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Is restoration working?

Decide what success means, measure the condition, then read the result against a changing climate.

4 steps · 26 min

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1. Mapping and data
2. Scientific Insights · 4
3. Economics
4. Policy & Planning

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Scientific Insights

How do we know a restoration worked?

Survival, growth and recovery of ecosystem functions: what to monitor, for how long, and against which reference.

Intermediate 7 min read

Define success before choosing a method.
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Scientific Insights

What is a healthy seagrass meadow? Indicators of condition

Shoot density, depth limit, leaf epiphytes: the measurements that tell a thriving meadow from a declining one.

Introductory 6 min read
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Environmental DNA for monitoring restored sites

Water samples can reveal which species use a restored habitat. What eDNA can and cannot tell you.

Advanced 5 min read
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Climate change and marine habitat recovery

Warming water moves the goalposts of restoration. How to plan for the conditions a site will have, not the ones it had.

Advanced 8 min read

The baseline moves: read every result with this in mind.