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Coral Bleaching Response Plan 2010-2011
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Title: | Coral Bleaching Response Plan 2010-2011 |
Authors: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
Keywords: | Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)-Climate |
ASFA Subjects: | Climatic changes Coral reefs Bleaching Ecosystem resilience |
APAIS Subject: | Environmental management Environmental impact |
Category: | Information Publication Scheme Animals Commercial fisheries Tourism Zones, plans and maps Climate change Incidents Reef managers |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
Series/Report no.: | Policy under s7(4) of the GBRMP Act 1975 |
Abstract: | Climate change poses a multitude of threats to reefs but the increased frequency and severity of coral bleaching events is among the most pressing (Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2007). To meet the challenge of responding to coral bleaching events, the Climate Change Group at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) developed a Coral Bleaching Response Plan (the Response Plan) in 2002, as part of a response to the bleaching event that occurred in the late summer (February and March) of that year. Since then, the Climate Change Group has coordinated implementation of the Response Plan each summer – December to March – and has reviewed and refined it annually. The Plan outlines a strategic approach for monitoring bleaching risk and responding to coral bleaching events when they occur, and has four components. Within this document, the objectives of each of the four primary components are outlined and described in detail: |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/196 |
Type of document: | Policy |
Appears in Collections: | Community |
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