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Project 5.10

Improving socio-ecological understanding of natural values in Australian Marine Parks

Project 5.9

Making marine environmental data more assessment-ready

Project 5.7

Updating knowledge of Australian white sharks

Project 5.6

Synthesis of environmental values to support the review of Australian Marine Park management plans

Project 5.5

Assessing impacts of extreme events on inshore coastal habitats in the northern Great Barrier Reef

Project 5.4

Innovations to support crown-of-thorns starfish control and the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef

Project 5.2

A toolkit for ranger-led seagrass monitoring in northern Australia Sea Country

Project 5.1

Mapping Sea Country and exploring conservation and restoration opportunities on the Kakadu NP and Garig Gunak Barlu NP coasts

Project 4.24

Assessing the ecological values of the reefs of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria

Project 4.23

Environmental DNA for measuring offshore marine biodiversity: what can DNA in water collected from the RV Investigator tell us?

Project 4.22

Environmental concentrations of emerging contaminants in coastal stormwater

Project 4.21

Assessing the condition of natural values within priority temperate Australian Marine Parks to evaluate management effectiveness

Project 4.20

Delivery of science to support the implementation of a marine park management effectiveness system

Project 4.18

Indigenous-led sawfish monitoring – Gulf of Carpentaria

Project 4.17

Migratory shorebird populations: research for management and recovery

Project 4.15

Grey nurse shark aggregations

Project 4.14

Enhancing monitoring approaches to evaluate the abundance, life history and critical habitats of the endangered Australian sea lion

Project 4.13

Assessing and mapping northern Australia’s endangered shellfish reefs

Project 4.12

Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback – research to support recovery management

Project 4.11

Improving the health of seagrass and turtles – Pulu-Keeling National Park

Project 4.10

De-risking nature repair activities in Australian coastal and marine ecosystems

Project 4.9

Assessing the vulnerability of southern right whale and blue whale populations to disturbance from windfarm developments

Project 4.8

Potential impacts of offshore wind developments on eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales

Project 4.7

Development of regional modelling and risk assessments to inform offshore renewable decision-making

Project 4.6

Indigenous-led dugong monitoring – Kimberley region

Project 4.5

Developing integrated pest management for feral pigs

Project 4.4

An Indigenous-led approach to advance the health and wellbeing of Tebrakunna Country and people of the Coastal Plains nation, north-eastern Tasmania

Project 4.3

Unbroken whispers: the ripples connecting sea kin

Project 4.2

Dugong population assessment – Gulf of Carpentaria

Project 4.1

Mapping seagrass habitat – Gulf of Carpentaria

Project 3.21

Identifying priority datasets for the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in decision-making

Project 3.20

Supporting Indigenous people’s participation in environmental markets

Project 3.19

Addressing Kakadu’s strategic research needs

Project 3.18

Citizen science: reef monitoring for management

Project 3.17

Identifying the un-mapped reefs of the northern Australian seascape

Project 3.16

Delineation and estimation of the Maugean Skate population in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania

Project 3.15

Monitoring, aggregation areas and approaches to improve data effectiveness for southern right whale conservation

Project 3.14

Assessing changes in Black Rockcod abundance and size

Project 3.13

Eastern grey nurse shark population abundance and trend

Project 3.12

Sea snake monitoring: improved collection of fisher bycatch data

Project 3.11

Sawfish monitoring: improved collection of fisher bycatch data

Project 3.10

Partnerships and novel technologies for improved dugong research

Project 3.9

Establishing Indigenous-led feral-ungulate control in northern Australia

Project 3.8

Feral-ungulate control to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands

Project 3.7

Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia

Project 3.6

Exploring the distribution and ecological value of seagrass at the Furneaux Islands, Tasmania

Project 3.5

Partnerships for seagrass research and protection

Project 3.4

Building knowledge for healthy northern Australian catchments and coasts

Project 3.3

Guiding the sustainable development of offshore renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia

Project 3.2

Developing a National Indigenous Environmental Research Network

Project 3.1

Planning for ecologically sustainable development in northern Australia

Project 2.7

Aerial survey of the southern right whale ‘western’ sub-population off southern Australia

Project 2.6

Mapping critical Australian sea lion habitat to assess ecological value and risks to population recovery

Project 2.5

Evaluation of recreational fishing behaviour, use, values and motivations that relate to compliance

Project 2.4

Ecological outcomes of wastewater discharges in contrasting receiving environments

Project 2.3

Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation

Project 2.2

Advancing national standards and best practices to monitor key marine values and pressures

Project 2.1

Mapping temperate continental shelf seabed habitats

Project 1.33

Using environmental DNA to survey Bathurst Harbour for the Endangered Maugean Skate

Project 1.32

Scoping study: supporting northern Australia’s regional planning

Project 1.31

Research for Indigenous communities

Project 1.30

Citizen science to detect marine species’ range shifts

Project 1.29

Innovative marine monitoring for Indigenous managers

Project 1.28

Future-proofing the restoration and thermal physiology of giant kelp

Project 1.26

Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia

Project 1.25

Sawfish bycatch reporting in northern Australian fisheries

Project 1.24

Sawfish tracking using satellite tag technology

Project 1.23

Conservation of Spotted Handfish

Project 1.22

A photo-identification study of southern right whales to update aggregation area classification in south-western Australia

Project 1.21

Australia’s coastal shorebirds: trends and prospects

Project 1.20

Threatened and migratory species scoping study

Project 1.19

Research priorities for decommissioning offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Project 1.18

Managing microplastics in south-eastern Australian coastal waters: identifying knowledge gaps

Project 1.17

Research needs for a national approach to socio-economic values of the marine environment

Project 1.16

Research needs to assess and monitor nutrients, chemicals and antimicrobials in the marine environment

Project 1.15

Coastal wetland restoration for carbon accounting

Project 1.14

The effects of dugong and turtle grazing on seagrass meadows in Torres Strait

Project 1.13

Integrating four decades of seagrass data from Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria

Project 1.12

Mapping critical habitat in Yanyuwa Sea Country

Project 1.11

OzSET: integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset

Project 1.10

A national inventory of implemented nature-based solutions to mitigate coastal hazards

Project 1.9

Quantifying the ecosystem services of the Great Southern Reef

Project 1.8

Including sediment processes in restoration strategies for Australian seagrass ecosystems

Project 1.7

Towards a consolidated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring

Project 1.6

A roadmap for landscape-scale coastal and marine ecosystem restorations

Project 1.5

Scoping for an Australian Wetland Inventory: identifying knowledge gaps and solutions for mapping Australian marine and coastal wetlands

Project 1.4

Characterising natural values and identifying indicators and metrics in South-west Corner Marine Park

Project 1.3

Support for Parks Australia’s management effectiveness system for Australian Marine Parks

Project 1.2

National areas of interest for seabed mapping, characterisation and biodiversity assessment

Project 1.1

A research strategy for protected area management

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