Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area



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Coastal Ecosystem Management - Lower Burdekin Floodplain

Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area


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Coastal ecosystems management – Lower Burdekin Floodplain

Review of coastal ecosystem management to improve the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area


© Commonwealth of Australia 2013
Published by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2013
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While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Australian Government does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Coastal ecosystems management – case study: water management/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

ISBN  978 1 922126 17 7 (ebook)

Coastal zone management--Queensland----Burdekin River Valley.
Coastal zone management--Queensland--Great Barrier Reef.
Floodplains--Queensland--Burdekin River Valley.
Natural resources management areas--Queensland--Great Barrier Reef.
Burdekin River Valley (Qld.)--Management.
Burdekin River Valley (Qld.)--Environmental conditions.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)--Management.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)--Environmental conditions.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

577.099436

This publication should be cited as:

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2013 Coastal ecosystems management – case study: water management, GBRMPA, Townsville.



Acknowledgements

This report was supported through funding from the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.


This report is based on a report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, prepared on 13 June 2013 by Jim Tait, Econcern. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority also acknowledges the contributions of Hugh Yorkston, Donna-marie Audas, Jason Vains, Paul Groves, Carol Marshall, Melissa Evans, Ben Palmer, Rose Dunstan and Sara Dunstan.
Coverphoto: Lower Burdekin floodplain by Jim Tait (2013).
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Table of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

Context summary 7

Key issues 7

Current management 8

Potential management actions 8

INTRODUCTION 10

Background 10

Objectives and purpose of case study 10

METHODOLOGY 10

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE REGION 10

Background 10

Overview of the basin within the study area 13

History of land use and development 19

Impact on coastal ecosystems 23

Impacts to ecosystem functions 36

Current condition and trend 41

Forecast of likely future activities and impacts on coastal ecosystems 48



LAND-USE MANAGEMENT AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 50

Overlapping roles of government 50

Protecting existing undisturbed coastal ecosystems 52

Reconnection and rehabilitation of disturbed coastal ecosystems 55

Return of coastal ecosystem function to modified landscapes 60

Pumped Flood Flow 64

Hydrological Isolation 64

Uncertainty in assessment and managing risk 65

Adaptive management 65

DISCUSSION 67

An important landscape 67

Information Driven Management Mechanisms 68

Improving farm practices 68

Natural resource management 69

Protection of assets 70

Management of threats 71

Restoration of ecosystems and ecosystem function 71



REFERENCES 76

APPENDIX A: Ecological processes of natural coastal ecosystems linked to the health and resilience of the World Heritage Area 79

APPENDIX B: Ecological processes of modified systems linked to the health and resilience of the World Heritage Area. 81





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