{"id":460,"date":"2015-08-19T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2016-03-24T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T02:48:08","slug":"theme-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/research\/research-priorities\/theme-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Natural resource management improvements based on sound understanding of the status and long-term trends of priority species and systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Research priorities:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Identify and trial practical methods to improve reef resilience, such as the transplantation of coral and coral genetics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Understand trends in dugong and turtle populations, including breeding cycles and trends in seagrass and habitats. Develop better methods for the protection of important habitat for dugong and turtles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Combine existing indicators and monitoring programmes to develop a cost-effective integrated monitoring programme to support natural resource management, evaluate results and communicate trends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Identify regionally-specific management interventions to achieve or maintain realistic desired states for tropical environmental, social, cultural and economic values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Develop and implement better tools, including spatial information, to support the prioritisation of on-ground investments and interventions and asses their success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Explore the opportunities for citizen science and Indigenous participation to improve tropical water quality awareness and outcomes.<\/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-3-1\/\">Project 3.1<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSeagrass mapping synthesis \u2013 A resource for marine park and coastal management<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-2\/\">Project 3.2<\/a><\/strong> Improving historical estimates of abundance and distribution of dugongs and large green turtles in western and central Torres Strait<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-3\/\">Project 3.3<\/a><\/strong> Light thresholds for seagrasses of the GBR: a synthesis and guiding document for managing seagrass<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-4\/\">Project 3.4<\/a><\/strong> Developing and refining biological indicators for seagrass condition assessments in an integrated monitoring program<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-5\/\">Project 3.5<\/a><\/strong> Assessment of key dugong and turtle seagrass resources in the northern Torres Strait<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-6\/\">Project 3.6<\/a><\/strong> Establishing a research framework for future NESP investment into better understanding of the presence of Box-Jellyfishes (Irukandji) and risks in the Great Barrier Reef<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-7\/\">Project 3.7<\/a><\/strong> Monitoring the effects of zoning on coral reefs and their associated fish communities in the GBR Marine Park<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-8\/\">Project 3.8<\/a><\/strong> Towards an integrated monitoring program: identifying indicators and existing monitoring programs to cost-effectively evaluate the Long Term Sustainability Plan<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-9\/\">Project 3.9<\/a><\/strong> Indigenous capacity building and increased participation in management of Queensland sea country<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-10\/\">Project 3.10<\/a><\/strong> Benchmarking costs of NRM improvements for the GBR<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-11\/\">Project 3.11<\/a><\/strong> Monitoring and adaptively reducing system-wide governance risks facing the GBR<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-12\/\">Project 3.12<\/a><\/strong> Development of an offset financial contribution calculator for Reef Trust<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-3-13\/\">Project 3.13<\/a><\/strong> eAtlas 2015 &#8211; NESP data management, Torres Strait NRM plan delivery platform and Torres Strait reef mapping<\/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\/project-2-3-1\/\"><strong>Project 2.3.1<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBenthic light as\u00a0ecologically validated\u00a0GBR wide\u00a0indicator for\u00a0water quality: drivers,\u00a0thresholds and\u00a0cumulative risks<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/project-2-3-2\/\"><strong>Project 2.3.2<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n\u2018Human sensors\u2019\u00a0for monitoring\u00a0GBR\u00a0environmental\u00a0changes and\u00a0quality of marine\u00a0waters through\u00a0harnessing Big\u00a0Data analysis<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-3-3\/\"><strong>Project 2.3.3<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBuilding\u00a0Indigenous\u00a0livelihood and comanagement\u00a0opportunities in\u00a0the northern GBR-ecosystem\u00a0services and\u00a0conservation\u00a0governance for\u00a0water quality<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-3-4\/\"><strong>Project 2.3.4<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWorking with\u00a0Traditional\u00a0Owners and local\u00a0citizens to better\u00a0manage GBR\u00a0estuarine\u00a0wetlands<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-3-5\/\"><strong>Project 2.3.5<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\neAtlas &#8211; 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