Coastal Wetlands - Blog

July 22, 2025

When we think about healthy wetlands, we often picture dynamic estuaries, vibrant mangrove forests and vast floodplain ecosystems teeming with life. But the story starts far upstream, in our humble riparian zones, the strips of vegetation that run alongside our creeks and rivers, following...

February 11, 2025

Earlier this month, we celebrated World Wetlands Day, which this year presented the theme of 'protecting wetlands for our common future'. This annual celebration has been taking place since 1971, marking the signing of the Ramsar convention (the world's first international environmental agreement), which...

December 11, 2024

In November, NCC's Coastal Wetlands Campaign team crossed the border to attend the Australasian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network's 2024 annual conference, at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. The network's 17th annual national meeting was a fascinating multi-day experience that highlighted everything from niche saltmarsh...

November 12, 2024

Residents of NSW’s North Coast know better than most the importance of healthy coastal wetlands and rivers. They’ve seen what happens when they’re destroyed, from water as acidic as lemon juice, to mass fish kills along riverbanks and beaches.  That’s why in September, NCC’s...

July 27, 2024

I’m Sam, the Coastal Wetlands Community Organiser at NCC.   Yesterday was World Mangrove Day, and I’ve just come back from visiting the beautiful Badu Mangroves in Sydney’s Olympic Park.  Only a few decades ago, this site was really struggling, choking on toxic chemicals and...

July 22, 2024

We’ve had a hunch — that most people hear very little about our wetlands, and don’t realise the true scale of their destruction. That’s why we recently commissioned a representative poll of over 1000 people across NSW. We found that most people in NSW...

February 10, 2024

10 February 2024 Today is an opportunity to celebrate the remarkable impact of wetlands on the web of life.   Wetlands, ‘land areas that are permanently or seasonally saturated or flooded with water', are havens of biodiversity and some of the world’s most abundant ecosystems.  ...

September 18, 2023

18 September 2023 New South Wales' coastline is stunning. From mangrove forests teeming with life, to crystal clear waters with turtles and dolphins playing in the shallows, it's one of the things that makes our state so amazing to live in. Wetlands work hard. They purify our...