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Interaction of coastal development with islands
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- About half of the islands are within protected areas; there is limited monitoring on the condition of most islands.
- Increasing coastal development is resulting in the loss of both coastal habitats that support the Great Barrier Reef and connectivity between habitats.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Population and urban growth in the GBR catchment
- Population centres in Queensland and Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population projections
- Development intensification and water quality pressures on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystems
- Queensland's coast: managing its future
- Population and recreational vessel registration growth
- Proposed development on Curtis Island
[1.77MB] - Sea level rise
- Marine and intertidal cultural heritage sites in the Great Barrier Reef
- Marine tourism impacts on the Great Barrier Reef
- Impacts of tourism and recreational use on the Great Barrier Reef
- Tourism impacts on seabirds
- Disturbance of shorebird roosting caused by development
Existing policies and management actions
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- GBRMPA Environmental Impact Management Policy
[900KB] - Cairns Area Plan of Management
- Hinchinbrook Plan of Management
- Shoalwater Bay (Dugong) Plan of Management
- Whitsundays Plan of Management
- Site specific management - Raine Island, Moulter Cay and MacLennan Cay
- Managing Commonwealth Islands
- Coastal ecosystem protection
- State Coastal Management Plan 2002
- GBRMPA involvement in coastal development planning and assessment
- Reef Guardian Councils
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
- Department of Infrastructure and Planning
- Regional coastal management plans
Future management requirements
- Draft Queensland Coastal Management Plan
- Biodiversity strategy
Defined research questions
- 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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