Large-scale conservation project to restore marine environments in Australia's Sydney Harbour

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Large-scale conservation project to restore marine environments in Australia's Sydney Harbour

STORY: Large-scale conservation project to restore marine environments in Australia's Sydney Harbour DATELINE: August 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of sea environment (Source: Environment NSW)various of Sydneyvarious of divers working in ocean STORYLINE: The government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced a 9.1 million Australian dollars (about 6.28 million U.S. dollars) initiative, which will seek to restore kelp forests and sea horse populations to the iconic Sydney Harbour. The investment would be delivered across three projects including installing living seawalls and replanting seagrass meadows and kelp forests, conducting a census of penguin populations that inhabit the harbour and assessing the habitat of seals in the harbour. More than 85 percent of people in NSW live within 50 km of the coast, and as such more than 50 percent of Sydney Harbour's shoreline is occupied by urban structures, and more than 142,0

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