Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
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- LAND-USE MANAGEMENT AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 50
- REFERENCES 76 APPENDIX A: Ecological processes of natural coastal ecosystems linked to the health and resilience of the World Heritage Area 79
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Coastal ecosystems management – Lower Burdekin Floodplain Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area © Commonwealth of Australia 2013 Published by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2013 This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (appropriately acknowledging this source) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Australian Government does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Coastal ecosystems management – case study: water management/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. ISBN 978 1 922126 17 7 (ebook) Coastal zone management--Queensland----Burdekin River Valley.
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2013 Coastal ecosystems management – case study: water management, GBRMPA, Townsville. Acknowledgements This report was supported through funding from the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. This report is based on a report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, prepared on 13 June 2013 by Jim Tait, Econcern. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority also acknowledges the contributions of Hugh Yorkston, Donna-marie Audas, Jason Vains, Paul Groves, Carol Marshall, Melissa Evans, Ben Palmer, Rose Dunstan and Sara Dunstan. Coverphoto: Lower Burdekin floodplain by Jim Tait (2013). 
Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2-68 Flinders Street (PO Box 1379) Townsville QLD 4810, Australia
Fax: (07) 4772 6093 Email: info@gbrmpa.gov.au www.gbrmpa.gov.au Table of contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 Context summary 7 Key issues 7 Current management 8 Potential management actions 8
Background 10 Objectives and purpose of case study 10
Background 10 Overview of the basin within the study area 13 History of land use and development 19 Impact on coastal ecosystems 23 Impacts to ecosystem functions 36 Current condition and trend 41 Forecast of likely future activities and impacts on coastal ecosystems 48 LAND-USE MANAGEMENT AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 50 Overlapping roles of government 50 Protecting existing undisturbed coastal ecosystems 52 Reconnection and rehabilitation of disturbed coastal ecosystems 55 Return of coastal ecosystem function to modified landscapes 60 Pumped Flood Flow 64 Hydrological Isolation 64 Uncertainty in assessment and managing risk 65 Adaptive management 65
An important landscape 67 Information Driven Management Mechanisms 68 Improving farm practices 68 Natural resource management 69 Protection of assets 70 Management of threats 71 Restoration of ecosystems and ecosystem function 71 REFERENCES 76 APPENDIX A: Ecological processes of natural coastal ecosystems linked to the health and resilience of the World Heritage Area 79 APPENDIX B: Ecological processes of modified systems linked to the health and resilience of the World Heritage Area. 81 Directory: jspui -> bitstream -> 11017 bitstream -> A. gw student and alumni numbers summary 3 bitstream -> The deepest gratitude to my supervisor Professor George Panayiotakis for offering me the opportunity to make this PhD and for his continuous support and guidance during all these years bitstream -> Advances in Imaging from the first x-ray Images bitstream -> Clustering Microarray Data within Amorphous Computing Paradigm and Growing Neural Gas Algorithm bitstream -> Навчальний посібник Для студентів економічних І правових спеціальностей немовних вузів Суми двнз "уабс нбу" 2014 Download 0.5 Mb. Share with your friends:
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