Target setting for pollutant discharge management of rivers in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area

The potential benefits of herbicide regulation: a cautionary note for the Great Barrier Reef catchment area.

Industry transitions away from traditional photosystem II inhibiting (PSII) herbicides towards an 'alternative' herbicide suite are now widely advocated as a key component of improved environmental outcomes for Australia's Great Barrier Reef and improved environmental stewardship on the part of the Queensland sugar industry. A systematic desktop risk analysis found that based on current farming...

Terrestrial pollutant runoff to the Great Barrier Reef: An update of issues, priorities and management responses.

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World Heritage Area and contains extensive areas of coral reef, seagrass meadows and fisheries resources. From adjacent catchments, numerous rivers discharge pollutants from agricultural, urban, mining and industrial activity. Pollutant sources have been identified and include suspended sediment from erosion in cattle grazing areas; nitrate from fertiliser appl...

Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Submission to Productivity Commission “ Industries in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment

Note: This submission does not specifically address, by individually itemising, the 21 questions posed by the August 2002 Issues Paper. It does however; address the request “comments are invited on the status and extent of scientific knowledge and agreement about the linkages between land use and the health of the GBR”. It also offers information on some present and future economic activities w...

A Paddock to reef monitoring and modelling framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Paddock and catchment component.

Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on progress towards the targets set a program has been established that combines monitoring and modelling at paddock through to catchment and reef scales; the Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting...