{"id":456,"date":"2015-08-19T12:53:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T02:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?page_id=456"},"modified":"2018-10-25T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T00:21:56","slug":"theme-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/research\/research-priorities\/theme-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Improved understanding of the impacts, including cumulative impacts, and pressures on priority freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and species<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Research priorities:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Further development of a systematic approach to Crown of Thorns control. Identify and trial risk abatement, and prioritisation strategies in response to Crown of Thorns outbreaks, extreme events and biosecurity threats. Develop and implement a plan to reduce Crown of Thorn numbers by two million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Develop practical improvements to land management practices that will influence behavioural change and improve outcomes for tropical water quality and ecosystem health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Improve our knowledge of cumulative pressures on environmental and social values of the Great Barrier Reef to determine more effective management actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Improved information on ocean acidification through the Heron Island ocean acidification monitoring project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Evaluate the practicalities of restoring connectivity to freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and the resilience of dependent species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Research projects:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Round 1<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-1\/\">Project 1.1<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEstablishing the future NESP CoTS research framework including an ecologically-based approach to the management of CoTS at multiple scale<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-2\/\">Project 1.2<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nDeveloping an approach to evaluate the effectiveness of investments in riparian management in the GBR catchments<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-3\/\">Project 1.3<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA validation of coral geochemical records to reconstruct suspended sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-5\/\">Project 1.5<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLegacy of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality Tender<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-6\/\">Project 1.6<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nMultiple and cumulative impacts on the GBR: assessment of current status and development of improved approaches for management<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-7\/\">Project 1.7<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nReducing sediment sources to the Reef: testing the effectiveness of managing alluvial gully erosion<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-8\/\">Project 1.8<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSub-catchment scale monitoring, modelling and extension design to support reef water quality improvement<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-9\/\">Project 1.9<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe establishment of a future NESP dredging research investment framework<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-1-10\/\">Project 1.10<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIdentification, impacts, and prioritization of emerging contaminants present in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait marine environments<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-1\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.1<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIntegrated Pest Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-2\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.2<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nScoping options\u00a0for low-lying,\u00a0marginal cane\u00a0land to reduce\u00a0DIN in priority wet\u00a0tropics\u00a0catchments<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-3\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.3<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHarnessing the\u00a0science of social\u00a0marketing and\u00a0behaviour\u00a0change for\u00a0improved water\u00a0quality in the\u00a0GBR: an action\u00a0research project<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-4\/\">Project 2.1.4<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDemonstration\u00a0and evaluation of\u00a0gully remediation\u00a0on downstream\u00a0water quality and\u00a0agricultural\u00a0production in\u00a0GBR rangelands<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-5\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.5<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s really\u00a0damaging the\u00a0Reef? Tracing the origin and\u00a0fate of the\u00a0environmentally\u00a0detrimental\u00a0sediment<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-6\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.6<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFrom exposure to\u00a0risk: novel\u00a0experimental\u00a0approaches to\u00a0analyse\u00a0cumulative\u00a0impacts and\u00a0determine\u00a0thresholds in the\u00a0GBRWHA<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-7\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.7<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nEngaging with\u00a0farmers and\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0water quality\u00a0outcomes to\u00a0create confidence\u00a0in on-farm\u00a0decision-making<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-8\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.8<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nImproved water\u00a0quality outcomes\u00a0from on-farm\u00a0nitrogen\u00a0management<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-9\/\"><strong>Project 2.1.9\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nRisk assessing\u00a0dredging\u00a0activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved understanding of the impacts, including cumulative impacts, and pressures on priority freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and species \u00a0 Research priorities: Further development of a systematic approach to Crown &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/research\/research-priorities\/theme-1\/\" aria-label=\"Theme 1\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-456","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}