(CAR) Network of Marine Protected Areas for Australia’S Commonwealth Waters

(CAR) Network of Marine Protected Areas for Australia’S Commonwealth Waters

Designing A Comprehensive, Adequate And Representative (CAR) Network Of Marine Protected Areas For Australia’s Commonwealth Waters Progress Report - February 2009 Daniel Beaver and Ghislaine Llewellyn, 2009 ©WWF-Australia. All rights reserved. Authors: Daniel Beaver – [email protected] and Ghislaine Llewellyn - [email protected] WWF-Australia Head Office Level 13, 235 Jones St Ultimo NSW 2007 Tel: +612 9281 5515 Fax: +612 9281 1060 www.wwf.org.au Published February 2009 by WWF-Australia. Any reproduction in full or part of this publication must mention the title and credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyright owner. First published in 2009. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of WWF. Printed on FSC-certified paper. Cover Image: Firefish stencil by Tom Sevil of Breakdown Press www.breakdownpress.org For copies of this report please contact WWF-Australia at [email protected] or call 1800 032 551 World Wide Fund for Nature ABN: 57 001 594 074 Page 1/63 Designing A Comprehensive, Adequate And Representative (CAR) Network Of Marine Protected Areas For Australia’s Commonwealth Waters Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................4 Biophysical operating principles ................................................................................................................6 Key ecological datasets.............................................................................................................................6 Marxan ......................................................................................................................................................6 Performance analysis................................................................................................................................6 Submissions ..............................................................................................................................................6 Biophysical operating principles...........................................................................................................................7 Review of Commonwealth government policy..................................................................................................7 A bioregional framework...................................................................................................................................8 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ..............................................9 Comprehensiveness.......................................................................................................................................11 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ............................................11 Adequacy........................................................................................................................................................12 Level of reservation .................................................................................................................................12 Reserve size............................................................................................................................................12 Reserve configuration .............................................................................................................................13 Network configuration..............................................................................................................................14 Replication...............................................................................................................................................14 Network size............................................................................................................................................14 Ecological processes...............................................................................................................................14 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ............................................15 Representativeness........................................................................................................................................16 Approximating heterogeneity using physical variables............................................................................17 Reserve size............................................................................................................................................17 Proportionality .........................................................................................................................................17 Atypical areas..........................................................................................................................................17 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ............................................18 Highly Protected Areas...................................................................................................................................19 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ............................................20 Precautionary principle ...................................................................................................................................20 Recommendations for the WWF systematic conservation planning process: ............................................21 Draft 1 - proposed biophysical operating principles for WWF’s systematic conservation planning process ..22 Developing GIS datasets for marine ecosystems across the Australian EEZ....................................................25 Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................................25 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................25 Methods..........................................................................................................................................................27 Hierarchical frameworks .............................................................................................................................27 Benthic marine domain ...............................................................................................................................28 Level 1 – provinces1 ................................................................................................................................28 Level 2 – bioregions ................................................................................................................................29 Level 3 – biomes .....................................................................................................................................29 Level 4 - geomorphic units ......................................................................................................................29 Level 5 – sub-biomes ..............................................................................................................................31 Level 6 – primary biotypes ......................................................................................................................32 Level 7 – secondary biotypes..................................................................................................................32 Pelagic marine domain ...............................................................................................................................34 Level 1 – oceans .....................................................................................................................................34 Level 2 - seas ..........................................................................................................................................34 Level 3 - waterbody presence .................................................................................................................34 Level 4 - waterbody structure ..................................................................................................................35 Level 5 - energy.......................................................................................................................................35 Page 2/63 Estuarine marine domain ............................................................................................................................35 Level 1 – province ...................................................................................................................................35 Level 2 – bioregion ..................................................................................................................................35 Level 3 - estuary type ..............................................................................................................................35 Level 4 - estuary sub-type .......................................................................................................................35 Level 5 - salinity.......................................................................................................................................35

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