Coastal Resilience: Embracing nature-based solutions

A rich tapestry of coastal habitat

South East Queensland (SEQ) supports a rich tapestry of coastal habitats including mangroves, seagrass, saltmarshes, mud flats and rocky reefs. These diverse habitats are critical to the survival and reproduction of a wide variety of plant and animal species throughout the region. Coastal habitats play a critical role in our economy and society, protecting shorelines from erosion, safeguarding existing and promoting an increase in biodiversity, supporting recreational and commercial fisheries, tourism and capturing carbon to mitigate against climate change.

As SEQ seeks to solve a diverse range of complex environmental and societal challenges, we are increasingly embracing ‘nature-based’ solutions. to harness the power of nature to support both people and the environment. For challenges like shoreline erosion and flood mitigation, they offer multiple advantages over traditional methods. In the past, we may have relied on engineering solutions such as concrete walls and channels to manage water flow, or complex treatment processes to remove nutrients from wastewater. Today, we are shifting towards approaches that utilise nature’s own processes to achieve these goals.

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