Catchment to Reef - Products and Downloads

The Catchment to Reef Program released a full colour, eight-page booklet and poster designed to educate the community about the importance of managing coastal catchments to maintain the health and integrity of the Great Barrier Reef.  "Are you connected?" is the question asked by the authors of the guide, which describes the natural connections between plant and animal species and waterways, and why these links are important for our lifestyle, as well as our grazing, agriculture, fishing and tourism industries.

The booklet also summarises how ecological connectivity, involving everything from bacteria to barramundi, provides 'ecosystem services' such as fertile soil, clean water and clean air. The poster and booklet may be downloaded and used for educational purposes.

The Program also produced a sixteen-page booklet entitled Nutrients, Catchments and Reefs:  A guide to nutrients in your landscape.  The Great Barrier Reef and its catchments are an inter-connected system.  The waterways that connect the land and sea transport the nutrients essential to maintaining a healthy environment and economy.  This booklet introduces two of the most important nutrients in our environment - nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) - and shows the role and power of nutrients in natural processes.  The booklet also shows how human activities have changed the balance of these nutrients in the environment, and how best practice land use can improve both environmental health and productivity.

Click on the links to the right to download Catchment to Reef products.  Some hard copies are still available for distribution, free of charge.  Contact the Townsville office of the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre.