Acronym |
Great Barrier Reef |
Full Project title |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning |
Start Date |
2004 |
Ending Date |
2008 |
Contact Information |
Link |
Scale |
Sub-national |
Geographical Coverage |
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP), Northeastern coast of Australia |
Main topic |
Marine spatial planning |
Thematic focus |
Conservation of biological diversity and ecological systems creating the Great Barrier Reef; impacts from tourism; recreational and commercial fishing; land-based pollution and shipping. Assessment of past easures, assessment of management effectiveness. |
Objectives |
Zoning of a marine protected area |
Methodology |
Revision of zoning measures started in 1972, application of principles of adaptive management, marine spatial planning, redaction of an Outlook plan |