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Michael Sievers

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Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University

Chris Brown

April 19, 2024

Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better

Michael Sievers, Griffith University; Christopher Brown, University of Tasmania, and Rod Connolly, Griffith University

Overall, coastal habitat restoration greatly increases animal numbers and diversity. But not all projects deliver the goods and we need to find out why.

A pair of blacktip reef shark neonates (Carcharhinus melanopterus) gently cruise among the roots in the mangrove forest of Surin Archipelago during high tide in Mu Koh Surin national park, Thailand. Shin Arunrugstichai

May 21, 2019

From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places

Michael Sievers, Griffith University; Rod Connolly, Griffith University, and Tom Rayner, Griffith University

Far more megafauna species use coastal wetlands than we thought. And it affects the way we need to address the extinction crisis.

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