Habitats such as seagrass and saltmarsh meadows, coastal wetlands, coral and shellfish reefs, and mangrove and kelp forests provide coastal protection, improve water quality and support fisheries and biodiversity.

Our coastal ecosystems are constantly under pressure - from development, climate change, tourism, and natural disasters. In Australasia, there is a community of marine and coastal restoration specialists who work together to conserve, restore and manage these ecosystems so that they can provide the full range of services that they are capable of.

The Australasian Coastal Restoration Network is a platform to connect marine and coastal restoration specialists, experts, researchers, practitioners and managers so that they can collaborate, share knowledge and ideas, and seek answers and solutions to challenges.

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Our Funders

We extend our sincere gratitude to our valued funders for their generous support that has greatly contributed to ACRN's endeavours:

• The National Environmental Science Program’s (NESP) Marine and Coastal hub

• The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

• The NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy

We also thank our partners, James Cook University and CSIRO.

At the ACRN, we acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians and First Nations Peoples and communities who have cared for marine and coastal habitats for millennia. We are committed to increasing our cultural safety and capability and ensuring that partnerships with First Nations People are preferred and explored, where possible, in marine and coastal restoration projects. Our team pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, work and play and extends that to the lands, waterways, seas, and skies of our extended network.