Context: The Australian Government has developed a methodology for payment for carbon services provided by blue carbon ecosystems that focuses on avoided emissions and carbon additionality resulting from tidal restoration of coastal wetlands. Aims: This study is a first-pass prioritisation for tidal restoration of coastal wetlands in New South Wales (NSW). Methods: A pixel-based approach was applied using readily available datasets, with particular focus on watersheds above in-stream tidal barriers. Key results: Many sites were identified, to investigate in detail, opportunities to restore tidal flows to coastal wetlands. More were associated with the broad coastal floodplains of northern NSW than narrower floodplains of southern NSW. Conclusions: Information is needed about the location, ownership, land tenure, structure, condition and height of in-stream and over-land flow barriers, particularly in the context of rising sea levels. Decisions about managing in-stream drainage and floo
Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz (center) with members of the Camera Club of Negros and PEMO staff at the opening of the photo exhibit at SM
SIGNAGE. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (3rd from left) and former governor Rafael Coscolluela (right), the provincial consultant for energy and environment affairs, lead the unveiling of the "Galing Pook" signage at the lobby of the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Area Management Alliance with its entry titled "Network of Alliances for Coastal Wetlands Conservation" was one of the Top 10 winners in the "2021 Galing Pook Awards", which recognizes innovative practices by local government units.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has underscored anew the need to protect the province's natural resources in the face of the challenges brought by climate change and environmental degradation. Lacson emphasized this during the unveiling of the signage of the "2021 Galing Pook" award received by the