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Project 4.8.5 - Incorporating stakeholders and their values, knowledge and aspirations in the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Project Leader:  Dr Stephen Sutton, James Cook University 

The overarching goal of Project 4.8.5 is to provide information that will enhance our capacity to incorporate social considerations in decision making, predict, evaluate and mitigate negative social impacts of changes in policy or resource condition, and facilitate the development of community partnerships and community engagement in research and management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA).

Specific objectives of the Project are to:

  • Understand and document the impacts of the GBR Zoning Plan on use (tourism, recreation, and fishing) of the GBRWHA and users;

  • Develop, test, and parameterise a set of indicators that can be used to assess change in the socio-economic environment of GBRWHA use in response to policy or environmental changes, utilizing the framework currently being developed through the MTSRF Interim Funding program; and

  • Explore and document the social values, attitudes, perceptions, knowledge, concerns and aspirations related to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and its use, management, and conservation held by Marine Park users and the wider community.

Project 4.8.5 Downloads

Recreational fishers' perceptions about the costs and benefits of the 2004 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 4.8 Mb]


Project 4.8.5 JCU Sutton, S. (2007) Milestone Report June
Project progress report which outlines preliminary findings of the assessment of existing data of influences of the Zoning Plan on use of GBRWHA and users including identification of gaps in knowledge. [pdf 195.7 kb]


Project 4.8.5 JCU Sutton, S. (2007) Assessment of the Influence of the 2003 Great Barrier Reef Zoning Plan on use of the Great Barrier Reef
This document addresses Objective (a) of Project 4.8.5 for Year 1: to understand and document the influences of the 2003 Great Barrier Reef Zoning Plan on use (tourism, recreation and fishing) on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and its users. Interim report to the MTSRF submitted December 2006. [pdf 37.5 kb]


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