PHOTO: The resilience of the wetlands was made clear after it resprouted in abundance after the most recent drought. (NSW Department of Planning and Environment)
The Ramsar-listed Macquarie Marshes has some of the strongest natural carbon-sequestering capabilities in the world – like any other wetland – but it can only deliver results for us if we deliver for it.
“It was surprising to many people how resilient the Marshes were,” said Professor Neil Saintilan, who has made a career out of researching wetlands.
“I remember during the millennial drought a lot of us were thinking it was almost like the whole of the marshes went into a coma…to our surprise the wetland really came back to its spectacular self,” he said…