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1. Immersive citizen science experiences and their role in changing perceptions of coastal wetlands.

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McKinley, E., Garcia Rojas, M. I., Palacios, M. M., Nichols, C. G., Bhattacharjee, A., and Macreadie, P. I.

Subjects
COASTAL wetlands, SALT marshes, ENVIRONMENTAL management, EDUCATION conferences, ENVIRONMENTAL sciences
Abstract

Citizen, or community, science initiatives are increasingly recognised as an effective strategy to connect society with nature, science and environmental issues. However, different approaches to the delivery of the programmes can have different impacts on participant awareness, perceptions and behaviour change—especially when working with ecosystems perceived as less popular or uncharismatic, such as coastal wetlands, mangroves and saltmarshes.Using the HSBC Blue Carbon Citizen Science Programme as a case study, we compared two groups of corporate employees from Australia and New Zealand (N = 89) who participated in either: (a) a short duration citizen science experience including educational workshops and fieldwork in a local wetland; or (b) in educational workshops‐only. Questionnaires assessed the impact on participants' knowledge and perception towards wetlands, as well as their likelihood of adopting sustainable behaviours.Results revealed that participants' knowledge and understanding of environmental concepts increased, independent of the type of experience attended. However, the citizen science experience was more effective at fostering participants' intentions to make behaviour changes, with 64% of citizen science participants implementing sustainable changes at home or work, compared to 45% of workshop‐only participants.Our results highlight the importance of immersive citizen science experiences that, even of short duration, can have a valuable role enhancing participant knowledge, perception, and importantly, intention to make long‐term behaviour changes.With the increasing challenges faced by coastal systems globally, incorporating hands‐on, immersive experiences into educational programmes can be a strategic solution to improve ocean and climate literacy, while facilitating the actions required for a sustainable future. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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2. Georges River Blues : Swamps, Mangroves and Resident Action, 1945–1980

Author

Heather Goodall and Heather Goodall

Subjects
Aboriginal Australians--Australia--New South Wales, Estuarine ecology--Australia--New South Wales, Estuaries--Australia--New South Wales
Abstract

The lower Georges River, on Dharawal and Dharug lands, was a place of fishing grounds, swimming holes and picnics in the early twentieth century. But this all changed after World War II, when rapidly expanding industry and increasing population fell heaviest on this river, polluting its waters and destroying its bush.Local people campaigned to defend their river. They battled municipal councils, who were themselves struggling against an explosion of garbage as population and economy changed. In these blues (an Australian term for conflict), it was mangroves and swamps that became the focus of the fight. Mangroves were expanding because of increasing pollution and early climate change. Councils wanted to solve their garbage problems by bulldozing mangroves and bushland, dumping garbage and, eventually, building playing fields. So they attacked mangroves as useless swamps that harboured disease. Residents defended mangroves by mobilising ecological science to show that these plants nurtured immature fish and protected the river's health.These suburban resident action campaigns have been ignored by histories of the Australian environmental movement, which have instead focused on campaigns to save distant'wilderness'or inner-city built environments. The Georges River environmental conflicts may have been less theatrical, but they were fought out just as bitterly. And local Georges River campaigners – men, women and often children – were just as tenacious. They struggled to ‘keep bushland in our suburbs', laying the foundation for today's widespread urban environmental consciousness.

Published
2022

3. Mangrove magic

Subjects
Reefs -- Research, Data entry -- Research, University of Wollongong
Abstract

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL JONES Amid the mangroves on Pipon Island in the Howick Group, PhD student Oxana Repina takes coordinate points for 3D-mapping and drone data capture. AS [...]

Published
2022

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