Marine and Coastal Hub research overview 6: Threatened species and ecosystems

Overview

This two-page fact sheet summarises for a general audience research conducted by the Marine and Coastal Hub in the focus area of Threatened species and ecosystems. It includes the research context and outcomes for research users. Australian governments have legal obligations to promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities. They need timely conservation advice in order to assess nominations for threatened category listings and recovery actions, and determine policies to mitigate threats. Marine and Coastal Hub projects bring people together to share knowledge, identify research needs, and collect data through surveys, tagging, mapping, citizen science, sampling and experimentation. Project co-design, participation and delivery supports First Nations peoples’ cultural connections and growing involvement in research leadership and management of land and sea Country.