Research into technology adoption by coastal managers

Research priorities and water quality programs stress the need for information and systematic monitoring methods to support policy and management strategies in improving capability of detect coral bleaching conditions and minimising the continuous decline in GBR water quality. Collecting real-time data at appropriate temporal and spatial scales is critical to understanding complex marine processes. However, scientific data provided by new technologies often does not fit the needs or interest of managers and decision makers or they are not presented in a way that can be used in a management framework.

The emerging generation of 'smart' sensors opens up a range of opportunities for automated intelligent monitoring of marine and coastal systems by providing management critical information in real time. The challenge is to be able to collect the right data at appropriate spatial and temporal scales in a cost and time effective manner and deliver it in a format that can be used by management.  

Workshop at AIMS 5th December

CoastalZone Network

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