NESP MaC Project 3.19: Kakadu Marine Research Strategy Documents, 2023-2024

2023-2024 project outputs from the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub to address strategic marine research needs in Kakadu National Park. The project, led by the Australian Ocean Data Network, produced a final technical report and a draft research strategy. It builds on five years of operation by the Kakadu Indigenous Research Committee and aims to integrate marine and coastal issues into park management.

Use Cases

• Develop a marine and coastal research strategy based on the project's planned written outputs.
• Identify Bininj/Mungguy research priorities based on the updated list mentioned in the final technical report.
• Plan collaborative research projects in Kakadu National Park based on the described best-practice approaches and updated research protocols.

Strengths

• Project builds on a successfully operating Kakadu Indigenous Research Committee with a five-year history.
• Outputs include a final technical report and a draft research strategy, providing structured guidance.
• Integration with an existing NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub project for Kakadu National Park.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Project outputs from the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study.

Time Range

2023-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 13:33:43.018834; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kakadu National Park, Australia