Resources

Helene Marsh (JCU); Developing Indigenous management outcomes from dugong research in Torres Strait; Wednesday 8th May 2013.

 

Helene Marsh (JCU); Dugongs and turtles in Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef: The big picture; Wednesday 5th November.

 

Mark Hamann, Mariana Fuentes (JCU), Helene Marsh (JCU); Tracking turtle and dugong. Wednesday 5th November.

 

Johnson, J.E., Marsh, H., Hamann, M., Duke, N., Burrows, D., Bainbridge, S., Sweatman, H., Brodie, J., Bohensky, E., Butler, J., Laurance, S. (2015) Tropical Research in Australia’s Torres Strait region.

 

Having locals identify environmental research needs for their own community is a key step to ensuring that research is relevant, appropriate and desirable for communities. Communities of the Torres Strait are no exception to this and three island communities in particular are the focus of a research project funded by the Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) Transition Program. This factsheet summarises the results of a study on environmental research needs in a number of Torres Strait communities, which also involved staff of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) Land and Sea Management Unit (LSMU). The core aim of this project was to attempt to ensure that knowledge generated from future applied research arrangements is appropriate and useful for end-users throughout the Torres Strait. These end-users for future research include government agencies such as the TSRA, leaders and representatives (such as island councillors, island managers and Prescribed Body Corporate members), elders, and locals living in the communities where research is being conducted.

Herald Sun

19 July 2013


A CONSERVATIONIST has called for an end to all indigenous hunting of dugongs until the species recovers as numbers dwindle dramatically.

There are fears that the marine mammal population is in freefall as flood damage to their habitat has push them to the brink. Read more
 

 

 

An update brochure of what's going on with the NERP Tropical Ecosystems Hub Torres Strait projects.

 

A snapshot of the research progress within the Torres Strait node for January to June 2013.

 

A snapshot of the research progress within the Torres Strait node for July to December 2013.

 

Pages

 

Current search

Search found 4 items