Lost Floodplain Wetland Environments and Efforts to Restore Connectivity, Habitat, and Water Quality Settings on the Great Barrier Reef
fmars-06-00071 February 25, 2019 Time: 15:47 # 1 POLICY AND PRACTICE REVIEWS published: 26 February 2019 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00071 Lost Floodplain Wetland Environments and Efforts to Restore Connectivity, Habitat, and Water Quality Settings on the Great Barrier Reef Nathan J. Waltham1,2*, Damien Burrows1, Carla Wegscheidl3, Christina Buelow1,2, Mike Ronan4, Niall Connolly3, Paul Groves5, Donna Marie-Audas5, Colin Creighton1 and Marcus Sheaves1,2 1 Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 2 Science for Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Management, School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 3 Rural Economic Development, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 4 Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Government, Townsville, QLD, Australia Edited by: Mario Barletta, Departamento de Oceanografia da Managers are moving toward implementing large-scale coastal ecosystem restoration Universidade Federal de Pernambuco projects, however, many fail to achieve desired outcomes. Among the key reasons for (UFPE), Brazil this is the lack of integration with a whole-of-catchment approach, the scale of the Reviewed by: A. Rita Carrasco, project (temporal, spatial), the requirement for on-going costs for maintenance, the Universidade do Algarve, Portugal lack of clear objectives, a focus on threats rather than services/values, funding cycles, Jacob L. Johansen, New York University Abu Dhabi, engagement or change in stakeholders, and prioritization of project sites. Here we United Arab Emirates critically assess the outcomes of activities in three coastal wetland complexes positioned *Correspondence: along the catchments of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon, Australia, that have Nathan J.
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