Environment Australia CU- The deterioration of marine life has been a cause for concern across the globe and just like all other strains placed on the environment, where the elimination of any one kind of plant or species can bring about a sequence of devastating effects. Environmentalists in recent times have had moderate success expanding the numbers of certain species that were believed to be lost in certain instances or reduced. More advanced developments in technology have helped environmental researchers detect certain patterns and behavior that are likely to be caused by environmental destruction and take remedial actions.
Project Restore is a remedial measure with a world-first approach, which attempts to restore delicate local marine eco-systems by installing living seawalls, replacing seagrass-damaging moorings, restoring kelp fields and creating new fish and seahorse abodes.
The Sydney Institute of Marine Science is said to bring in the marine life expertise of Professor David Booth, from the University of Technology Sydney who is well versed in habitat restoration and building ‘seahorse hotels.
“Urban development has removed more than half of Sydney Harbor’s natural shoreline and degraded the rich marine ecosystems that have been home to seahorses, penguins, turtles and much more, said Professor Booth.
Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Professor Martina Doblin who also leads the University of Technology Sydney’s Climate Change Cluster (a project dedicated to gathering information on marine life problems), pointed out that the project connects many of their main conservation initiatives.
Professor Doblin further stated that they already had the support structure to reach their goal with the marine restoration work and the project connects all of it. She further said the cutting-edge science they were implementing could be a working model through New South Wales and the rest of the world.
Project Restore is backed by the NSW Government with a grant of $4.5 million.
