The strategy sets out a vision, guiding principles, objectives, actions and anticipated outcomes for how the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority will work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to focus on ways to keep Indigenous heritage in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park strong, safe and healthy.
The current seabird monitoring strategy for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is the Coastal Bird Monitoring and Information Strategy - Seabirds 2015-2050 (CBMIS-2015). This strategy is built around monitoring breeding populations of indicator species that represent different feeding guilds at identified essential breeding sites.
The Outlook Report provides an accountable and transparent assessment of the overall performance of measures to protect and manage the Reef. The report provides a summary of the long-term outlook for the Reef based on assessments of condition, use, influencing factors, management effectiveness, resilience and risks.
In this report, the concept of human dimensions refers to how humans interact with and impact the Great Barrier Reef. The National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Project 3.2.2 and funds provided through RIMReP have provided a methodology for assessing and monitoring the Reef’s human dimensions as a key mechanism to support governance and management of the World Heritage Area.
This report summarises a review and analysis of Indigenous participation in monitoring megafauna in the coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and contributes to the development of design recommendations.
As partners, Tourism Queensland, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and the Authority are working with Indigenous groups plus other government agencies and tourism operators to enhance Indigenous participation in tourism and its management in the Great Barrier Reef.
Microorganisms play a fundamental role in the functioning and stability of coral reef ecosystems. However, environmental disturbance can trigger alterations to the composition and function of coral reef microbes, with detrimental consequences. This report outlines the functional roles microorganisms play on coral reefs, and discusses the potential of microbes as early warning indicators for environmental stress and coral reef health.
Three species of coastal dolphins are commonly found throughout the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni), the Australian humpback dolphin (Sousa sahulensis), and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). This report focuses on these three species, acknowledging that many other cetacean species also inhabit the Reef.
The Great Barrier Reef, like all coral reef ecosystems, is vulnerable to climate change and ocean acidification, and is under significant direct pressure from human activities. Monitoring and reporting coral reef condition and trends is essential to understand the extent and rate of any changes, especially those that might lead to a loss in resilience, and to inform management actions.
