A 2024-2026 project by CSIRO, JCU, and the University of Melbourne updated national stocktakes of coastal restoration activities. Outputs include updated databases for the Australian Coastal Restoration Network and Living Shorelines Australia, a draft national coordination framework, and a final report. The work compiled evidence on effectiveness, risks, and success measures across ecological, engineering, socio-economic, and Indigenous themes.
Use Cases
- Identifying past restoration locations and approaches based on updated national database records.
- Assessing risks and success measures for nature repair projects based on compiled evidence across multiple themes.
- Planning coordinated future investments using the scoped framework covering site selection, decision-support tools, and monitoring.
- Supporting Indigenous co-design in restoration projects based on the project's engagement and framework components.
Strengths
- Project outputs include updates to two established national databases (Australian Coastal Restoration Network, Living Shorelines Australia).
- Evidence compilation spans ecological, engineering, legal/governance, socio-economic, and Indigenous themes.
- Engagement involved DCCEEW, state governments, non-profit agencies, Indigenous communities, researchers, and practitioners.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Project involved updating existing databases and compiling evidence through engagement and case studies.
- Time Range
- 2024-2026
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 21:55:41.104868; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia