Project Leader: Dr Scott Wooldridge, Australian Institute
of Marine Science
In order to effectively manage the resources
of the Great Barrier Reef under climate change, information from
many sources must be integrated in such a way that the risks faced
and how they vary through time and space can be made
explicit. A critical step in meeting this challenge,
therefore, is the development of spatially explicit, sub-regional
scale information about the risks posed by climate change and
variability in resilience. Once these risks are understood,
it is then necessary to build management tools that facilitate the
optimum use of management resources under conditions of
considerable uncertainty.
Project 2.5i.4 has three objectives which
will enable it to make considerable advances beyond our current
understanding of the risks of climate change and how best to manage
these resources in the face of climate change:
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an atlas of climate change risk and resilience for the Great
Barrier Reef social-ecological system;
-
integrative knowledge for prioritising management responses to
climate change; and
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a participatory assessment of socio-economic risks from climate
change.
The research in this project has been
developed in close collaboration with managers who need this
information and tools. These managers will be part of this
project throughout to ensure the outputs produced maximise
potential outcomes for more effective management of the Great
Barrier Reef.
