Wetlands and the carbon store-y

Posted on 29 Aug 2024 at 20:54h in News 0 Comments

Regular newsletter readers will know that at NGT we have an interest in understanding the complex role of wetlands in the carbon cycle. We know of course that wetlands are and will continue to be dis-proportionally impacted by changes to climate and the subsequent availability...

Are wetlands our ‘smoking gun’ for land-based carbon mitigation? The full picture is complicated…

Posted on 31 Oct 2022 at 11:50h in News, Wetland Restoration 0 Comments

It is estimated that 20-30% of the world’s terrestrial carbon (i.e. excluding the atmosphere and oceans) is stored in wetlands. When you consider that wetlands only occupy 5 to 8% of the land mass, their carbon storage capacity is pretty impressive and for this reason,...

Update on Investigations at Aldinga Washpool

Posted on 25 Sep 2024 at 15:47h in News, Aldinga Washpool 0 Comments

Since early 2021 NGT has been investigating the ecological history and restoration potential of the Aldinga Washpool/Wakondilla, one of the last coastal lagoons of its type in the Adelaide region. Our 2022 Report proposed several actions that could be taken to undo some of the...

Useful insights from a peatland restoration story in the UK

Posted on 27 Feb 2024 at 11:34h in News, Peatland Restoration 0 Comments

Further to the story about peatlands I shared in last month’s newsletter, a video was shared with me last week, which provides interesting insights into an example of peatland restoration in the UK. You can watch the 12 minute video below. For me, this story...

“Investing in Peatlands” – A new publication seeking to put peatlands on the agenda to protect the global climate, water and biodiversity

Posted on 29 Jan 2024 at 13:22h in News, Peatland Restoration 0 Comments

Back in September last year, we explained why NGT talks a lot about peatlands, because for those of us interested in peatlands, they can seem a bit like the perpetual ‘elephant in the room’. Why is this, you might ask? Well, that is because for...

Are you wondering why NGT talks a lot about peatlands? These fantastic new resources explain why…

Posted on 19 Sep 2023 at 22:09h in News, Peatland Restoration 0 Comments

In the past couple of weeks, I was sent some fantastic new international resources that help to explain the value of the world’s peatlands. Firstly, the Peatland Atlas (which you can download as a pdf here or view at the bottom of this blog) was recently...

Insights from the Freshwater Sciences 2023 conference, and Ayesha presents 20 years of Upper Hopkins salinity data

Posted on 27 Jun 2023 at 20:16h in News, Conferences 1 Comment

At the beginning of June, I headed to sunny Brisbane to attend Freshwater Sciences 2023. This was the combined annual conference of the Society for Freshwater Science, the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society and the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society, and the first time that all...

NGT’s Wetland Restoration Program on private land is back!

Posted on 29 May 2023 at 21:49h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land 0 Comments

Are you a private landholder interested in helping to rehydrate the Australian landscape? If so, and you have a drained, privately owned wetland that might benefit from reinstatement of its natural water level – then please read on… Nature Glenelg Trust’s Wetland Restoration Program on...

Species of the Month: What lives in a forest but never on land?

Posted on 30 Apr 2023 at 20:02h in News, Species of the month 0 Comments

Sounds like a riddle perhaps? But no, the answer is kelp – specifically in this case, bull kelp. Bull kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) is relatively abundant off the southern coast of Australia and the evidence washes up along our coastline in clumps and strands after big...

Large-scale saltmarsh remediation works adjacent to Moulting Lagoon in Tasmania are now complete!

Posted on 31 Mar 2023 at 12:23h in Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, News 0 Comments

Long-term readers of the NGT newsletter will know that for the past couple of years we have been getting to know the Moulting Lagoon and Aspley Marshes Ramsar sites on the east coast of Tasmania. To refresh your memory, you can read our previous stories...

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