Cumulative impact management policy

Abstract

Cumulative impacts are defined as the interaction of effects between one or more impacts and past, present and reasonably foreseeable future pressures. Cumulative impact assessment takes into account direct, indirect and consequential impacts and the incremental and compounding effects of these impacts over time, including past, present and reasonably foreseeable future pressures. This policy provides a framework to mitigate or reduce cumulative impacts on Great Barrier Reef values.