It is important that government, natural resource managers,
protected area managers, industry and the national and
international community have a clear understanding of the state of
North Queensland’s key environmental assets. It is
particularly important to foster sustainable use by the industries
reliant on these environmental assets to support ongoing management
of the assets and to help inform policy direction both for North
Queensland and nationally.
To achieve this, the MTSRF will produce world-class reports on
the state of key assets, identifying possible threats, the
socio-economic values of the assets and, importantly,
cost-effective methods for longer-term assessment.
Theme 1 involves four Programs:
Program
1 - Status and Trends of Species and Ecosystems in the Great
Barrier Reef (Research Providers: AIMS, CSIRO, Reef Check
Australia, DPI&F, UQ)
Program
2 - Status and Trends of Species and Ecosystems in the Wet Tropics
Rainforest (Research Providers: CSIRO, JCU)
Program
3 - Torres Strait: Status, Use and Trends (Research
Providers: CSIRO, AIMS, TSRA)
Program
4 - Species and Communities of Conservation Concern (Research
Providers: JCU, TSRA, CSIRO)
