actually do it? How do you become a Marine Biologist?

New SCB Working Group on Coastal Wetland Conservation proposed

Posted by Tom Rayner
On March 5, 2019

The Global Wetlands Project is leading a new proposal to create a Society for Conservation Biology Working Group on Coastal Wetland Conservation. To get the ball rolling, we’re hosting a discussion group at ICCB 2019 in Malaysia.

Carbon economy and wetland protection to benefit from new app

Posted by Tom Rayner
On February 26, 2019

A web app developed by GLOW researchers could encourage governments and wetland managers globally to reduce carbon emissions by protecting mangrove forests.