Understanding Kelp & Carbon

PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Kelp reefs in Hauraki Gulf = est. $8million in carbon storage Kelp forests provide important stores of carbon Investigating the long-term fate of carbon fixed by kelp Photo Credit / Josie Mason IS KELP CLIMATE’SNEXT SUPERHERO? It’s possible the ocean’s kelp forests have unrealised potential which could prove […]
Toroa Antipodean Albatross

PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: They’re on the fast track to extinction – 2,300 of these birds are being lost each year. Their #1 threat is seabird bycatch through surface long-line fishing. These deaths are preventable through the use of ‘3 out of 3’ proven mitigation techniques, including setting fishing lines at night, adding […]