WAMSI Research Node 3

Managing and Conserving the Marine State:  Best practice management & underpinning science

Western Australia has an outstanding and in many parts unique marine natural heritage. Conserving Western Australia’s biodiversity and unique natural marine heritage in the face of mounting multiple-use pressures requires a sound scientific underpinning.

This area of WAMSI research focuses on an improved scientific knowledge base to support the development and implementation of environment and conservation policies, and to support decision-making for marine environmental protection, conservation and ecotourism as well as decisions on tourist and industrial developments. The geographic focus will be predominately on the Ningaloo Reef System.

A particular early focus for Node 3 isto support biodiversity conservation and research relevant to managing WA’s system of marine reserves, especially in the Ningaloo Reef region.

PowerPoint Presentation [681 KB]

Ningaloo Symposium Invitation July 2007

Management Plan for the Ningaloo Marine Park and Muiron Islands Marine Management Area Part A

Management Plan for the Ningaloo Marine Park and Muiron Islands Marine Management Area Part B

Managing and conserving the marine state 

Key Participants

• Department of Environment and Conservation
• Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
• CSIRO
• Curtin University of Technology
• Edith Cowan University
• Murdoch University
• University of Western Australia
• Western Australian Museum
• BHP Billiton Limited

Node Leader

Dr Chris J Simpson
Program Leader, Marine Science Program
Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC)
Email: Chris.Simpson@dec.wa.gov.au