• Technical information sheets
• Maps and datasets
• Representative Areas Program Updates (May 2000 - November 2003)
  

Statutory documents

• Great Barrier Reef Zoning Plan 2003
  

History and backgrounds publications

During the rezoning process interpretative and explanatory material was provided to help the community understand the process. They are available here to provide an historical perspective:

• Bioregions and other maps of information about the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 
• Technical information Sheets
  
• Representative Areas Program Updates (May 2000 - November 2003)
• Submission brochure used in the first formal Community Participation phase
• Regulatory Impact Statement [PDF 340KB]
• Draft Zoning Plan - released June 2003
• Report on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003 (Report, 2005)  [PDF 3.3MB]

Papers describing the Representative Areas Program process, lessons learned and/or outcomes

• Classifying the Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area [PDF 962.7KB]
  
• A Reef-wide framework for managing traditional use of marine resources in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [PDF 368KB]
• Marine turtle and dugong habitats in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park used to implement biophysical operational principles for the Representative Areas Program [PDF 779KB]
• Establishing Representative No-Take Areas in the Great Barrier Reef: Large-Scale Implementation of Theory on Marine Protected Areas
• Incorporating dugong habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
• The Representative Areas Program for protecting biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Paper, 2000) [PDF 476KB]
• An ecosystem level approach to biodiversity protection planning (Paper, 2003) [PDF 379KB]
• Barriers to communication - how these critical aspects were addressed during the public participation for the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Paper, 2005) [PDF 305KB]
• Use of spatial analysis and GIS techniques to rezone the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Paper, 2003) [PDF 278KB]
• Bringing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning into the 21st century: an overview of the Representative Areas Program (Paper, 2004) [PDF 223KB]
• Managing, analysing and presenting public submissions to achieve Marine Park planning outcomes: an example from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Paper, 2005) [PDF 826KB]
• Planning for the future of the Great Barrier Reef (Article, 2005) [PDF 1523KB]
  
• Representative Areas Program: protecting the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef (Brochure, 2005) [PDF 515KB]
  

Socio-economic evaluations

The primary aim of Representative Areas Program was to increase the protection of biodiversity, but a further aim was to minimise impacts on the existing users of the Marine Park, including commercial and recreational fishers.  Three detailed reports and a summary report were prepared and presented to Parliament:

• An economic and social evaluation of implementing the Representative Areas Program by rezoning the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Independent Report, PDP Australia P/L, 2003)  [PDF]
• Assessment of tourism activity on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Report, Bureau of Tourism, 2003)  [PDF]
• The Implementing the  Representative Areas program in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park : assessment of potential social impacts on commercial fishing and associated communities / Bureau of Rural Sciences (Report Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2003) [PDF]
  
• Summary report of the social and economic impacts of the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Report, 2003) [PDF].