Registration is now open for the ACRN 2024 Symposium!

ACRN Symposium 2024!

#ACRN2024

Nature repair of Australasian marine and coastal ecosystems

Dates: 28-29th May, with an optional field trip on Thursday 30th May

Location: The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

See our symposia page to register and for more information.

Upcoming Events

AMSA-NZMSS Conference 2024

Join us at the 58th annual AMSA conference!

September 15-20, 2024, in Nipaluna, Hobart, Tasmania

Abstracts due Wednesday 27th March: Click here to submit!

Symposium: Lessons in repairing sea country 

Convenors: Elisabeth Strain (UTAS), Beth Toki (BMT), Jenny Hillman (University of Auckland), Vishnu prahalad (UTAS), Maria Vozzo (CSIRO), Megan Saunders (UTAS), Conor Jones (BMT), Nathan Waltham (James Cook University)

Coastal and marine ecosystems face increased impacts of climate change. It is increasingly being recognised that marine habitat restoration will be a key tool that is available to support marine resilience and adaptation planning as the climate changes. Scaling these initiatives involves strategic interventions such as rebuilding shellfish reefs, reforestation of mangroves and kelp forests, and rehabilitation of seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, combined with management of key anthropogenic pressures. The restoration projects underway across Australasia, range from small- to large-scales, across multiple habitat types, and involving researchers, indigenous and community groups, industry, and local government agencies. 

Critical to restoration success will be a multidisciplinary and cross-agency approach, whereby there is collaboration between multiple government agencies, as well as knowledge brokers, industries, and communities. Existing barriers to restoration must urgently be addressed, and up-scaling of corporate investment should be fostered. This symposium will highlight the growing research efforts and on-ground projects into scaling coastal and marine ecosystem repair in Australasia and discuss ways in which projects have incorporated future-proofing into their efforts. Its audience will include a diverse array of stakeholders, including research scientists, Traditional Owners, NGOs, community groups, and local and federal government employees. This session is linked to a Special Issue in Wetlands Ecology and Management on this topic, with speakers welcome to contribute their papers to this issue

Save the Date!

The International Conference
on Shellfish Restoration
ICSR2024

Save the date: September 15-18, 2024

Location: Jekyll Island Convention Center, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA



Click here for more information: ICSR2024


Updates from the network

Just Published: An opinion piece by Maira Vozzo in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science!

Exploring large-scale coastal and marine restoration through positive cross-habitat interactions. Discovering 200+ interactions, including wave control, the paper highlights the emerging multi-habitat restoration approach.

Find the paper here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2300546120

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