Wetland Restoration

Posted at 31 Mar 2021 at 09:06h in News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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This year is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the International Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran, on the 2nd February 1971, and to mark the occasion the Australian Government has released back-to-back monthly editions of its annual wetland e-magazine, Wetlands Australia.Last month we...

Posted at 30 Nov 2020 at 14:30h in News, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Scale Swamp restoration, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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Back in August I reported on some wetland levels near the Grampians, and much has changed since then. At that stage we were coming out of what had been a pretty dry winter. However, we were hopeful and awaiting realisation of BOM's long-term forecast suggesting...

Posted at 30 Nov 2020 at 14:24h in News, Wetland Restoration by
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This year we are working in collaboration with Deakin University and Glenelg Hopkins CMA to trial a novel approach at obtaining biodiversity snapshots through the use of eDNA. Environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies are centered around characterising species presence through the detection of genetic material that...

Posted at 28 Oct 2020 at 12:05h in News, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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'Whoop-Boom!' Over the past several weeks NGT has been helping with the Glenelg Hopkins CMA's Bittern Recovery Project, by undertaking listening surveys across several wetlands in south-west Victoria. 'Whoop-Boom' is the sound we have been eagerly listening for - the call of the male Australasian...