Let's Talk Coast
By Australian Coastal Society
Let's Talk Coast Nov 11, 2022
Community caring for coast
Coastal systems are one of the most robust in the world, but human interference and development has made them fragile. One agency restoring resilience to our coastal ecosystems is Green Adelaide, which leads many coastal community restoration projects.
In this episode of Let’s Talk Coast, Tony Flaherty, Green Adelaide Coast and Seas Team Leader, talks us through the many coastal restoration projects and community outreach activities managed by his team and the benefits and challenges of working with coastal communities. These projects make up a jigsaw approach that together build a wholistic picture of coastal care and conservation.
This is an Australian Coastal Society podcast, produced and hosted by Gretchen Miller.
The recording of the Hooded Plover (also known as the Hooded Dotterel), Thinornis cucullatus, is thanks to Andrew Spencer through the Xeno Canto website.
This episode was recorded on the lands of the Kaurna people.
Let's Talk Coast, was created through the financial support of our donors over the years.
This is the last episode for 2022 in this mini-series. If you would like to hear more about coastal issues, please consider making a tax-deductible donation and help us continue to be a voice for the coast, follow this link.
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If you would like to suggest topics for future episodes or would just like to get in touch, contact us at admin@australiancoastalsociety.org.au
Estuaries, blue carbon and climate change
What feeds our coastline, providing it with nutrients and habitat for juvenile fish? Where do people go to play and swim? The estuary.
In this episode of Let's Talk Coast, Professor William Glamore from the Water Research Laboratory an engineering school within the University of New South Wales, explains how estuaries are both a fragile but robust environment, and discusses the important work that he and his colleagues have been doing for decades on re-creating intertidal wetlands. Will talks us through the blue carbon method, a policy document that was recently launched by the Federal Government, which sets out a method for restoring estuaries to produce a financial product called an Australian carbon credit unit.
This episode was recorded on the lands of the Darramuragal or Darug people.
This is an Australian Coastal Society podcast, produced and hosted by Gretchen Miller.
Let's Talk Coast, was created through the financial support of our donors over the years.
To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit our webpage.
To join us, become a member and find out more about membership benefits, follow this link.
To make a tax-deductible donation and help us continue to be a voice for the coast, follow this link.
Who owns the beach?
Australians are passionate beach goers with many of us believing that the beach is free to all. However, beach access and the right to the beach are not always so clear in Australia.
In our very first episode of “Let’s Talk Coast”, Emeritus Professor Bruce Thom and coastal engineer, Angus Gordon, explore issues around beach management, beach access, private ownership and coastal policy. Both guests bring a wealth of knowledge to the discussion around the question of “Who owns the beach?” and suggest a way forward in protecting Australians right to the beach through national standards.
This episode was recorded on the lands of the Garigal or Caregal people.
Let's Talk Coast is an Australian Coastal Society podcast, produced and hosted by Gretchen Miller.
Let's Talk Coast was created through the financial support of our donors over the years.
To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit our webpage.
To join us, become a member and find out more about membership benefits, follow this link.
To make a tax-deductible donation and help us continue to be a voice for the coast, follow this link.