The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority acknowledges the expertise, wisdom, and enduring connections that have informed the guardianship of the Reef for millennia. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners as the first managers of this land and sea, and value their traditional knowledge which continues to inform the current management and stewardship of the Reef for future generations.
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Reef 2050 Plan
Describes the Australian and Queensland governments’ Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan (Reef 2050 Plan).
RIMReP reports
This suite of reports formed part of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) design.
Science and Knowledge Needs
Science and Knowledge Needs displays the Reef Authority’s priority information needs and knowledge gaps and focuses on long term Reef management and protection.
Land and Sea Country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remain culturally, economically, and spiritually connected to their Land and Sea Country, now referred to as the Great Barrier Reef. Learn more about Land and Sea Country.
Maps
Traditional Owners and partnering organisations are working towards a co-designed, modern marine park management approach that is informed by western scientific and traditional knowledge systems. This is demonstrated in mapping and zoning management.
Planning
View a variety of external links to planning, programs, projects, and community. Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef continue to assert their inherent rights and interests from their continuing connection to Land and Sea Country.
Strategy
View a variety of strategies and guidelines help organisations and Traditional Owners work together to care for the Great Barrier Reef.
Research and monitoring
Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef are engaged in research and monitoring of the Reef. The Strong Peoples – Strong Country framework is a Traditional Owner led approach for systematic monitoring of the condition of the Reef and its catchment as an Indigenous heritage asset.
About
Learn about the Reef Knowledge System and the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program, the partners and collaborators involved, and get started with all the content this website has to offer.
Data
This page is a search engine tool for Great Barrier Reef metadata and other information such as data and reports.
Weather Stations
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Weather Stations app provides current weather conditions for AIMS weather stations.
Reef Geohub
The Reef Authority is the custodian to a large range of data relevant to the Great Barrier Reef. The Geohub facilitates discovery and access to this data, and its associated resources.