Resources
Agreement to Partner
The Agreement to Partner with the Commonwealth and the Queensland governments is a significant milestone in our journey for recognition of our rights and interests in the Great Barrier Reef as articulated in the Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Implementation Plan.
Media Release
Read our media release about the Agreement to Partner with the Commonwealth and the Queensland governments.
Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Implementation Plan
Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Steering Group
The Plan builds on a strong history of Traditional Owners articulating their priorities for the Reef and provides an operational platform to strategically coordinate and advance the delivery of actions to achieve our aspirations. To get on with the job of doing. Of working together to help our Reef and People get healthy again.
Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Implementation Plan
Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Steering Group
The Plan builds on a strong history of Traditional Owners articulating their priorities for the Reef and provides an operational platform to strategically coordinate and advance the delivery of actions to achieve our aspirations. To get on with the job of doing. Of working together to help our Reef and People get healthy again.
Reef Trust Partnership - Summary Workshop Report
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
The purpose of the workshop was to seek Traditional Owner input on activities to be delivered under the Reef Trust Partnership.
The workshop was structured around activities designed to inform:
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• The development of the Partnership’s first annual work plan (2019-2020) and five-year forward plan (2019-2024), and
• A concept for a Reef-wide co-design framework to guide program delivery.
Strong Peoples Strong Country
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
This report presents the key elements of the Indigenous heritage monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Strong peoples – Strong country. This summary has been extracted from the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group report, which outlines a proposed design for monitoring of the Indigenous heritage theme under the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
Traditional Owner Communique on Targets and Indicators
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Communique is to keep you informed of the progress on the review of specific targets and indicators for Traditional Owners in the updated Reef 2050 Plan.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
Reef Trust Partnership - Summary Workshop Report
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
The purpose of the workshop was to seek Traditional Owner input on activities to be delivered under the Reef Trust Partnership.
The workshop was structured around activities designed to inform:
• The development of the Partnership’s first annual work plan (2019-2020) and five-year forward plan (2019-2024), and
• A concept for a Reef-wide co-design framework to guide program delivery.
The workshop was structured around activities designed to inform:
• The development of the Partnership’s first annual work plan (2019-2020) and five-year forward plan (2019-2024), and
• A concept for a Reef-wide co-design framework to guide program delivery.
Strong Peoples Strong Country
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
This report presents the key elements of the Indigenous heritage monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Strong peoples – Strong country. This summary has been extracted from the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group report, which outlines a proposed design for monitoring of the Indigenous heritage theme under the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
Traditional Owner Communique on Targets and Indicators
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Communique is to keep you informed of the progress on the review of specific targets and indicators for Traditional Owners in the updated Reef 2050 Plan.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
Reef Trust Partnership - Summary Workshop Report
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
The purpose of the workshop was to seek Traditional Owner input on activities to be delivered under the Reef Trust Partnership.
The workshop was structured around activities designed to inform:
• The development of the Partnership’s first annual work plan (2019-2020) and five-year forward plan (2019-2024), and
• A concept for a Reef-wide co-design framework to guide program delivery.
The workshop was structured around activities designed to inform:
• The development of the Partnership’s first annual work plan (2019-2020) and five-year forward plan (2019-2024), and
• A concept for a Reef-wide co-design framework to guide program delivery.
Strong Peoples Strong Country
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
This report presents the key elements of the Indigenous heritage monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Strong peoples – Strong country. This summary has been extracted from the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group report, which outlines a proposed design for monitoring of the Indigenous heritage theme under the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
The full report is, Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: Final report of the Indigenous Heritage Expert Group.
Traditional Owner Communique on Targets and Indicators
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Communique is to keep you informed of the progress on the review of specific targets and indicators for Traditional Owners in the updated Reef 2050 Plan.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
The work undertaken at the Traditional Owner’s Workshop in Townsville recently aligned the work and outcomes with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international obligations including and national and state legislation.
Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef: The Next Generation of Reef 2050 Actions
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Aspirations Project
This report is intended to support Traditional Owners to celebrate and document their achievements in securing a more “joined-up” approach to governance and management across the GBR. Based on the extensive engagement undertaken, it seeks to distil their core aspirations and plans regarding the governance and management of Sea Country.
It then explores what the Reef 2050 Plan committed to, reviews its implementation to date, and documents Traditional Owners’ discussions and statements about the best way forward.
It then explores what the Reef 2050 Plan committed to, reviews its implementation to date, and documents Traditional Owners’ discussions and statements about the best way forward.
Traditional Owner Theory of Change for the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Theory of Change is designed to support Traditional Owner work as part of the Reef 2050 Framework and the subsequent review of the Plan in 2020. It aims to do this by providing clarity for implementation and by capturing critical thinking around the outcomes that Traditional Owners want to see in the Reef. This Theory of Change builds on a strong history of Traditional Owners articulating their priorities for the GBR including the Sea Forum work (2004 and 2010), Sea Country Management Policy Framework (2014), National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Project 3.9 Indigenous capacity building and increased participation in sea country management (2016); Reef 2050 Indigenous Implementation Plan (2016) and more recent work under the Reef 2050 umbrella including the Traditional Owner Aspirations Project (2018) and RIMREP Strong Peoples Strong Country Framework (2018). A recent look at the themes emphasised in Traditional Owner planning is captured in Table 1. This workshop was part of a wider move towards co- design and an attempt to bring past work around Traditional Owner priorities to fruition.
Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program
Indigenous Heritage Expert Group
The Indigenous Heritage Expert Group (IHEG) was created to advise on the design of the Indigenous heritage theme of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) in a context where it has been recognised that the most striking gap in socio- economic monitoring was the absence of monitoring pertaining to Traditional Owner (TO) use, dependency and wellbeing. The IHEG reviewed a series of Traditional Owner-driven monitoring frameworks implemented throughout Australia. The review is summarised in this report.
Reef 2050 Mid-Term Review
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Project
Our initial analysis into the Reef 2050 Mid Term Review (MTR) (March 2018) advised that no Traditional Owner driven Actions were identified as able to be consolidated; easily simplified; or reworded without broad scale consultation with GBR Traditional Owners. It was also recognised that the current actions, while not comprehensive or highly implementable, do target key interests of Traditional Owners.
In response to the Consortium’s initial advice of March 2018, the Reef 2050 Joint Team advised that four Traditional Owner Actions will be marked as completed, with a further two Actions identified to be assigned as Principles.
In response to the Consortium’s initial advice of March 2018, the Reef 2050 Joint Team advised that four Traditional Owner Actions will be marked as completed, with a further two Actions identified to be assigned as Principles.
Reef 2050 Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owner Workshop Reef-wide Forum
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Aspirations project is led by Traditional Owners to better understand and reflect aspirations for the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef and provide this input to improve the Reef 2050 Plan.
Reef Trust Partnership Investment Strategy
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
The purpose of this document is to outline a high- level roadmap for the Partnership to deliver on each of the priority Components included in the Grant Agreement. The Investment Strategy includes core pillars around which all Components will revolve; key challenges and opportunities; and major themes to inform the next layer of work.
Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef: The Next Generation of Reef 2050 Actions
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Aspirations Project
This report is intended to support Traditional Owners to celebrate and document their achievements in securing a more “joined-up” approach to governance and management across the GBR. Based on the extensive engagement undertaken, it seeks to distil their core aspirations and plans regarding the governance and management of Sea Country.
It then explores what the Reef 2050 Plan committed to, reviews its implementation to date, and documents Traditional Owners’ discussions and statements about the best way forward.
It then explores what the Reef 2050 Plan committed to, reviews its implementation to date, and documents Traditional Owners’ discussions and statements about the best way forward.
Traditional Owner Theory of Change for the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Theory of Change is designed to support Traditional Owner work as part of the Reef 2050 Framework and the subsequent review of the Plan in 2020. It aims to do this by providing clarity for implementation and by capturing critical thinking around the outcomes that Traditional Owners want to see in the Reef. This Theory of Change builds on a strong history of Traditional Owners articulating their priorities for the GBR including the Sea Forum work (2004 and 2010), Sea Country Management Policy Framework (2014), National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Project 3.9 Indigenous capacity building and increased participation in sea country management (2016); Reef 2050 Indigenous Implementation Plan (2016) and more recent work under the Reef 2050 umbrella including the Traditional Owner Aspirations Project (2018) and RIMREP Strong Peoples Strong Country Framework (2018). A recent look at the themes emphasised in Traditional Owner planning is captured in Table 1. This workshop was part of a wider move towards co- design and an attempt to bring past work around Traditional Owner priorities to fruition.
Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program
Indigenous Heritage Expert Group
The Indigenous Heritage Expert Group (IHEG) was created to advise on the design of the Indigenous heritage theme of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) in a context where it has been recognised that the most striking gap in socio- economic monitoring was the absence of monitoring pertaining to Traditional Owner (TO) use, dependency and wellbeing. The IHEG reviewed a series of Traditional Owner-driven monitoring frameworks implemented throughout Australia. The review is summarised in this report.
Reef 2050 Mid-Term Review
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Project
Our initial analysis into the Reef 2050 Mid Term Review (MTR) (March 2018) advised that no Traditional Owner driven Actions were identified as able to be consolidated; easily simplified; or reworded without broad scale consultation with GBR Traditional Owners. It was also recognised that the current actions, while not comprehensive or highly implementable, do target key interests of Traditional Owners.
In response to the Consortium’s initial advice of March 2018, the Reef 2050 Joint Team advised that four Traditional Owner Actions will be marked as completed, with a further two Actions identified to be assigned as Principles.
In response to the Consortium’s initial advice of March 2018, the Reef 2050 Joint Team advised that four Traditional Owner Actions will be marked as completed, with a further two Actions identified to be assigned as Principles.
Reef 2050 Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owner Workshop Reef-wide Forum
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
The Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Aspirations project is led by Traditional Owners to better understand and reflect aspirations for the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef and provide this input to improve the Reef 2050 Plan.
Reef Trust Partnership Investment Strategy
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
The purpose of this document is to outline a high- level roadmap for the Partnership to deliver on each of the priority Components included in the Grant Agreement. The Investment Strategy includes core pillars around which all Components will revolve; key challenges and opportunities; and major themes to inform the next layer of work.
Reef Blueprint - Great Barrier Reef Blueprint for Resilience
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
This blueprint signals a change in the future management of the Great Barrier Reef.
Like all reefs globally, accumulated pressures, in particular those related to climate change, are impacting the Reef’s resilience and we are witnessing dramatic system-wide declines in its condition.
These changes, combined with future climate projections, compel us to refocus our management efforts and adopt new approaches to secure the future of this irreplaceable icon.
Like all reefs globally, accumulated pressures, in particular those related to climate change, are impacting the Reef’s resilience and we are witnessing dramatic system-wide declines in its condition.
These changes, combined with future climate projections, compel us to refocus our management efforts and adopt new approaches to secure the future of this irreplaceable icon.
Traditional Owner Theory of Change for the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners
This Theory of Change is designed to support Traditional Owner work as part of the Reef 2050 Framework and the subsequent review of the Plan in 2020. It aims to do this by providing clarity for implementation and by capturing critical thinking around the outcomes that Traditional Owners want to see in the Reef. This Theory of Change builds on a strong history of Traditional Owners articulating their priorities for the GBR including the Sea Forum work (2004 and 2010), Sea Country Management Policy Framework (2014), National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Project 3.9 Indigenous capacity building and increased participation in sea country management (2016); Reef 2050 Indigenous Implementation Plan (2016) and more recent work under the Reef 2050 umbrella including the Traditional Owner Aspirations Project (2018) and RIMREP Strong Peoples Strong Country Framework (2018). A recent look at the themes emphasised in Traditional Owner planning is captured in Table 1. This workshop was part of a wider move towards co- design and an attempt to bring past work around Traditional Owner priorities to fruition.
Monitoring Indigenous Heritage within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program
Indigenous Heritage Expert Group
The Indigenous Heritage Expert Group (IHEG) was created to advise on the design of the Indigenous heritage theme of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) in a context where it has been recognised that the most striking gap in socio- economic monitoring was the absence of monitoring pertaining to Traditional Owner (TO) use, dependency and wellbeing. The IHEG reviewed a series of Traditional Owner-driven monitoring frameworks implemented throughout Australia. The review is summarised in this report.
Reef Blueprint - Great Barrier Reef Blueprint for Resilience
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
This blueprint signals a change in the future management of the Great Barrier Reef.
Like all reefs globally, accumulated pressures, in particular those related to climate change, are impacting the Reef’s resilience and we are witnessing dramatic system-wide declines in its condition.
These changes, combined with future climate projections, compel us to refocus our management efforts and adopt new approaches to secure the future of this irreplaceable icon.
Like all reefs globally, accumulated pressures, in particular those related to climate change, are impacting the Reef’s resilience and we are witnessing dramatic system-wide declines in its condition.
These changes, combined with future climate projections, compel us to refocus our management efforts and adopt new approaches to secure the future of this irreplaceable icon.
Traditional Owners and Sea Country in the Southern Great Barrier Reef – Which Way Forward?
Allan Dale, Melissa George, Rosemary Hill and Duane Fraser
This project aims to detail a coordinated Indigenous framework and show how indigenous participation in sea country management can be increased to address these gaps. The project has facilitated consultations with Traditional Owners and their key partners to analyse, further develop and support the parallel development and subsequent implementation of a sector specific (Indigenous) implementation plan under Reef 2050 (Department of the Environment, 2015). An earlier draft of this paper was used to stimulate a conversation among Traditional Owners about the key issues and needs that should inform such an implementation plan.
Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan - Indigenous Implementation Plan
The Reef 2050 Plan sets out the way in which the Australian and Queensland governments will manage, protect and improve the condition of the Great Barrier Reeffor current and future generations. A collaborative effort with Traditional Owners, local government, industry and the community is crucial for the Plan's successful delivery and to ensure that the best available knowledge and expertise underpins decision making. This is part of a long term processto make improvements to the health of the Reef and will be a very challenging and difficult task.
Traditional Owners and Sea Country in the Southern Great Barrier Reef – Which Way Forward?
Allan Dale, Melissa George, Rosemary Hill and Duane Fraser
This project aims to detail a coordinated Indigenous framework and show how indigenous participation in sea country management can be increased to address these gaps. The project has facilitated consultations with Traditional Owners and their key partners to analyse, further develop and support the parallel development and subsequent implementation of a sector specific (Indigenous) implementation plan under Reef 2050 (Department of the Environment, 2015). An earlier draft of this paper was used to stimulate a conversation among Traditional Owners about the key issues and needs that should inform such an implementation plan.
Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan - Indigenous Implementation Plan
The Reef 2050 Plan sets out the way in which the Australian and Queensland governments will manage, protect and improve the condition of the Great Barrier Reeffor current and future generations. A collaborative effort with Traditional Owners, local government, industry and the community is crucial for the Plan's successful delivery and to ensure that the best available knowledge and expertise underpins decision making. This is part of a long term processto make improvements to the health of the Reef and will be a very challenging and difficult task.
Long Term Sustainability Plan Indigenous Targets Project Report
Indigenous Sea Country Police Group and the Cape York Turtle and Dugong Taskforce Steering Committee
This report captures the key outcomes of the project established to develop LTSP Indigenous targets. The project capitalised on the work done by TOs, over a significant time period, in sea country planning and management. As such, the project has a responsibility to those people to ensure that they are informed about the way in which the product of the effort has been utilised. Furthermore, the should also have easy access to that information, provided in a format that is unambiguous in its documentation of the project, the processes and approaches used in its management, and the deliverables produced. This is the primary purpose of this report.
Long Term Sustainability Plan Indigenous Targets Project Report
Indigenous Sea Country Police Group and the Cape York Turtle and Dugong Taskforce Steering Committee
This report captures the key outcomes of the project established to develop LTSP Indigenous targets. The project capitalised on the work done by TOs, over a significant time period, in sea country planning and management. As such, the project has a responsibility to those people to ensure that they are informed about the way in which the product of the effort has been utilised. Furthermore, the should also have easy access to that information, provided in a format that is unambiguous in its documentation of the project, the processes and approaches used in its management, and the deliverables produced. This is the primary purpose of this report.