Project Details
Description
This project will evaluate a new approach for transforming entire seawalls into eco-friendly structures, which can be applied both in NSW and globally. Seawalls are the dominant feature of many urbanised NSW coasts and typically support lower biodiversity relative to the natural habitats they replace. The biodiversity of existing seawalls may be enhanced using ecologically friendly designs, but such approaches have only been trialled at small scale (10s of cm). We will test the effectiveness of a new technology for enhancing native biodiversity at the scale of whole seawalls (10s of m).
Acronym | Environmental Trust NSW |
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Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 1/03/18 → 31/01/21 |
Impacts
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Marine urbanisation and eco-engineering
Katherine Dafforn (Participant), Melanie Bishop (Participant), Maria Vozzo (Participant), Mariana Mayer-Pinto (Participant) & Alex Goad (Participant)
Impact: Environment impacts, Policy impacts, Science impacts, Economy impacts