In this public lecture, Professor Steve Swearer will discuss the current global challenges of halting and reversing declines in biodiversity through the restoration of marine ecosystems. He will discuss some of the current habitat restoration projects being undertaken in Australia, and why more creative thinking in needed in how we undertake restoration and measure outcomes.

Speaker:
Professor Stephen Swearer, Jock Clough Marine Foundation Oceans Chair

Panel:
Dr Fiona Valesini, Seascapes Director, The Nature Conservancy Australia
Dr Kate Quigley, Principal Research Scientist, Minderoo Foundation
Dr Dianne McLean, Marine Fauna Ecology & Pressures Research Lead, AIMS
Dr John Statton, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, UWA

Panel Moderator:
Dr Charlotte Birkmanis, Director, Jock Clough Marine Foundation

Contact the host of OI Public Lecture Series- The what, how, and why of marine ecosystem restoration