Alana, Bob and Jon recently published a manuscript in Conservation Letters that exposes the links between the Great Barrier Reef, climate change, energy production and the Australian coal mining industry. They propose new policies and processes that enable the consideration of the cumulative effect of coal mining by environmental decision makers. The manuscript is open access; feel … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Coal, Cumulative Impacts and the Great Barrier Reef
CONVERSATION PIECE: It all adds up: port development on the Great Barrier Reef
Alana and Bob, with Rob Coles, have a piece just out in The Conversation. It all adds up: port development on the Great Barrier Reef By Alana Grech, Macquarie University Do we consider the cumulative impact of ports on the Great Barrier Reef when deciding whether or not to allow a development the green light? … Continue reading CONVERSATION PIECE: It all adds up: port development on the Great Barrier Reef
NEW PAPER: Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef
This month, a team of experts in biodiversity conservation and management (including three members of the conservation planning group) published a viewpoint article on ports and shipping in the Great Barrier Reef. The team identify the strengths and weaknesses in the current governance arrangements, and develop 13 principles that describe a course of action to … Continue reading NEW PAPER: Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef