Regulatory

Many of the proposed interventions researched and developed by RRAP included activities that have not previously been considered within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

The RRAP Regulatory Subprogram was part of RRAP’s first R&D phase and aimed to help develop a robust and enabling regulatory environment for reef restoration and adaptation, and a world-leading regulatory and policy best-practice for reef adaption and restoration.

Scope

  • Identify short, medium and long-term priorities to improve Australia’s regulatory and policy capacity to address the R&D and deployment of reef interventions developed under RRAP.
  • Design guidelines and deliver training to meet the needs of regulators and RRAP researchers.
  • Review existing regulatory and policy approaches and tools with a focus on reef restoration and adaptation.
  • Develop options for approaches and tools that are forward-looking, flexible and risk-based.

Governance Principles for Novel Reef Interventions: a report from the Regulatory Subprogram, summarising recommendations for governance principles for novel reef restoration and adaptation intervention.

Projects

Regulatory and Policy Environment

This subprogram was delivered by a single project, which investigated and enhanced capacity of existing regulatory and policy frameworks for novel interventions on the Great Barrier Reef, in consideration of RRAP Research and Development and subsequent deployment of interventions.

Subprogram team: