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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study "A roadmap for coordinated landscape-scale coastal and marine ecosystem restoration". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. This project aims to develop a roadmap to guide research and investment into landscape-scale coastal and marine restoration. The project brings together interdisciplinary expertise in coastal engineering, decision theory, marine ecology, modelling and ecosystem services to examine decision support needs and opportunities to restore coastal marine ecosystems at scale. The research will focus on the ecosystem services of coastal protection and climate resilience with the recognition that this Nature-based Solution (NbS) approach provides co-benefits such as biodiversity, fisheries production, carbon sequestration, and nutrient cycling. The research will be accomplished through surveys and workshops/meetings with input from key end user groups in industry, NGO, Indigenous and Governmental organisations Planned Outputs • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of an NESP Marine and Coastal Hub research project. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. This project will map the reefs of the northern Australian seascape, from central Western Australia, through to western Cape York in Queensland. Reefs are hotspots of conservation as they provide habitat for numerous marine species but are poorly mapped for much of northern Australia. This project will deliver datasets of reef boundaries, satellite imagery optimised for the marine environment, and geomorphic and benthic habitat maps for shallow clear reefs based on improvements to the Allen Coral Atlas. These products are targeted at assisting in the planning and evaluation of coastal development in northern Australia, helping to ensure that sensitive high value habitats are identified and considered in development proposals. This project will use satellite imaging techniques to map this region based on methods consistent with existing reef mapping of the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, and the Coral Sea. Planned Outputs • Marine optimised satellite imagery for northern Australian seascape dataset (AIMS) [spatial dataset] • Reef boundary mapping for northern Australia seascape dataset (AIMS) [spatial dataset] • Improved shallow water habitat dataset (UQ) [spatial dataset] • Updated Benthic and Geomorphic Reference Data for Global Coral Reef Mapping (Western Australia, Timor Sea and Arafura Sea regions) dataset (UQ) [spatial dataset] • Technical report on Standard Operating Procedures for mapping reef boundaries (AIMS, UQ) • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - Project 3.2 - Developing a National Indigenous Environmental Research Network – Marine and Coastal research case studies. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. The proposed National Indigenous Environmental Research Network (NIERN) is an Indigenous-led strategic initiative to establish a community of practice that supports current environmental research needs and priorities, enhance future research agendas, mobilise investment opportunities, bolster the impact and durability of research outcomes and empower Indigenous Australians to participate in the national environmental scientific research agenda. This project will experiment with conceptual models for establishing a working NIERN to provide evidence that will guide Indigenous organisations, policy makers and researchers that aim to support Indigenous leadership and participation in environmental research. The NESP 2020 review reported that “Indigenous peoples seek earlier involvement in land and sea country research. This means being formally included in the project design, development and delivery.” The project team will work with Indigenous organisations, government agencies and researchers across Australia to provide a national perspective of current processes used to establish new research priorities and projects and use case studies to explore how Indigenous led approaches could augment these projects through Indigenous participation at all project stages. Planned Outputs • Mapping dataset [spatial dataset] • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "Scoping Study: New Approaches to Marine Monitoring". Australia’s has the third largest marine estate of any country in the world. Much of our marine and coastal resources are in offshore or sparsely populated areas meaning that our ability to monitor and assess our environmental resources and values is particularly challenging. To maximise our understanding of our marine and coastal environment, we need to take advantage of emerging technologies and approaches. This includes citizen science, community monitoring and Indigenous Rangers. In particular, it is expected that these groups will utilise the same technologies as mainstream science, thus these emerging technologies can bridge the gaps between science and community science to operate in unity. This project provides a series of workshops and engagement processes to best explore how to most effectively deploy technologies and community science programs to achieve maximum benefit and synergy in environmental monitoring. Planned Outputs • Final report with analysis and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - Defining a pathway for the operational use of emerging technologies on country. Marine and coastal impacts in northern Australia occur overwhelmingly on Indigenous managed land. However, the collection, analysis and use of data to support adaptive management of the threats to these important ecosystems is dominated by external organisations. Existing monitoring solutions rely on trust in the training and expertise of the people collecting the data. The appropriate use of technology and associated training for Indigenous practitioners, coupled with software and hardware development, offers an alternative for Indigenous organisations and funders to deliver environmental, social and cultural impacts in northern Australia. NAILSMA and its partners have been engaged in activities that seek to develop ethical and inclusive technology solutions that enable Indigenous organisations new opportunities to maximize the participation and leadership in activities that support the management of threats to ecosystems across northern Australia. Planned Outputs • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "A pilot study into the movement and dispersal of sawfishes". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. The aim of this project is to test the utility of satellite telemetry to elucidate the movement and dispersal in large sub-adult and adult sawfishes, which are a poorly understood life-history phase of this globally and nationally endangered group. In 2021, research and monitoring surveys carried out by DPIRD (Fisheries WA) will provide a unique opportunity to access larger size classes of sawfishes in northern Western Australia. This project seeks to use this opportunity to generate a preliminary dataset on the suitability of satellite telemetry approaches that will guide future research on this taxon to inform the recovery plan. Planned Outputs • Raw survey dataset • Animal tag gps tracking data • Tissue Sample • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Project 3.5 – Supporting regional planning in northern Australia: Building knowledge, skills and partnerships for understanding seagrass distribution. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. Northern Australia has vast development opportunities but limited knowledge of the environment to inform decision making. This region has globally significant seagrass habitat, supporting dugong, green turtle, and commercially important fish and prawns. Key to managing impacts to species in these habitats is reliable data on seagrass distribution and how this changes over time. Achieving this requires large-scale mapping and a ranger-led monitoring network in remote communities. This project will map seagrass habitats across northern Australia through targeted mapping expeditions in data deficient regions. It will strengthen relationships with coastal communities, build-on existing knowledges and skills, co-design training resources with rangers to undertake monitoring, trial new technologies for monitoring, and synthesise historical and new seagrass data into an open access resource. Planned Outputs • Spatial GIS datasets [seagrass surveys] • Synthesised historical compilation [spatial dataset] • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "National Assessment of Climate-Driven Species Redistribution using Citizen Science Data ". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. This project will develop a report card assessing Australian marine species to determine species that have undergone recent changes in distribution, either shifting into each state, or into new areas within states. This report card will draw upon citizen science databases (Redmap, iNaturalist, Reef Life Survey) and use a robust decision tree analysis to outline which species are shifting, and with what degree of certainty. Project objectives are to 1. draw upon citizen scientists to identify climate-driven changes within the Australian marine estate; and 2. communicate to and engage with the public on issues of climate change and biodiversity using their own citizen science information. The report card can be used to drive public interest in the NESP MAC Hub and in the status of biodiversity in Australia. Outputs • Summary data indicating the list of species that have undergone a range shift. This will record the old southern range, an updated old range based on new compiled historic data and the new range. [Spreadsheet dataset] • Species Assessment report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "Protected Places Mission Scoping Study". This project engaged relevant stakeholders, researchers and research providers, including relevant sections in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW, previously DAWE) sections to co-design a research plan for the Mission over the 7-year duration of the NESP Hub. The workshops and engagement process developed the Mission focus areas, vision, activities, indicators, and outcomes from the Mission, and identified Mission specific research needs for the near term. Over 35 conversations with 65 people resulted in over 200 ideas. Outputs include a set of priority co-designed project proposals for submission in the subsequent annual research plans of all four Hubs and an overall Strategic Plan for this Mission. Planned Outputs • A detailed research plan on protected place management that identifies the short-term research needs that need to be prioritised and the long term goals that will be met over the 6 years of NESP funding. [written]

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    This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Project 3.18 – Robust citizen science for reef habitat assessment in support of management. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. By mobilising tourism vessels and thousands of citizens, the Great Reef Census (GRC) has demonstrated that citizen-based infrastructure can undertake reconnaissance of hundreds of reefs and garner private donor support. While these data are already used by managers, there remain core scientific questions regarding the acquisition, quality, and optimisation of such data for reef management. Here, we create a robust approach to citizen science that can be scaled up to reefs generally. Specifically, our project will (1) maximise the quality of data on key habitats by combining machine and human learning (in partnership with Dell Technologies) while conducting a rigorous testing of data quality, (2), operationalise a field deployment strategy that maximises the value of citizen data for management and mapping and (3) provides annual maps of reef state and ecological importance that feeds into decision-making by marine managers. It specifically responds to MAC Hub priority research areas 2023 (citizen science and/or new technologies in assessing condition and status of marine habitats and species). Planned Outputs • Maps of reef habitat type, reef state, ecological importance of reefs [spatial dataset] • GRC data on reef images and reef state [tabular dataset] • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]