Sustainable Gardeners and Farmers
Sharing knowledge to sustain our food systems and communities
This group will create an open, global forum where growers can share practical knowledge with each other, pose questions and find answers. It is open to experts, amateurs and to beginners who look to enrich their lives by learning to grow food. It will also provide a space to share concerns about current food systems as well as sustainable approaches. I form ...learn more
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Created: Dec 24, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
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Shellfish beds and reefs provide important habitat for other species, as well as acting as a breakwater for marshes and mangroves and stabilizing shorelines. Bivalve shellfish are suspension feeders that strain phytoplankton from water helping to clear and clean water, which aids in restoring sea grasses that provide shelter to fish.
Restoring a Critical Ecosystem
The Nature Conservancy
established a Shellfish Restoration Network in 2004 to enhance the
overall coordination of restoration by the Conservancy and its
partners. We share lessons learned and provide advice on project design
and monitoring approaches capable of documenting the ecological
services provided by native shellfish.
The Conservancy provides new techniques for setting standards of
successful restoration and analyzes project design and monitoring
approaches to determine larger-scale projects.
To help identify and address the critical gaps in knowledge, we published A Practitioners Guide to the Design & Monitoring of Shellfish Restoration Projects.
With partners, we are also examining the need to address global
restoration of shellfish reefs and beds through the Shellfish Reefs at
Risk Assessment project. Over the next two years, the Conservancy will
work with internationally-recognized experts to identify the state,
condition and action needed to conserve shellfish ecosystems around the
world.
Find out more about the Shellfish Restoration Network.
Where We Work on Shellfish Restoration
Shellfish Conservation & Restoration Fact Sheet
