Measuring conservation in a way that counts
A new study raises questions on whether current conservation science and policy for protected areas could be saving more biodiversity—with political and economic expediency often having taken prece
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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Queensland 4811 Australia
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Tarte, D and Hughes, TP (2020). Review of State Party report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Australian Marine Conservation Society, 1-9 pp.
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Smallhorn-West, P, Sheehan, J, Rodriguez-Troncoso, A, Malimali, S, Halafihi, T, Mailau, S, Le’ota, A, Ceccarelli, DM, Stone, K, Pressey, RL and Jones, GP (2020). Kingdom of Tonga special management area report 2020. Tonga, 1-86 pp.
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Schaffelke, B, Anthony, K, Babcock, R, Bridge, T, Carlos, E, Diaz-Pulido, G, Gonzalez-Rivero, M, Gooch, M, Hoey, A, Horne, D, Kane, K, McKenzie, C, Merida, F, Molloy, F, Moon, S, Mumby, P, Ortiz, JC, Pears, R, Phinn, S, Ridgway, T, Roelfsema, C, Singleton, G and Thompson, A (2020). Monitoring coral reefs within the Reef 2050 integrated monitoring and reporting program: final report of the coral reef expert group. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 1-81 pp.
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Schaefer, N, Bishop, MJ, Bugnot, AB, Foster-Thorpe, C, Herbert, B, Hoey, A, Mayer-Pinto, M, Sherman, CDH, Vozzo, ML and Dafforn, KA (2020). Ecological engineering of marine infrastructure for biosecurity. Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, 1-109 pp.
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Pratchett, M and Kelley, R (2020). Guide to some harvested aquarium corals. FRDC, 1-17 pp.
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Pratchett, M, Caballes, C, Messmer, V, Wilson, S, Roelofs, A, Penny, S, Kelley, R and Newman, S (2020). Vulnerability of commercially harvested corals to fisheries exploitation versus environmental pressures. James Cook Univerisity, FRDC, 1-90 pp.
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Pintor, A, Kennard, M, Álvarez-Romero, JG and Hernandez, S (2020). Prioritising threatened species and threatening processes across northern Australia user guide for data. Northern Australia Environmental Resources (NAER) Hub, 1-102 pp.
Osterblom, H, Wabnitz, CCC, Tladi, D, Allison, EH, Arnaud-Haond, S, Bebbington, J, Bennett, N, Blasiak, R, Boonstra, W, Choudhury, A, Cisneros-Montemayor, A, Daw, T, Fabinyi, M, Franz, N, Harden-Davies, H, Kleiber, D, Lopes, P, McDougall, C, Resosudarmo, BP and Selim, SA (2020). Towards ocean equity. World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1-64 pp.
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Mason, RAB, de la Motte, K, Bozec, Y-M, Adams, MP and Mumby, PJ (2020). Resilience-based management tools for the Great Barrier Reef. National Environmental Science Program, Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns, 1-73 pp.
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Marsh, H, Collins, K, Grech, A, Miller, R and Rankin, R (2020). An assessment of the distribution and abundance of dugongs and in-water, large marine turtles along the Queensland coast from Cape York to Hinchinbrook Island. GBRMPA, 1-86 pp. Link to full text or pdf
Lau, JD, Sutcliffe, S and Hungito, W (2020). Lived experiences of Covid-19: impacts on an atoll island community, Papua New Guinea. James Cook University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Australia, 1-19 pp.
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Lambert, V, Collier, C, Brodie, J, Adams, MP, Baird, M, Bainbridge, Z, Carter, A, Lewis, S, Rasheed, M, Saunders, M and O’Brien, K (2020). Connecting sediment load targets to ecological outcomes for seagrass. The National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns, 1-141 pp.
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Kleiber, D, Cohen, P, McDougall, C and Gomese, C (2020). Integrating gender in Pacific coastal fisheries research: the pathways project. Pacific Community (SPC), Fiji, 1-9 pp.
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Hoey, AS (2020). Coral reef health in the Coral Sea marine park. Parks Australia, Barton, 1-171 pp.
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Gonzalez-Rivero, M, Roelfsema, C, Lopez-Marcano, S, Castro-Sanguino, C, Bridge, T and Babcock, R (2020). Supplementary report to the final report of the coral reef expert group: S6. Novel technologies in coral reef monitoring. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 1-43 pp.
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Gomese, C, Siota, F, Ride, A and Kleiber, D (2020). Reflections on integrating gender-sensitive facilitation techniques in fieldtrip reports. Pacific Community (SPC), Fiji, 1-3 pp.
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Gomese, C, Kleiber, D, Mangubhai, S and Paniel, C (2020). Building capacity for gender work in fisheries and aquaculture: examples from the Pacific. Pacific Community (SPC), Fiji, 1-5 pp. Link to full text or pdf
Desbiens, A and Wolfe, K (2020). Observations of juvenile Stichopus sp. on a coral reef in Palau. Pacific Community (SPC), Mons, Belgium, 53-55 pp.
Bozec, Y-M and Mumby, PJ (2020). Supplementary report to the coral reef expert group: S7. Coral reef models as assessment and reporting tools for the Reef 2050 integrated monitoring and reporting program – a review. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 1-30 pp.
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Babcock, R and Bridge, T (2020). Supplementary report to the coral reef export group: S1 Practical taxonomy for RIMReP coral reef monitoring. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 1-15 pp.
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A new study raises questions on whether current conservation science and policy for protected areas could be saving more biodiversity—with political and economic expediency often having taken prece
A new study reveals the strategies that stop bandits from illegally fishing in Australian waters—but warns there is a cost to the region’s poorer countries. Co-author Dr Brock Bergseth, from th
Five world-renowned scientists have signed a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to "thank UNESCO for its leadership in recognising the threat of climate change to the Great Barrier Reef
A new study has found baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in the ocean. Lead author Adam Downie is a PhD candidate at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Jam
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Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au