Project Leader: Mr Damian Miley, Torres Strait Regional
Authority
Project 1.3.5 will identify key issues in Torres Strait that
should lead to the development of indicators and thresholds of
concern to be incorporated into a report card on the environmental
assets of Torres Strait (linked to Project 3.7.7). These
issues will be identified through a process of engaging with
stakeholders in Torres Strait, including Executive Members of the
Torres Strait Regional Authority, the Community Liaison Officer and
relevant management agencies. The engagement process will
include explanation of what has been learned from work undertaken
by the CRC Torres Strait in relation to the 'health of the marine
ecosystem', and will facilitate dialogue about the linkages between
research and management approaches in the Torres Strait region.
This project will evaluate the key issues identified with the
following aims:
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to identify existing management objectives associated with
them;
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to identify conceptual models of the processes surrounding those
key issues;
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to identify potential indicators and thresholds of status and
trends in each issue; and hence
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to identify and prioritise the research needed in future years
to develop those indicators with thresholds of concern, limits and
implied actions, and to develop systems to measure and report on
them and link them into the overall report card for North
Queensland (Project 3.7.7).
One team member of Project 1.3.5 is also a member of Project
3.7.7, which is developing the Integrated Report Card
framework. Outputs from Project 1.3.5 will contribute to the
development, in Years 2-4, of the Integrated Report Card which will
be used for reporting the ecosystem health of the Torres
Strait.
