NESP TWQ 3.3.3: Ecological Values of Systems Adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, 2017-2018

Northeast Australia's marine bioregion, including the Torres Strait, Coral Sea, and Great Sandy Marine Park, is the focus of this 2017-2018 project. It identifies and assesses the ecological, cultural, social, and economic values of systems adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The project was conducted by the Australian Ocean Data Network to inform cross-jurisdictional planning and management.

Use Cases

• Modeling ecological connectivity between marine systems based on described regional-scale processes and attributes.
• Informing marine protected area network design based on the assessment of adjacent system values.
• Supporting integrated coastal zone management based on identified cultural, social, and economic interdependencies.
• Prioritizing conservation investments based on the characterization of values influencing the Great Barrier Reef.

Strengths

• Focuses on a globally recognized area of outstanding universal value, the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
• Explicitly aims to inform cross-jurisdictional planning, suggesting a policy-relevant scope.
• Project period is defined as 2017-2018, providing a specific temporal context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on northeast Australia.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains research outputs from a targeted project (NESP TWQ Project 3.3.3).

Time Range

2017-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 02:06:56.964693; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeast Australia marine bioregion, including Torres Strait, Coral Sea, and Great Sandy Marine Park (Hervey Bay).