Developing a long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef,Australia: A framework for adaptive management reporting underpinning an ecosystem-based management approach |
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| Authors: | Kirstin Dobbs Jon Day Hilary Skeat John Baldwin Fergus Molloy Laurence McCook Margaret Johnson Bruce Elliot Andrew Skeat Karen Vohland David Wachenfeld Richard Kenchington |
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| Institution: | 1. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, P.O. Box 1379, Townsville, Qld. 4810, Australia;2. P.O. Box 588, Jamison, ACT 2614, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009 was the first produced in response to a newly legislated requirement for five-yearly reports on the status of and outlook for the Great Barrier Reef. It adopted an ecosystem approach, assessing all habitats and species, ecosystem processes and major uses. By then considering the factors affecting the ecosystem, coupled with an assessment of management effectiveness, it provided a risk-based forward-looking projection for the ecosystem. Rarely has such a comprehensive, ecosystem-based report been produced to guide government action. With no pre-determined path to follow for interpreting the legislative requirements, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) developed a repeatable structure and method for Great Barrier Reef Outlook Reports that impartially and consistently considers the evidence and clearly presents the findings. The GBRMPA worked closely with relevant Australian and Queensland Government agencies as well as researchers, industry representatives and the community while developing the report. That such a report must be produced every five years allows an overview of the effectiveness of management responses to be regularly assessed. It also provides a transparent means of highlighting and tracking emerging risks facing the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Keywords: | Great Barrier Reef Ecosystem-based management Cumulative impacts Outlook Report Assessments Adaptive management |
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