Sustainable Use & Management
This research looks to the future and aims to find a balance between usage of the ecosystems by commercial activities, which can result in impacts, and conservation, which is aimed at maintaining and improving biodiversity and overall environmental health.
Environmental managers must consider the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ (also known as “People, Planet, Profit”), which integrates the needs of the social structure or community (the ‘People’), the environmental sustainability (the ‘Planet’) and the local commercial benefits (the ‘Profit’). The goal is to develop a way to maintain the delicate balance between social, economy & environment elements.
Research work is concentrating on 2 main areas of focus:
Program 8 – Great Barrier Reef
Program 9 – Rainforests & Catchments
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Main areas of research
Sustainable Use and Management of Natural Resources, includes two main projects:
| Project No. |
Project Name |
Main Objectives |
Research Providers |
| Project 8 |
Program 8 - Sustainable Use and Management of Marine Resources of the Great Barrier Reef |
To provide strategic research directions for the sustainable use and management of the biodiversity and natural resources of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) with respect to ecological, social and economic sustainability. |
AIMS
CSIRO
JCU |
| Project 9 |
Program 9 - Sustainable Use, Planning and Management of Tropical Rainforested Landscapes |
To provide baseline knowledge to assist the development of effective management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area while supporting sustainable economic activities (notably agriculture, agroforestry, tourism and Indigenous enterprises) and enhancing biodiversity and maintaining essential ecosystem services |
GU
JCU
UQ |
Acronyms: AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science), ANU (Australian National University), CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation), DPI&F (Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries), GU (Griffith University), JCU (James Cook University), UNSW @ ADFA (University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy), UQ (University of Queensland)