Protecting Wetlands for the Future Why protect Tidal Wetlands? Rich in biodiversity, wetlands provide habitat for rare bird and reptile species, drawing tourism dollars from around the world. Wetlands provide habitat and nursery grounds to countless species of commercially important fish, both for tourism and fisheries.  Furthermore, wetlands act like kidneys of the Earth, trapping sediment and pollutants running off from the land, playing a significant role in protecting seagrass beds and reefs from nutrient overloads.   Wetlands also protect...

TeachLive Past Expeditions Protecting the Reef’s Coastal Frontier | Oct & Nov 2019 Four teachers travelled to Mackay in Queensland for a week of research in the mangroves. Here they acted as research assistants, exploring the mangroves fringing the Pioneer river, and assessing the condition of the ecosystem by conducting surveys, filming the shoreline, measuring trees and conducting field biomass assessments. Read more Bush Blitz Little Desert National Park | Oct 2019 Five teachers from around...

Bush Blitz Adventure Portal The Bush Blitz Adventure Portal is a video conferencing education program designed to bring Bush Blitz straight into your classroom directly from the field. Bush Blitz aims to teach and inspire your students through discovery of Australia's unique biodiversity, including the amazing plants and animals uncovered during expeditions to some of Australia's wildest and most remote locations. More about Bush Blitz The Adventure Portal program is advertised to schools around Australia approximately two months before each...

Backyard Species Discovery Bush Blitz documents Australia’s vast biodiversity through expeditions to remote locations. Due to COVID-19, these expeditions are temporarily on hold and, with many of us looking for fun things to do at home, Bush Blitz is coordinating a virtual expedition that everyone can join! Although we can’t promise you’ll find a new species, this citizen science project will enable you to discover some amazing plants and animals living in your own backyard, whilst contributing valuable data to Australia’s biodiversity databases. As...

Global Marine Debris Rapid upscaling of pollution reduction efforts is critical for a healthy and safe planet, with the quantity of mis-managed waste and plastic leakage into the environment predicted to triple by 2060. Earthwatch connects Amcor staff with top scientists to inform research on pollution and climate change. From Peru to Canada, Scotland to South Africa, Indonesia to Iceland, more than 200 Amcor team members have travelled to unique areas around the world. In small groups they conduct research under the direction of research scientists...

Blue Carbon: Counteracting Climate Change Our partnership with HSBC and Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab aimed to study, value and raise awareness of coastal wetlands. Our Work Aligns With HSBC employees and HSBC clients and industry stakeholders assisted leading wetland researchers to help gather data that directly contributed to our shared understanding of climate change, carbon stores, climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies (SDG Goal 13.1). The project has now concluded with significant outcomes for science, the environment, and...

Understanding Queensland's Blue Carbon Resource Wetlands are critical to carbon sequestration in Australia. Through the power of citizen science, this program successfully raised the awareness and value of Queensland's Blue Carbon Stocks.  This program invested in transitioning to a low carbon society, by increasing the number of sampling sites for above-ground mangrove by 115% in Northern Australia. Data submitted to the National Greenhouse accounts to improve blue carbon modelling and informed the development of a blue carbon method under...

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