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K I M B E R E R L E Y E Y M A R I R I N E R E R E S E A R C H P R O R O G R A R A M

D R ST UA RT F I E L D, PA R KS A N D W I L D L I F E – N O D E L EA D E R D R K E L LY WA P L ES , PA R KS A N D W I L D L I F E – S C I E N C E C O O R D I N ATO R

In Memory

• Prof. Lindsay Collins

Dr Barry Wilson

• Prof. Susan Moore

WAMSI

Collaboration between Partners

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Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy

“… to recognize and conserve one of the world’s last great wilderness areas.”

$12M State Government funding 2012-2017

Kimberley Marine Research Program Undertake a program of marine research to support the conservation and management of the waters of the Kimberley, particularly the proposed State marine parks. $30M strategic research program 25 integrated projects >80 scientists 9 WAMSI partners 10 Indigenous communities

2008

2010

2011 2012

2013 2014 2015 2016

New marine parks have trebled the area from 1.5M to >4.1MHa MPA

KMRP Outcomes (Primary) Enhanced capacity to:

• Plan and manage Kimberley marine park network
• Identify and manage human impacts and potential risks
• Understand, adapt to and mitigate climate change

impacts

• Plan and manage tourism, recreational and commercial

activities

• Include indigenous knowledge and participation in

marine management

KMRP Outcomes (secondary)

Improved:

• Regional understanding of key marine biodiversity assets;
• Capacity for knowledge transfer and uptake into policy, planning and management;
• Capacity to determine ‘value for money’ and effectiveness of management programs;
• Knowledge base for environmental planning and management;
• Links and collaboration in marine science;
• Community understanding and support for Government decisions and management; and
• Marine science capacity in WA.

Program Stages

• Research planning
• Research delivery
• Outcome delivery
• Legacy/future research/application

Knowledge exchange 2012 2017 2018+

WAMSI Kimberley Marine Research Program

Indigenous knowledge Human use Social values

Social Physical

Plants & Animals

Calcification Biogeochemistry Land – Ocean links

Processes

Benthic productivity Mapping productivity Connectivity Recruitment and herbivory Seagrass

Environment & Habitats

Benthic biodiversity Crocodiles Sea turtles Whales Dolphins Dugongs Shorebirds Climate change Oceanographic dynamics Geomorphology Sediments Remote Sensing MSE Modeling

Biological

Values, uses and management Background

KMRP Outputs – Science Delivery

• 35+ peer reviewed publications
• 44 presentations at science conferences world

wide

• 10+ presentations to the community in Perth and

Broome

• >13 post graduate students supported (9 PhD)

KMRP Outputs – Management Application

• Spatial datasets to inform MPA zoning and management
• Habitats, reef classification, species distribution, social values
• Standard Operating Procedures and reference sites to build a monitoring

program based on key MPA assets

• Coral, crocodiles, dolphins, fish, seagrass, turtles, dugong, people
• Models that describe and make predictions about the Kimberley system
• Hydrodynamics, energy flow, management scenarios
• Collaborations, partnerships and strong working relationships between

scientists, managers and traditional owners.

Leaving a legacy

• Overview of the Kimberly marine ecosystem
• Monitoring framework – compendium of protocols and indicators
• Guidelines for engagement and partnerships with Indigenous groups
• Decision support tools for Kimberley marine park review and management
• Future research priorities ranked by:
• Researchers
• Managers and planners
• Indigenous groups
• Framework for knowledge exchange in multi-disciplinary and collaborative

research programs

• Synthesis Products

Monitoring fr fram amework

Researchers Managers Indigenous Ranger Gp 1 1 6 5 4 3 2 9 8 7 Identified Asset (ie Turtles) Monitoring Methods Indigenous Ranger Gp 2 NGO

METHOD/METRIC AIM MANAGEMENT QUESTION STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REPORTING - CONDITION

Guidelines f for I Indigenous e engagement

Decision support tools for managers

• Spatial datasets to inform MPA zoning and management
• Habitats, reef classification, species distribution, social values
• Standard Operating Procedures and reference sites to build a monitoring

program based on key MPA assets

• Coral, crocodiles, dolphins, fish, seagrass, turtles, dugong, people
• Models that describe and make predictions about the Kimberley system
• Hydrodynamics, energy flow, management scenarios
• Subject matter experts - strong working relationships between scientists,

managers and traditional owners.

Future Research Prioritisation

Summarise questions remaining to be asked and rating importance

• Managers and planners
• Indigenous groups
• Researchers

1.

Identify end users, their information needs and priorities

2.

Focus research on agreed management questions

3.

Undertake research – stick to the plan

4.

Determine application to management strategies

5.

Deliver findings and outcomes to ‘users’ in a useful format

Knowledge exchange

• Providing managers with the information they need to make decisions
• Discussions, presentations, seminars
• Ensuring information is available in a useful format
• GIS map layers, project summaries, reports, publications
• Ensuring data and information are accessible over the long term
• Data custodian, KMRP Synthesis Report, KMRP knowledge transfer

framework and database

Knowledge Transfer and Uptake

Knowledge Ex Exchange a and C Communicating Sci cience

Conferences – Publications – Presentations – Newsletters – Popular Articles – Profiles

Data Availability

Data Information and Management Plan DIMP Data Repositories (2 year embargo)

• PAWSEY https://data.pawsey.org.au/
• AIMS http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/data/data.html
• CSIRO – Marlin https://data.csiro.au/dap/search?q=wamsi

Information Portal

• Northwest Atlas http://northwestatlas.org/nwa

Future C Challenge

• Maintaining the momentum without the funding base ….
• Communicating future research interests and science

priorities

• Engagement with end users
• Identification of future research opportunities.
• Development of appropriate standardised monitoring

protocols

• Maintenance of the Saltwater Country Working Group –
• Priorities and issues across the Kimberley (regionally and locally)
• Guidelines for researchers proposing work in the Kimberley –

protocols and logistics.

• Guidance on indigenous knowledge.

Thank y ank you

Acknowledgements

WAMSI staff WAMSI Partners Project Leaders & Researchers Traditional Owner Groups Management Agencies WAMSI Board and R&D committee’s