NEWS FROM TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS HUB OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM: Three of the research projects relate to the Great Barrier Reef and will no doubt generate useful information for our campaign to give the GBR a legal identity. 1. Tropical Ecosystems Hub Conference in Cairns, November, 2014 After three years of applied public good research to guide and assist policy, management and decision-making in the tropical ecosystems of northeastern Australia, Hub participants will meet in Cairns in November to present their work to a diverse audience. More information at: nerptropical.edu.au/publication/tropical-ecosystems-hub-conference-2014 2. Social and economic monitoring of ports and shipping in the Great Barrier Reef CSIRO and JCU researchers from the Social and Economic Long Term Monitoring Program (SELTMP) have recently been engaging with Reef managers, stakeholders and industry representatives, to develop a monitoring framework for the social and economic aspects of ports and shipping in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). More at: nerptropical.edu.au/publication/social-and-economic-monitoring-ports-and-shipping-great-barrier-reef 3. Rapid assessment workshop for the development of the Outlook Report 2014 An Outlook Consensus workshop was organised and convened by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) in Townsville on 14–16 October 2013 supported by ‘Contestable Funds’ from the Tropical Ecosystems Hub. The objective of the workshop was to secure an independent set of expert judgments about condition, trends and risks in the Great Barrier Reef Region that could be used to inform GBRMPA’s preparation of the 2014 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report. Read more: nerptropical.edu.au/publication/rapid-assessment-workshop-development-outlook-report-2014 4. Multiple Pressures Workshop A workshop was held on the 5th August, exploring the impact of cumulative pressures on the Great Barrier Reef. The workshop was facilitated by Britta Schaffelke, AIMS, and summarized the outputs from all NERP water quality projects including 4.1, 4.2 and 5.2. The day focused on the measurement of the accumulation of impacts on reef organisms from simultaneous and sequential pressures which are diminishing the ability of the reef to recover to previous states (i.e. impaired resilience). Read more: nerptropical.edu.au/publication/multiple-pressures-workshop
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:12:26 +0000
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