NESP MaC Project 4.11 – Scaling-up long-term seagrass restoration in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2024-2026 (JCU)
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Scaling-up long-term seagrass restoration in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
There is an urgent community-driven need to develop appropriate seagrass restoration approaches at scale for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI). Fast-tracking larger-scale restoration research is required to prevent imminent collapse and functional extinction of seagrasses at CKI due to past disturbance and current green turtle grazing pressure. This project builds on pilot studies to design and establish a network of larger-scale turtle exclusion areas where locally appropriate restoration approaches can be refined. At the same time, this will provide “seagrass refuges” to initiate recovery, monitor ecological effects, and provide for future restoration efforts. The project has been co-developed with the CKI community and Parks Australia, addressing their highest research priority identified in the newly established Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park. The project will provide an action plan for ongoing interventions and strategies to future-proof local seagrasses and support seagrass-dependent species, such as green turtles and fish, in the long term.
Planned Outputs
• exclusion zones experimental data [spatial & tabular dataset]
• environmental monitoring dataset [tabular data]
• Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-01-23T00:00:00
- Purpose
- • A network of functioning exclusion refuges with recovering and restored seagrasses in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. • An action plan for ongoing intervention strategies to future-proof local seagrasses while the green turtle population returns to a sustainable level. • Tested local techniques for seagrass propagation and approaches for the community to access a sustainable source of local propagules for ongoing seagrass restoration. • Furthering the co-management and design of research in the Cocos Keeling Islands that incorporates local community knowledge through partnerships to develop potential management solutions. • An understanding of restoration approaches for a key tropical seagrass species Thalassia hemprichii with applicability across its range in tropical northern Australia and the Indo Pacific
- Credit
- Team members: Michael Rasheed (JCU), Paul York (JCU), Sahira Bell (Sea Country Solutions), Trish Flores (Parks Australia), Shakirin Keegan (Cocos Marine Care), Jendra Thomas Travaille (Sea Country Solutions), Abbi Scott (JCU)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Principal investigator
Rasheed, Michael, A/ProfJames Cook University
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Cocos Keeling Islands
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- marine
- AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
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- Coastal Waters (Australia)
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
- NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/ffa92412-a91b-4047-91f4-732423c15af6
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
eAtlas Data ManagerAustralian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- NESP MaC hub Project 4.11
- Metadata linkage
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https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/ffa92412-a91b-4047-91f4-732423c15af6
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2024-01-23T16:08:28
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-02-08T05:11:33
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018