Early identification of risks and threats to
North Queensland’s key environment assets, and early advice
on options to mitigate and better manage threats, are critical to
the future environmental, economic and social underpinning of North
Queensland.
In particular, options for mitigating and
adapting to climate change, increased climate variability and
invasive species have been identified as key priorities for North
Queensland. It is anticipated that results from Theme 2 will
be dealing with prediction of impacts, sources of resilience and
importantly, practical responses to threats and their
mitigation.
Theme 2 involves two Programs:
Program
5i - Climate Change: Great Barrier Reef (Research
Providers: CSIRO, AIMS, UQ, JCU, CQU)
Program
5ii - Climate Change: Rainforest and Catchments (Research
Providers: CSIRO, JCU)
Program
6 - Understanding Threats and Impacts of Invasive Pests on
Ecosystems (Research Providers: JCU, CSIRO, DPI&F,
FNQ NRM Ltd)
