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| Title: | Technical information sheet 5: What is the Representative Areas Program? |
| Authors: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| metadata.dc.subject.asfa: | Protected areas Biodiversity Ecosystem management |
| APAIS Subject: | Environmental management Ecology |
| metadata.dc.subject.location: | Reef-wide |
| metadata.dc.subject.category: | Information Publication Scheme Zones, plans and maps |
| Year of publication: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Information Sheet |
| Abstract: | The objective of the Representative Areas Program is to help: • maintain biological diversity; • allow species to evolve and function undisturbed; • provide an ecological safety margin against human-induced disasters; • provide a solid ecological base from which threatened species or habitats can recover or repair themselves; and • maintain ecological processes and systems. |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11017/781 |
| Type of document: | Brochure |
| Appears in Collections: | Management |
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| Technical-information-sheet-5-What-is-the-representative-areas-program.pdf | 124.93 kB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
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