The National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Tropical Ecosystems (TE) Hub is focused on the sustainable management of environmental assets in northern Queensland including the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics Rainforests and the Torres Strait.
Freshwater coastal wetlands and mangrove habitats provide a variety of ecosystem services include flood protection, erosion control, wildlife food and habitat, commercial fisheries, water quality, recreation and carbon sequestration1.