MangroveWatch in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Non-governmental organisation (NGO)

MangroveWatch

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 407 578 807

Address: Suite G07 60 Leicester St 3053 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mangrovewatch.org.au

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25.01.2022 Happy October! With spring in full swing, the River Mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum) is now flowering along the East coast of Australia. DYK River Mangrove flowers makes for great mangrove honey and this species is important for many coastal pollinators. . . . .... . #mangroves #pollinators #flowersofinstagram #spring #october #flowers #plantsofinstagram #bees #mangrove #coastal #coasts #pollination #honey #ecosystemservices #australia #Aegicerascorniculatum #primulaceae #river #rivermangrove See more

22.01.2022 Today we farewell a true environmental hero of the Great Barrier Reef - vale John Rumney. JR was a tireless advocate for the GBR and North Queensland environmental values and an overall great bloke. His passing is a huge loss to all those advocate for GBR habitats and wildlife. Whilst we mourn the loss of one of the reefs champions, we can take comfort in the knowledge that JR's legacy lives on in the 100's of conservation advocates and researchers who have been inspired by ...JR's actions -myself included - and through the Great Barrier Reef Legacy. "If we have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants". JR was one such giant. He led a life truly worth living. Jock Mackenzie - Director, MangroveWatch https://douglasnews.network//12/obituary-vale-john-rumney/

20.01.2022 Birds eye view of the mangroves. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) munching on a Sergeant-Major (Abudefduf sp.). Mangroves are important habitat for wildlife and birds. In places like the Gulf of Carpentaria, mangroves form the only continuous forest in an otherwise sparsely forested landscape. Photo taken during @awegov @jamescookuniversity #nespnorthern mangrove dieback surveys 2019. #mangroves #gulfofcarpentaria #gangaliddagarawa #birdsofinstagram #nests #wildoz #birds #osprey #pandionhaliaetus #abudefduf #sergeantmajor #cloncurrymustering #ozbirds #pandanuscreek

20.01.2022 For South Australian mangrove folks

15.01.2022 Request for Assistance - boat support for MangroveWatch Training Innisfail: The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre FNQ MangroveWatch (MangroveWatch Cairns) program will be heading to #Innisfail in October. We're looking for organisations/people willing to loan/hire a boat for shoreline video assessment training on the Johnstone River in the week beginning 19th October. Let us know if you have any suggestions? Terrain NRM C4 - Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conserva...tion- Box 132 MissionBeach Great Barrier Reef Foundation Johnstone Landcare & Johnstone Catchment OzFish Unlimited Great Barrier Reef Fishing and Island Tours Cassowary Coast Regional Council Cassowary Coast Wildlife Sanctuary Cassowary Coast positive business group Wild Woman Wildlife Rescue - Cassowary Coast Queensland Mission Beach Wildcare Inc - Cassowary Coast Innisfail Seafood See more

15.01.2022 Great work Great Barrier Reef Legacy crew . Ps. Love the new boat

13.01.2022 Mangroves never cease to amaze. This is a white starfish orchid (Chiloschista phyllorhiza) growing on the trunk of the Cedar Mangrove (Xylocarpus moluccensis) in the Daintree River. This species is a leafless orchid and the green flat parts are not leaves but photosynthetic roots . Mangroves are hosts to many such epiphytic plants that live above the tide line. #mangroves #daintree #daintreeriver #orchids #orchidsofinstagram #epiphytes #plantsofinstagram #mangrove

12.01.2022 Bats in the Bruguiera The Daintree R spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony has moved into the Small-leaved orange mangrove (Bruguiera parviflora) forest near the ferry. Bats help pollinate and disperse some mangrove species, like the Apple mangrove (Sonneratia), and also transport nutrients from terrestrial to marine environments. Unfortunately when flying foxes move into mangroves they damage the canopy, sometimes causing tree death in the case of Rhizo...phoraceae. Flying foxes are increasingly having to reside in mangroves as their habitat is destroyed in the catchment and populations are dispersed from urban areas. Currently @cairnscouncil is ‘moving-on’ flying foxes in Cairns city. This will possibly put greater pressure on nearby mangrove areas. #mangroves #daintree #daintreerainforest #daintreeriver #spectacledflyingfox #flyingfox #bats #batsofinstagram #pollinators #bruguiera #bruguieraparviflora See more

11.01.2022 Today is Threatened Species day in Australia. DYK - Australia has one critically endangered mangrove? Bruguiera hainesii (pictured) aka Haines’s Orange Mangrove. Until 2016, this species was not known to occur in Australia, but a keen mangrove enthusiast citizen scientist discovered a local population in Cairns- there are only ~50 known individuals in Australia. Like many mangroves, this species is threatened by climate change and urban development. Let’s all work together t...o keep this mangrove and all of Australia’s mangroves from disappearing. . . . . . #ecosystems #threatenedspecies #savingspecies #criticallyendangered #endangeredspecies #marinelife #ocean #marineconservation #protectourmangroves #mangrove #nature #conservation #mangroves #climatechange #mangrove #bruguiera #wetlands #cairns #wildoz #biodiversity See more

09.01.2022 Australia is home to 7% of the world’s mangroves, mostly located in the tropics. During the summer of 2015-6, one of the worst mangrove dieback events ever reco...rded devastated around 7400 hectares of mangroves along more than 1000 km of Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. The sheer scale of the Gulf of Carpentaria coastline means that regular monitoring is a challenge. Through this project, JCU: James Cook University, Australia's Dr Norm Duke has aerially surveyed 2,633km of Gulf coastline and ground-truthed these observations with ranger groups along the Gulf coastline, but ongoing monitoring is critical to understanding mangrove recovery and identifying other unusual dieback events. This project has subsequently produced a field guide for Indigenous rangers to monitor mangrove condition in the Gulf. This guide establishes all the components and equipment settings so that ranger groups along the northern Australian coast can help to improve understanding of large-scale patterns in the Gulf’s important ecosystems. Read more about the guide here bit.ly/3pgwWoE #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe National NAIDOC | NESP TWQ Hub | Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub | Marine Biodiversity Hub | MangroveWatch | Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment | Normanton Rangers | Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation | TropWATER | Cape York Natural Resource Management | Gangalidda & Garawa Rangers

09.01.2022 Saltmarsh in bloom. The aesthetic value of tidal wetlands and their contribution to local liveability is often underrated. Rounded Noon-flower (Disphyma crassifolium) at Panboola Wetlands, Pambula, South coast, NSW. . . . .... . #estuary #coast #coastallife #nature #saltmarsh #coastalliving #conservation #naturephotography #tidalwetlands #panboolawetlands #panboola #wetlands #pambula #liveability #aesthetics #spring #flowersofinstagram #plantsofinstagram #disphymacrassifolium #aizoaceae #southcoastnsw See more

08.01.2022 Great work Great Barrier Reef Legacy & #portdouglas MangroveWatch citizen scientists. tropical saltmarsh

05.01.2022 Cannonball!! The large fruit of the Cannonball mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum). Xylo-carpus means ‘woody fruit’ in Latin with granatum meaning ‘many seeds’ - this refers to the large spherical woody fruit with 8-20 seeds that fit neatly in the sphere. Sometimes called ‘puzzle nut’ as it can be a fun game to piece the seeds back into a sphere. Xylocarpus belong to the mahogany family (Meliaceae) and are relatives of Red Cedar having the same beautiful red timber that is used for furniture and carvings in some countries where it occurs. #mangroves #xylocarpus #xylocarpusgranatum #meliaceae #mahogany #plantsofinstagram #mangrovesofinstagram #seeds #fruit #daintree #daintreerainforest #daintreeriver

05.01.2022 It’s #NAIDOCWeek! A time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Here at Earthwatch we recognise the impor...tant role of Australia’s First Nations people in protecting and understanding Australia’s rich biodiversity and environmental wealth in the past, present and future. We’re proud to be working alongside Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and Traditional Owner groups like the Gangalidda & Garawa, Gkuthaarn & Kukatj, and Kurtijar People to protect important coastal wetlands on country through the ‘Wetlands not Wastelands in the Southern Gulf of Carpentaria’ program. CLCAC Rangers have just completed the first phase of tidal wetland monitoring to inform the development of tidal wetland management plans to highlight the need for Indigenous-led land management in Australia’s remote north. The ‘Wetlands not Wastelands’ program is sponsored by the Coca-Cola Australia Foundation. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020