Mangroves – plants that live in the intertidal environment – burned extensively in NSW during the 2019-2020 summer bushfires. However, mangrove response and recovery from bushfire damage is a novel topic, both here in Australia and worldwide.This presentation will explore the Post-Bushfire Mangrove Recovery project, which involved field visits at three locations in the NSW South Coast (Wonboyn, Moruya, Batemans Bay) where mangroves were killed or severely damaged by the 2019-2020 fires.In addition to sharing the findings, Dr Claudia Santori will outline how this project has employed a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches and methods, such as drone & GIS mapping for bushfire impact and recovery assessments, the value of citizen scientist training & oyster farmer involvement, and field methods such as transects and camera traps.Presenter: Dr Claudia Santori.Powerpoint slides: Post-Bushfire Mangrove Recovery: Community-Led Efforts in the NSW South Coast.#ClimateChangeImpacts#NationalLandcareConference#LandcareConf22
This project is supported by Landcare Australia, through funding from the Australian Government.Landcare Australia is proud to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we live and work. We value and respect their deep and continued spiritual and cultural connections to the land, waters and seas, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders past, present and future.