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Great Barrier Reef - Publications and resources

October Budget 2022-23

The Government is investing a record $1.2 billion to protect and restore our iconic Great Barrier Reef.

For more information: 2022-23 October Budget fact sheets

 

Latest releases

  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25 - 2021

General

  • Australian Government Reef Achievements (2008 - 2013) - 2014
  • Australian Government response to the Environment and Communications References Committee report: Management of the Great Barrier Reef - 2016
  • Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
    • Outlook Report 2019
    • Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2014
  • Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement - 2009
  • Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum Communiques
  • North-East Shipping Management Plan - Australian Maritime Safety Authority, 2014
  • Science and the Great Barrier Reef 
  • More publications

Comprehensive strategic assessment

  • Comprehensive strategic assessment

Independent review reports

  • Great Barrier Reef Coastal Zone Strategic Assessment - Independent Review Report
  • Great Barrier Reef Region Strategic Assessment - Independent Review Report

Research reports

  • Historical context and causes of water quality decline in the Whitsunday region - 2019
  • Fact sheet - Research to support the Great Barrier Reef Strategic Assessment
  • Socio-economic
    • Economic contribution of the Great Barrier Reef
  • Understanding outstanding universal value
    • Defining the aesthetic values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
    • Geological and geomorphological features of Outstanding Universal Value in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
  • Informing management of coastal development
    • Improved dredge material management in the Great Barrier Reef Region
    • Ship anchorage management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
    • Environmental best practice port development: an analysis of international approaches
  • Cumulative impact management and integrated monitoring
    • Integrated monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
    • Integrated monitoring, modelling and management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area – demonstration case for the Mackay region
    • A framework for understanding cumulative impacts, supporting environmental decisions and informing resilience based management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Independent reviews

  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Governance Review
  • Gladstone Bund Wall Review

Reef 2050 Plan

  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25 - 2021
  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021–25 – Overview - 2021
  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan - 2018
  • Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan Indigenous Implementation Plan
  • Highlights of the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan - 2015
  • Reef 2050 Plan 2017 Annual Report - 2018
  • Reef 2050 Plan 2019 Annual report - 2020
  • Reef 2050 Plan Annual Report and Implementation Strategy - 2016
  • Reef 2050 Plan - Implementation Strategy - Edition 2, 2015
  • Reef 2050 Plan Investment Baseline - 2015
  • Reef 2050 Plan Review Options report - 2017

Fact sheets

The following sector-specific factsheets have been designed with input from stakeholders to assist as we work towards better outcomes for the Reef:

  • Community groups helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Farmers helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Tourism operators helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Local governments helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Ports Industry supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
  • Shipping sector supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
  • Building Reef Resilience and Action on Climate Change
  • Fisheries management on the Great Barrier Reef
  • Improving Reef water quality
  • Traditional Owner Reef protection

Reef 2050 Advisory Committee

  • Advice on Responding to Mass Coral Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef - 2017

Reef 2050 Independent Expert Panel

  • Advice on Responding to Mass Coral Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef - 2017
  • Advice on coral bleaching and climate change - 2016

Reef Trust

  • Grant Agreement Between the Reef Trust and Great Barrier Reef Foundation - 2018
  • Reef Trust - Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership Grant Guidelines - 2018
  • Great Barrier Reef - Partnerships for the future - 2018
  • Reef Trust Investment Phase V - 2017
  • Reef Trust Investment Strategy Phase III - 2015
  • Reef Trust Phase II Investments - 2015
  • The Biodiversity Consultancy report on the Determination of suitable financial contributions as offsets within the Reef Trust - 2015
  • Summary report: the cost-effectiveness protocol used to assist in the prioritisation of the second phase of Reef Trust investment - 2015

Fact sheets

  • Reef horizon fact sheet
  • Reef Trust Supporting Science and Evidence-Base - 2016

Reef Water Quality Protection Plan and Report Cards

  • Reef Water Quality Protection Plan - 2013
  • Reef Water Quality Protection Plan 2013 Prioritisation project report - 2014
  • Great Barrier Reef Report Cards

World heritage

  • Defining the aesthetic values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - February 2013
  • EPBC Act referral guidelines for the Outstanding Universal Value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - 2014
  • Geological and geomorphological features of Outstanding Universal Value in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - February 2013
  • Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area location/Boundary plan (PDF - 489 KB)
  • Independent review of the Institutional and Legal Mechanisms that provide Coordinated Planning, Protection and Management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - 2014
  • Interim report on current Great Barrier Reef development proposals
  • Managing the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
  • What Australia is doing to manage the Great Barrier Reef - June 2015
  • State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) - 2019
  • State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) - 2015
  • State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 2014
  • State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) 2013
  • State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) 2012
  • World Heritage Committee notification reports

World Heritage Committee documents

A list of documents concerning the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area is available on the UNESCO web site.

  • World Heritage Committee documents: Great Barrier Reef

More publications

  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protection: legislative changes - frequently asked questions - fact sheet - 2009
  • Maintaining a healthy and resilient Great Barrier Reef - 2009 - The Commonwealth and Queensland Governments - Interim Response to the Outlook Report
  • A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - October 2007
  • Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: Review Panel Report - 2006
  • Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - 2010
  • Safeguarding the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Fact sheet - 2009

Fact sheets

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  • About the Great Barrier Reef - DCCEEW
  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021–25 – Overview
  • Community groups helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Farmers helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Tourism operators helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Local governments helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
  • Ports Industry supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
  • Shipping sector supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
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