{"id":6690,"date":"2021-12-14T05:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T05:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2021-12-21T05:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:00:50","slug":"mangrove-watch-hinchinbrook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/mangrove-watch-hinchinbrook\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangrove Watch Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mangroves.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]MANGROVE WATCH EXPANDS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]MANGROVE WATCH EXPANDS TO THE WET TROPICS’ LARGEST CATCHMENT[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1639457719877{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]14 DECEMBER 2021[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1640062839573{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]An environmental health\u202fmonitoring\u202fprogram that harnesses the power of citizen science to protect and preserve mangrove and saltmarsh habitats\u00a0is expanding\u00a0to include the region\u2019s largest river catchment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cairns\u00a0chapter of\u00a0MangroveWatch<\/a><\/strong>, which is coordinated by the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre\u00a0(CAFNEC),\u00a0was set up\u00a0to fill an important monitoring gap between Rockhampton and Cape York. It\u00a0has monitored Trinity Inlet and the Barron River since 2017 and Dickson Inlet and the Endeavour, Starke,\u00a0Mulgrave\u00a0and Russell rivers since 2019.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Funding from Terrain NRM\u2019s Natural Capital Fund<\/strong><\/a> is helping the program to expand into the Herbert River and Hinchinbrook Channel for the 2021\/22 monitoring season. The expansion will establish baseline data on mangrove health and potential threats. The program will also contribute indicator data for the Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card \u2013 which assesses waterway health and tracks trends.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Terrain NRM\u2019s Chelsy Maloney says the data collected through CANEC’s program is helping to build a more comprehensive picture of mangrove condition.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a community we\u00a0can\u2019t protect or respond to disturbances in these vital ecosystems without knowledge of how they are changing. Long term monitoring from a baseline gives a sound indicator\u00a0of change over time. We\u2019re pleased to support the work of CAFNEC and\u00a0MangroveWatch.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Annual monitoring in the Hinchinbrook Channel has also been tracking the recovery of mangroves since Cyclone Yasi devastated the area,”\u00a0said Ms Maloney.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mangrove ecosystems worldwide\u00a0are experiencing\u00a0die-back\u00a0due to climate\u00a0change, and\u00a0are\u00a0also affected\u00a0at a local level\u00a0by urban development, rubbish, pollution and weeds.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The trend is worrying as\u00a0mangroves\u00a0provide important ecosystem services like carbon\u00a0sequestration,\u00a0and\u00a0provide coastal communities with protection from the impact of cyclones and extreme weather. They also\u00a0nurture around 75% of all coastal fish catches.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639457638567{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"Mangroves\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639457698533{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]CAFNEC\u2019s\u00a0Alex Sinchak coordinates the\u00a0program in the Far North and says it creates connection for the community with their local environment.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteers don\u2019t need any scientific training to participate\u00a0\u2013 everybody is welcome. We provide\u00a0volunteers\u00a0with all the training\u00a0and equipment\u00a0needed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteers monitor mangrove shorelines from boats and using\u00a0video, photographs,\u00a0GPS\u00a0and observer notes to record geotagged visual data.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people ask about the difference in quality between community and expert monitoring and we\u2019ve actually undertaken assessments of community versus\u00a0expert\u00a0scores, and\u00a0shown that mean community score is equivalent to an individual expert\u2019s knowledge.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExperts might be experts, but they don\u2019t necessarily have that local knowledge about the environment they\u2019re assessing, and that\u2019s why community volunteers are so essential.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Community members can get involved with MangroveWatch by registering their interest through the CAFNEC website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/soil-health\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1639718193931{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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