Community Science

Mr Nick Wynn1,3, Ms Leia Howes2, Ms  Jane Shearer1,4 1Bellarine Bayside Foreshore Committee Of Management, Portarlington, Australia, 2Great Ocean Road Coast Committee of Management, Torquay, Australia, 3Central Coastal Board, Melbourne, Australia, 4Bellarine Catchment Network, Mannerim, Australia Abstract Bellarine Bayside is...
  • December 19, 2017
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Dr Rick Stuart-smith1,2, Professor Graham Edgar1,2 1Reef Life Survey, Hobart, Australia, 2IMAS, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Abstract The traditional spectrum for monitoring of biodiversity has ranged from professional scientific teams, collecting detailed data at relatively small spatial and temporal...
  • December 19, 2017
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Miss Rose Herben1, Miss Allyson  O’Brien2, Miss Jane Findlay3, Miss Ayali Dissanayake Mudiyanselage3, Miss  Athulya Wickramasingha3, Miss Melissa Bigot3 1Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, Colac, Australia, 2University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Deakin University, Waun Ponds Abstract EstuaryWatch is a successful citizen...
  • December 19, 2017
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Mr James Gullison1, Ms Maggie Muurmans1 1Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Southport, Australia Abstract European settlement over the last 100 years has decreased the number of natural dune sites along the city of the Gold Coast’s coastline. During the same...
  • December 18, 2017
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Ms Louise Duff1 1Conservation Volunteers Australia, Torrensville, Australia Abstract Newcastle Wetland Connections was a 4-year project to improve biodiversity and water quality in the upstream catchment of the Hunter Estuary Wetlands Ramsar site. The project restored 14 riparian and wetland...
  • December 18, 2017
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Ms Rachel Kelly1,3, Dr Aysha  Fleming1,2, Asoc. Prof. Gretta T Pecl1,3 1Centre For Marine Socioecology, Hobart, Australia, 2CSIRO – Land and Water, Hobart, Australia, 3Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australia Abstract Social licence is an emergent concept in...
  • December 18, 2017
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Ms Maggie Muurmans1 1Griffith Centre For Coastal Management, Southport, Australia Abstract The principles of community engagement follow the process from informing the community to their empowerment to make decisions and implement change. In order to fully implement this process, the...
  • December 18, 2017
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