Water Policy Impact Assessment – Combining Modelling Techniques in the Great Barrier Reef Region
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The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan) defined a landmark for policy in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region. It identifies actions, mechanisms and partnerships, and builds on existing Government policies, industry and community initiatives for the purpose of “halting and reversing the decline in water quality entering the Reef within 10 years” through, “reducing the load of pollutants from diffuse sources in the water entering the Reef.“ A range of different indicators proposed for the nine strategies of the Plan define policy goals that require an integrated assessment of the Great Barrier Reef region.
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