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Developing the Reef 2050 Plan

The Reef 2050 Plan was developed with input from scientists, communities, Traditional Owners, industry and non-government organisations. Public comment was then invited on the draft plan for six weeks until October 27, 2014.

During the consultation period the objectives, targets and actions which underpin the plan were also considered by experts in the relevant fields. The outcomes of the consultation process informed revision of the plan with the Partnership Group. The plan was considered by the Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum in late 2014.

The plan was submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in March 2015, for consideration at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee June/July 2015.

  • Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan - public consultation

Comprehensive Strategic Assessment

The plan builds on the three-year comprehensive strategic assessment that examined the status and trends of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area’s environmental values including its Outstanding Universal Value - the values for which the property was World Heritage listed in 1981.

  • More about the Great Barrier Reef’s Outstanding Universal Value

The strategic assessment reviewed how those values are protected and how this protection could be strengthened, while considering sustainable development and multiple use of the Great Barrier Reef.

  • More about the Great Barrier Reef Comprehensive Strategic Assessment

Independent review of institutional and legal mechanisms

The Australian Government engaged a consultant to undertake an independent review of the institutional and legal mechanisms that provide coordinated planning, protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The review was commissioned in response to Recommendation 11 of the World Heritage Committee’s report on a reactive monitoring mission to the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Independent review of the Institutional and Legal Mechanisms that provide Coordinated Planning, Protection and Management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
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