Seabirds and shorebirds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in a changing climate a workshop report

Abstract

This workshop was convened to discuss the current status of coastal birds in the World Heritage Area and their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. In particular, the aim was to determine the possibilities for analysis of the Coastal Bird Atlas database and other related datasets and to establish key data analysis questions to forecast estimated impacts of climate change on seabird and shorebird species and habitat areas.