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Elizabeth Sinclair, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia

Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowledge is helping to restore a World Heritage area

Community glass artwork by Shark Bay Arts Council members of restored seagrass meadow on display at the Wirriya Jalyanu (seagrass) Festival. Elizabeth Sinclair/UWA

Please be advised that the following article contains images of an Indigenous person who has died, which are used with family permission.

Our journey began in 2018 at Bush Heritage Australia’s Hamelin Station, a relaxed setting on Malgana Country for knowledge sharing and storytelling. An inspirational weekend under the stars sowed the seeds for a partnership to heal Country. Our focus was on restoring seagrass, which grows in extensive meadows in shallow waters.

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