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NESP TWQ Project 2.2.3 - Early warning systems to minimize the risk of box...
This project will minimise the risk of box jellyfish stings by empowering stakeholders with an early warning system. The project will first develop an openly-accessible database... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.3 - Harnessing the science of social marketing and...
Working in partnership with staff from the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment (DotE), and the Queensland Government’s Departments of Science Information... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.5 - Legacy of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality Tender,...
This project conducts an ex-post evaluation of a water quality tender (auction) project. In 2007-08, a water quality pilot tender was trialled in the Lower Burdekin River area,... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.4 - Developing and refining biological indicators for...
Refinement of biological indicators for condition assessment is an immediate priority as highlighted in a recent review of the GBR Marine Monitoring Program (MMP). Seagrass... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.9 - The establishment of a future NESP dredging research...
The project will conduct an inclusive facilitated workshop with key researchers and stakeholders to identify the future knowledge needs for improved management of dredging... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.13 - Coastal wetland systems repair across GBR catchments...
Conservation and repair of the coastal wetland ecosystems’ in the Great Barrier Reef catchments have come into focus following media converging on the point that the reef health... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.4 - Deriving ecologically relevant targets to meet...
This project derived Ecologically Relevant Targets (ERTs) for sediment loads for the Burdekin basin and provided the seagrass desired state across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.1 - Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health...
Runoff from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea influences water quality conditions in the Torres Strait (TS) region however the extent and frequency of this influence, and the... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.11 - Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm...
The sugar industry occupies 350,000ha in Reef catchments, applies >55,000t of nitrogen (N) fertilizer annually and is a major contributor of dissolved inorganic nitrogen... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.4 - Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation...
This project will evaluate the cost, effectiveness and biophysical processes of gully remediation options in the Burdekin Region. Sub-surface soil erosion is the major source of... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.13 - Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback,...
In early 2016, extensive dieback of mangrove forests was recorded along the southern and western Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. Landsat analysis suggests that 7,400 hectares of... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.3 - A validation of coral geochemical records to...
While coral geochemistry records are widely cited as evidence for increased suspended sediment loads delivered to the Great Barrier Reef since the 1850s, there has been little... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.8 - ‘Project 25’ – farmers, water quality and on-farm...
Landholder concerns surrounding the credibility of broad-scale water quality monitoring and modelling initiatives in the GBR catchment area is emerging as one of the key cane... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.12 - Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN...
The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan and Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017-2022 have set ambitious targets for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water quality... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.8 - Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm...
The sugar industry occupies 350,000ha in Reef catchments, applied 58,000t of nitrogen (N) fertilizer in 2014 and is a major contributor of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) to... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.3.2 - Science evaluation of coastal wetland systems...
State and Federal agencies are funding many GBR wetland system repair projects (Mungalla wetlands $1.2M; Reef Trust/Greening Australia $4M; Restoring Burdekin Coastal Ecosystems... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.8 - Innovative economic levers: a system for...
This project will enable reduced DIN exports from cane lands by developing and promoting a tested framework for commercial insurance businesses to underwrite risk of nitrogen... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.11 - Monitoring and adaptively reducing systemwide...
Australian governments have addressed water quality issues in the Great Barrier Reef (Reef) over the last decade. While much has improved, more is needed. Reef environmental... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.1 - Integrated Pest Management of Crown-of-Thorns...
Successful Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) management will, for the foreseeable future, depend on manual control at specific sites being effective and efficient. This project... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.3.3 - Building Indigenous livelihood and comanagement...
This project supports Indigenous co-management and livelihoods by scoping and developing culturally-appropriate ecosystem services (ES) products focused on water quality. Local...