List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

3.35

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments ensure adequate stakeholder engagement and education processes are integrated into future Water Quality Scientific Consensus Statement processes.

Recommendation 2

3.38

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments improve consultation, information, accessibility and transparency of data used to inform the findings of the Paddock to the Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program.

Recommendation 3

3.82

The committee recommends the Australian Government continue to uphold its responsibilities under the precautionary principle in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.

Recommendation 4

5.73

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments ensure future Reef report cards adequately incorporate and recognise the adoption of best practice across the sugarcane sector.

Recommendation 5

5.76

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments conduct a strategic review of the communication strategy used to inform stakeholders about Great Barrier Reef policies and science.

Recommendation 6

5.78

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments' commission additional research into the impact of the horticulture and banana industries (including small-scale agro-ecological farmers) on water quality in the Great Barrier Reef catchment regions.

Recommendation 7

7.46

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments, in partnership with Reef science research bodies, agricultural representatives, natural resource management bodies and other stakeholders, establish a Great Barrier Reef water quality forum.

Recommendation 8

7.48

The committee recommends the Australian and Queensland governments explore future opportunities to establish water quality research projects that incorporate citizen science principles throughout the Great Barrier Reef's catchment regions.

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