Our Projects
Since 2008, TierraMar has been providing strategic, effective, innovative and balanced solutions for the conservation, protection and sustainable management of biodiversity and natural resources. TierraMar’s solutions ensure that businesses prosper and communities thrive through the wise and sustainable use of natural capital – balancing profit and purpose.
TierraMar has successfully implemented over 168 projects since 2008, and have provided consulting services to a number of international NGO’s and inter-governmental organisations including UN Environment, ADB, UNDP, GEF, SPREP, WWF, TNC and national governments on a wide variety of projects. Our project and consulting experience cover a diverse range of areas including biodiversity, conservation, capacity development, blue economy, natural capital, natural resource management and sustainability.
The 30 x 30 Marine Protected Area Target – the challenge for Pacific Islands nations
TierraMar looked at the current extent and status of MPAs in the Pacific Islands region using data from the Marine Protected Area Atlas.
CLiP 2018-2019: Regional Policy Workshop, Vanuatu
TierraMar ran a workshop on Best Practice Management of Fishing Gear...
Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice
Responsible ecotourism can be a powerful, complementary conservation strategy...
CLiP 2018-2019: Ghost Net Removal, Vanuatu
In early 2019, TierraMar partnered with the Vanuatu Environmental Science Society, World Animal Protection and Big Blue Vanuatu...
SeaNet Indonesia - Building a Sustainable Seafood
Industry to Support Coastal Communities in
the Arafura Sea
TierraMar has developed the SeaNet pilot project for the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) with our local partner, the Coral Triangle Centre (CTC)...
Strengthening Climate Change Information Management in the Pacific
TierraMar is undertaking independent, objective “whole of project” monitoring and evaluation of the 3 year Pacific iCLIM (Supporting the Regional Management of Climate Change Information in the Pacific) project...
Encouraging Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation
In keeping with our focus on innovation, TierraMar is actively engaged in helping clients keep abreast of new trends and developments in the marine sector such as the investment potential of Blue Carbon...
Building the Coral Triangle Blue Economy
As a contribution to the multi national Coral Triangle Initiative, TierraMar developed two business cases to demonstrate how investment in marine natural capital and sustainability is good for business in the Coral Triangle...
Transforming the “Heart of Borneo” Green Economy
The Heart of Borneo Initiative is a multi country (Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei) and multi faceted programme seeking to bring transformational change to the Island of Borneo through applying “green economy” approaches...
Strengthening the first Ecosystem Restoration project in Indonesia, in the Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra
A decade ago the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (MoF) worked with a consortium of conservation organisations (Burung Indonesia, the RSPB and BirdLife International) to find mechanisms to prevent further forest degradation and to encourage reforestation and carbon storage...
Guiding Investment in Best Practices for Sustainable Coastal Resource Development in Northern Rivers NSW
To enable the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) to support sustainable use of the estuarine and marine environment in the Northern Rivers region of NSW Australia, TierraMar...
Driving Innovation and Strategic Improvement for Sustainable Seafood Markets across Asia Pacific
TierraMar developed a comprehensive and integrated approach in the development of an Asia Pacific Sustainable Seafood Markets Program for World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...
Achieving Clean Marina Accreditation by an International Marina
TierraMar worked with the Coffs Harbour International Marina to develop an Environmental Policy and Charter, an Environmental Management Plan, a Water Quality Monitoring Plan...
Encouraging Sustainability in the Oyster Industry
TierraMar is working with the Hastings and Camden Haven River oyster famers in northern NSW to develop and Implement river-based Environmental Management Systems (EMS) adopting ISO 14001...
Developing the Business Case for Marine Conservation in the Coral Triangle
TierraMar worked closely with key divisional and country marine program staff (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands) of The Nature Conservancy’s Indo-Pacific Division to develop a Coral Triangle Regional Priority Program Business Plan FY14-18...
Strengthening Heart of Borneo Governance and Strategy
On behalf of the Malaysian, Indonesian and Brunei governments, TierraMar undertook a trilateral review and evaluation of the progress of the three Bornean governments towards the goals and aspirations of the 2007 Heart of Borneo Declaration, identifying what worked, what did not and how best to move forward in the future...
Blue Carbon – a Business Case for the repair of Australia’s coastal wetlands
TierraMar undertook a technical and management review of the comparative carbon sequestration and mitigation opportunities across the Australian landscape and primary industries as the basis of a policy and management framework for blue carbon and coastal ecosystems conservation and repair for Australia...
Strengthening Marine Turtle Management and Conservation across Cape York
The Cape York Marine Turtle Nest Monitoring Programme aims for sustainable and resilient populations of marine turtles in Cape York through protecting and improving breeding success, reducing feral pig predation and an ongoing involvement of local Indigenous communities in marine conservation...
Using Citizen Science to drive Innovation
Competitive funding markets in natural resource management highlight the importance of developing a range of more economically efficient techniques to address estuarine erosion...
Stopping the Ghost Nets
In Australia’s far remote north, the Gulf of Carpentaria pristine ecosystem is one of the last remaining safe havens for endangered marine species, including six of the world’s seven marine turtle species, dugongs and sawfish...
Promoting Natural Capital Risk Investment
ierraMar was lead author of the World Wildlife Fund and Asian Development Bank (WWF/ADB) the influential publication, “Ecological footprint and investment in natural capital in Asia and the Pacific.”...
Building Governance of the Coral Triangle – Regional Secretariat Design, and Establishment for the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF)
Since 2010 TierraMar Consulting has led the organisational design, budgeting and operations scenario setting in support of the establishment of the permanent international Regional Secretariat for the CTI-CFF...
Embracing Sustainability, Certification and Traceability in the Shark Fishing Industry
TierraMar provides ongoing technical, strategic and practical management advice on sustainability and fisheries conservation issues to the largest shark industry association and the largest shark quota holder in Australia...
A Special Edition on Ocean Protection - Blue Living Planet Report 2015
TierraMar worked with WWF to research and co-author a Special Edition on Ocean Protection - Blue Living Planet Report 2015. The report is a response to alarming statistics raised in WWF’s premiere publication on the state of the planet, The Living Planet Report 2014...
Enabling implementation of the Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Program
The Arafura and Timor Seas (ATS) are extremely rich in living and non-living marine resources. In 2014 a Strategic Action Program (SAP) to remove the key barriers to sustainable ecosystem-based management of the ATS was endorsed and adopted by the governments of Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia under the Ministerial Declaration of the Arafura and Timor Seas...
Building a Framework for Biodiversity Conservation in the Pacific
Under a project jointly commissioned by the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment (SPREP) and the Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation in the Pacific Islands, TierraMar led an extensive regional process to develop the Pacific Framework...
