Mr John Hudson1 1NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environment., Sydney, Australia Abstract: In 2019 the Minister responsible for the NSW Coastal Management Act requested the NSW Coastal Council undertake a review of the implementation of the new Coastal Management...
- March 6, 2020
Fullbrook L1,2 1Center of Marine SocioEcology (CMS), 2School of Social Sciences, College of Art, Law & Education, University Of Tasmania (UTAS) Abstract: Our oceans are becoming a final frontier for natural resources. This is in response to continued global population...
- March 6, 2020
Ms Elizabeth Evans-Illidge1, Ms Traceylee Forester1, Dr Margaret Gooch2 1Australian Institute Of Marine Science, Townsvile, Australia, 2James Cook University, Smithfield, Australia Abstract: For millenia, Traditional Owners have held inherent rights, interests and knowledge of Australian reefs, but are yet to...
- March 6, 2020
Dr Carmen Elrick-Barr1,2, Professor Tim Smith1, 1University Of The Sunshine Coast, Maroochydoore, Australia, 2Australian Coastal Society, Australia Abstract: The way we define our problems determines our solutions. In Australia, coastal management is guided by legislation, policies, strategies and plans, that...
- March 6, 2020
Ms Naomi Edwards1 1Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Gold Coast, Australia Abstract: The coastal professional is a key powerbroker and architect for the management of the coastal zone. Thus far there has been a limited critique of the...
- March 6, 2020
A/Prof. Beverley Clarke1, Professor Nick Harvey1,2 1Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 2University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Abstract: Since the 1980s NRM in Australia has been an ‘ambitious’ experiment with community engagement and governance innovation. NRM in Australia has now entered a...
- March 6, 2020
Dr Claudia Benham1, Dr Rachel Miller1 1James Cook University, Townsville , Australia. Abstract: Coastal habitats such as mangrove forests and seagrass meadows are among the most productive and most threatened ecosystems worldwide. Coordinated governance approaches are critical to conserving these...
- March 6, 2020
Mrs Emily Twiggs1,2, Dr. Magnus Wettle1 1EOMAP Australia Pty Ltd, Maroochydore, Australia, 2Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, Australia Abstract: Understanding the global coral reef crisis requires baseline data to accurately describe reef locations and their status. Fit-for-purpose monitoring is needed...
- March 6, 2020
Prof. Steve Turton1 1Central Queensland University, Cairns, Australia Abstract: Tropical cyclones (TCs) are the dominant high-energy storm (HES) events affecting marine, coastal, and terrestrial ecosystems in the Wet Tropics bioregion. Future changes in climate across the region are inevitable. There...
- March 6, 2020
Ms Diane Tarte1,2, Professor Steve Turton3 1Marine Ecosystem Policy Advisors, Redland Bay, AU, 2Dry Tropics Partnership for Healthy Waters, Townsville, AU, 3Wet Tropics Waterways, Cairns, AU Abstract: Over the past seven years regional waterway health report cards have been developed...
- March 6, 2020