{"id":9314,"date":"2020-11-04T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T02:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?page_id=9314"},"modified":"2020-11-04T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T02:16:02","slug":"tying-it-all-together-synthesising-the-achievements-of-the-nesp-twq-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/news-events\/e-newsletters-2\/january-2020\/tying-it-all-together-synthesising-the-achievements-of-the-nesp-twq-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Tying it all together: Synthesising the achievements of the NESP TWQ Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end of 2020 marks the culmination of 6-years\u2019 worth of targeted, stakeholder-driven and solution-focused research by the Tropical Water Quality Hub.<\/p>\n<p>Working alongside up to 60 end-user organisations to define their applied environmental issues, we have commissioned 94 individual solution-seeking projects from our six key partner research institutions (CSIRO, AIMS, JCU, CQU, UQ and GU) and along the way supported over 225 jobs in regional Australia. Solutions have been delivered across the board and hundreds of outputs \u2013 final project reports, decision support tools, remediation and restoration guides, factsheets, videos and technical reports \u2013 are now available via the Hub\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9315\" src=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image006.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sheer volume of our Hub\u2019s outputs (with more being published every week) can be daunting. To achieve our Hub\u2019s objectives of helping our end-users actually implement solutions that improve water quality and reef health, we are investing significant effort this year in synthesis across eight key themes. These are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Innovations in crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) control on the Great Barrier Reef<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Restoring ecosystems from catchment to Reef<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reducing nitrogen runoff without reducing industry productivity<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reducing end-of-catchment fine sediment loads and ecosystem impacts<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Improving coral condition through better-informed resilience-based management<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Influencing agriculture practice behaviour change and trust frameworks<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Learnings from applied environmental research programs: Elements for success<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Integrated environmental assessment to inform environmental decisions<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em> (cross-Hub project led by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More information on the Hub\u2019s portfolio of synthesis projects can be found on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/\">Hub website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/news-events\/e-newsletters-2\/november-2020\/\">November<\/a><\/strong><strong> 2020 e-Newsletter contents<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of 2020 marks the culmination of 6-years\u2019 worth of targeted, stakeholder-driven and solution-focused research by the Tropical Water Quality Hub. Working alongside up to 60 end-user organisations to &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/news-events\/e-newsletters-2\/january-2020\/tying-it-all-together-synthesising-the-achievements-of-the-nesp-twq-hub\/\" aria-label=\"Tying it all together: Synthesising the achievements of the NESP TWQ Hub\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9309,"parent":6983,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9314","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9314","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=9314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9314\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}