The Great Barrier Reef Strategic Assessment is presented in four draft reports now available for public comment.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Government (led by the Department of State Development, Planning and Infrastructure) have developed the draft reports in accordance with section 146 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Great Barrier Reef Strategic Assessment Terms of Reference (marine component and coastal zone), which were finalised following public consultation in early 2012.
Great Barrier Reef coastal zone
(Queensland Government)
Draft program report 2013
- Front cover, Executive Summary, Tables of contents
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Proposed Program
- Chapter 3 – Foundational management
- Chapter 4 – Strengthening management
- Chapter 5 – Forward commitments
- Chapter 6 – Implementation and governance
- References
Draft strategic assessment report 2013
- Front cover, Acknowledgements, Executive Summary, Table of contents
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 – Background
- Chapter 2 – Social and economic context
- Chapter 3 – Assessment approach
- Chapter 4 – Condition and trend
- Chapter 5 – Pressures and impacts on MNES
- Chapter 6 – Program summary
- Chapter 7 – Program effectiveness
- Chapter 8 – Projected condition
- Chapter 9 – Adaptive management
- Chapter 10 – Recommended changes and forward commitments
- References
- Appendices A-H
- Abbot Point Demonstration Case
- Andergrove Demonstration Case
- Bowling Green Bay Demonstration Case
- Dugongs Demonstration Case
- Ella Bay Demonstration Case
- Gladstone Harbour Offsets Demonstration Case
- Island Management Demonstration Case
- Mackay Demonstration Case
- Water Quality Demonstration Case
- Wet Tropics Demonstration Case
Great Barrier Reef marine component
(Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)
Draft program report 2013
Draft strategic assessment report 2013
- Table of contents
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Assessment approach
- Chapter 3 – Current management
- Chapter 4 – Matters of national environmental significance in the Great Barrier Reef Region
- Chapter 5 – Drivers and activities
- Chapter 6 – Impacts on the values
- Chapter 7 – Current condition and trend
- Chapter 8 – Management effectiveness – an independent assessment
- Chapter 9 – Demonstration case studies
- Chapter 10 – Resilience and risk
- Chapter 11 – Projected condition
- Chapter 12 – Recommended changes to management
- Chapter 13 – Adaptive management
- Appendix 1 – Agreement with the then Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Appendix 2 – Great Barrier Reef Region Strategic Assessment Terms of Reference
- Appendix 3 – Statement of Outstanding Universal Value
- Appendix 4 – Assessment of Management Effectiveness Terms of Reference
- Appendix 5 – Traditional Owner and Stakeholder Engagement – Report on Workshops and Surveys