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NESP TWQ Project 1.2 - Developing an approach to evaluate the effectiveness...
The current tools used to estimate the contribution of bank erosion to the Great Barrier Reef (i.e. SourceCatchments model), are based on empirical relationships using little or... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.13 - eAtlas 2015 - NESP data management, Torres Strait...
This project involves preparing, publishing, and visualizing approximately 50 recently submitted datasets, making them available through the eAtlas and the AODN. This proposal... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.7 - Engaging with farmers and demonstrating water...
Recent global experiences suggest that spatially identifying and prioritizing landscape ‘hotspots’ of pollutant generation for management intervention, and small catchment-scale... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.3.3 - Defining the values of the ecological systems that...
The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA), globally recognised for its outstanding universal value, is an integrated and highly connected part of a larger northeast... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.11 - Sources, transformations and fate of particulate and...
Organic carbon has traditionally been poorly studied in marine systems, but recent studies suggest that GBR microalgae can utilise organic matter, and that eroded soil carbon... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.5 - Ecotoxicology of pesticides on the Great Barrier...
Over 50 land-sourced pesticides have been detected in waters of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and its catchments. Previous studies on the risks posed by pesticides have focused... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.3 - Best practice coral restoration for the Great Barrier...
As coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) continues to degrade, pressure is growing for direct interventions to assist the recovery of corals at important sites. A range of... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.6 - Exploring trading in water quality credits as a...
This project will scope opportunities for water quality credit trading, and develop trading frameworks for managing nitrogen and sediment along the Reef coast. The objective is... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.3.1 - Quantifying the linkages between water quality and...
This project will deliver two outcomes: (i) understanding of how water quality (WQ) exposure affects the ability of corals to resist and recover from bleaching, (ii) a modelling... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.10 - Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural...
Government (e.g. Major Integrated Projects, MIPs) and private investors (e.g. Kilter Rural Group, WWF, and Greening Australia) are increasingly interested in nitrogen reduction... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1 - Seagrass mapping synthesis – A resource for marine...
Key to understanding the desired state of Queensland seagrasses is reliable data on seagrass distribution, abundance and species composition, and how this changes through time.... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.3.2 - Science evaluation of coastal wetland systems...
State and Federal agencies are funding many GBR wetland system repair projects (Mungalla wetlands $1.2M; Reef Trust/Greening Australia $4M; Restoring Burdekin Coastal Ecosystems... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.13 - Coastal wetland systems repair across GBR catchments...
Conservation and repair of the coastal wetland ecosystems’ in the Great Barrier Reef catchments have come into focus following media converging on the point that the reef health... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.12 - Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN...
The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan and Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017-2022 have set ambitious targets for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water quality... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.5 - Legacy of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality Tender,...
This project conducts an ex-post evaluation of a water quality tender (auction) project. In 2007-08, a water quality pilot tender was trialled in the Lower Burdekin River area,... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.4 - Optimizing the management of riparian zones to...
This study uses evaluation of past investments to demonstrate effectiveness, and enable improved targeting, of riparian remediation works for reducing streambank erosion to... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.1 - Crown-of-thorns starfish: surveillance and life...
This project supports the implementation of the NESP Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Integrated Pest Management Project’s management and research strategy by; i) describing ecological... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.2 - Impacts of mine-derived pollution on Torres Strait...
This study addresses concerns regarding the impacts of mine-derived pollution on the marine resources of the Torres Strait. Using state of the art procedures, trace metal... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.2.5 - Testing and implementation of the water quality...
Report cards are used at various levels to summarise and communicate complex information on GBR health. The effectiveness of Reef Plan is communicated through the annual Reef... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.9 - Gully remediation effectiveness, 2019-2020 (CSIRO)
There is significant Government investment in water quality improvement focused on reducing gully erosion (~$50M), however, there is limited measured data to demonstrate the...