Working with traditional owners and local citizens to better manage GBR estuarine wetlands (Old ID 22542)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Traditional Owner rangers and local citizens of the Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) TUMRA will be engaged in developing a Mangrove Management Plan (MMP) that provides a strategic basis for estuarine repair activity and maximises water quality outcomes in the southern GBR. Development of this MMP will build capacity within the Gidarjil Development Corporation (GCD) and local community to undertake scientifically-rigorous, ecological monitoring and assessment. These management and rehabilitation strategies will protect sea country resources through partnerships between community, scientists and NRM agencies. The MMP will enable rangers and citizen scientists to conduct scientifically valid surveys of estuarine monitoring, management and rehabilitation within the PCCC TUMRA area.
Date
01 Jan 2016 - 20 May 2019
Project Type
N/A
Keywords
Indigenous Ranger training;ecosystems reponding to climate change;estuarine environment monitoring;rehabilitation implementation;mangrove management guidelines;natural resource cultural values
Funding Body
Department of the Environment and Energy
Amount
450000
Project Team
Jock Mackenzie