Outlook Online 2009

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Interaction of defence with islands

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Interaction of defence with islands

About half of the islands are within protected areas; there is limited monitoring on the condition of most islands.
Most of the routine defence training activities carried out in the Great Barrier Reef have negligible impacts. Individual high impact activities are carefully managed and confined to specific localised areas, and limited to a few weeks per year.

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There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.

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