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Community glass artwork by Shark Bay Arts Council members of restored seagrass meadow on display at the Wirriya Jalyanu (seagrass) Festival. Elizabeth Sinclair/UWA

Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowledge is helping to restore a World Heritage area

Elizabeth Sinclair, The University of Western Australia; Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia; Martin Breed, Flinders University; Patricia Oakley, Indigenous Knowledge, and Sean McNeair, Indigenous Knowledge

A partnership that combines Western science and Traditional Owners’ ecological knowledge is restoring the seagrass meadows of Gathaagudu/Shark Bay.
Marine parks are valuable tools to help safeguard species such as seagrasses. AAP Image/James Cook University

Why are Australia’s marine parks being reviewed so soon after they were signed off?

Elizabeth Sinclair, The University of Western Australia; Diana Walker, The University of Western Australia, and Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia

Australia’s network of marine parks - a decade in the making and announced in 2012 - haven’t been implemented yet, and the Abbott government has already placed the plans under review. Why the hurry?
Shark Bay is one of Australia’s 19 World Heritage Areas, home to dolphins, dugongs, and sharks. Matthew Fraser

Climate change threatens Western Australia’s iconic Shark Bay

Matthew Fraser, The University of Western Australia; Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia; John Statton, The University of Western Australia; Jordan Thomson, Florida International University, and Michael Heithaus, Florida International University

In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land. Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and…
Stromatolites are among the most ancient records of life on earth. Ellie Gee

Shark Bay stromatolites at risk from climate change

Diana Walker, The University of Western Australia and Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia

Climate change – resulting in more frequent flooding of the Wooramel River that leads into Shark Bay – may threaten the unique stromatolites that make Shark Bay a World Heritage site. These stromatolites…

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