| Summary | The 1975 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) Act established the marine park and the park’s authority (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, GBRMPA). From 1999 a systematic conservation planning approach called the Representative Areas Programme was undertaken to identify and implement a larger system of no-take zones that represented the diversity of bioregions and habitats encompassed in the GBRMP. It was implemented in 2004, and the proportion of no-take areas changed from about 5% to 33%. This snapshot reports on the characteristics of the governance system after the re-zoning until current |
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| Project | SESMAD |
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| Subtype | Formal Governance System |
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| Sector | Marine protected areas |
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| Begin Date | 2004 |
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| Explanation | The year in which the re-zoning took place |
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| End Date | Current |
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| Explanation | This snapshot describes the GBRMP governance system after re-zoning, from 2004-current (Coded in 2014) |
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| Governance Scale | State-based policy |
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| Explanation | Sub-regional scale. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is in the state of Queensland, thus a sub-national scale. |
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| Governance System Description | And Act created specifically to manage this marine park |
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| Governance Trigger | slow continuous change |
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| Explanation | Concerns about ongoing threats to biodiversity, and the threat of climate change, prompted the rezoning of the marine park. |
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| Type Of Formal Governance | Management plan |
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| Explanation | The Act is implemented through a management plan. |
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| Mpa Internal Natural Boundaries | Low (1) |
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| Explanation | The coastal MPA and GBRMPA are adjacent to the coast and are not separated by deep water or sand. |
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| Mpa Migratory Life History | t |
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| Explanation | It covers breeding and foraging grounds for turtles, dugong and shark |
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| Mpa Threats To Migratory Sp | ["Bycatch", "Habitat destruction", "Other"] |
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| Explanation | Turtles can be caught for subsistence use by indigenous fishers
Certain sharks are caught in the inshore net fishery. They are also killed as a result of measure to protect bathers (nets, baited hooks, culling). |
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| Governance Knowledge Use | ["Scientific knowledge"] |
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| Explanation | GBRMPA employs scientists, and collaborates with AIMS and universities, to generate and use scientific information |
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| Pa Car Principles | Yes (3) |
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| Explanation | Representative Areas Program specifically used these principles to re-zone the GBR |
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| Centralization | Highly centralized (4) |
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| Explanation | This is a government act, highly centralized. |
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| Distance To Markets | Less than 10km (1) |
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| Mpa Iucn Somewhat Strict Zones | 67 % |
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| Explanation | http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/14122/area_statement_082010_updated_WebVersion.pdf |
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| Mpa Iucn Sustainable Zones | 62 % |
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| Explanation | http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/14122/area_statement_082010_updated_WebVersion.pdf |
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| Mpa Budget | 49500000 $US |
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| Explanation | AUD $54 million in 2014 |
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| Mpa Connectivity | Yes (3) |
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| Explanation | Connectivity was specifically taken into account in re-zoning the GBRMP. Information about connectivity is fairly limited, though (as in most marine systems). |
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| Mpa Migratory Threats And Redux | By having established 33% of park in no-take areas |
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| Mpa Motivation | ["Ecological value"] |
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| Mpa Primary Goal (In Practice) | ["Biodiversity conservation"] |
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| Mpa Protection | ["Reducing threats"] |
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| Metric Diversity | High: Many metrics for success (3) |
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| Pa Iucn Strict Zones | 33 % |
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| Explanation | http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/14122/area_statement_082010_updated_WebVersion.pdf |
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| Social Ecological Fit | Low (1) |
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| Explanation | The area governed by the GBRMP Act encompasses the marine portion of the Great Barrier Reef. It does not incldue the adjacent land, however. |
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| Mpa Migratory Benefit | Yes |
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