NESP TWQ 4.5: Guidance System for Resilience-Based Reef Management, 2018-2020

A guidance system for resilience-based management of the Great Barrier Reef, developed by the University of Queensland from 2018 to 2020. Outputs include desktop software to help the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority prioritize management actions in the Whitsunday and Cairns regions. The system aims to support tactical decisions, scenario planning for the 2019 Outlook Report, and integrated pest management for crown-of-thorns starfish.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing reef management actions based on risk and recoverability metrics mentioned in the description
• Modeling scenarios of future reef health to support environmental reporting
• Identifying target recovery rates for reef restoration planning
• Supporting integrated pest management decisions for crown-of-thorns starfish control

Strengths

• Project outputs are designed to support four specific management objectives for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Focuses on two defined geographic regions: the Whitsunday and Cairns regions
• Data was last updated on 2026-07-13 18:30:19.614175

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 its focus on two specific regions of the Great Barrier Reef

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au

Collection Method

Likely contains outputs from a research project delivering a decision-support software system.

Time Range

2018-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 18:30:19.614175; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, specifically the Whitsunday and Cairns regions