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Coastal wetland management in the Great Barrier Reef: Farmer perceptions
Geographical Research ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-29 , DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.12497
Tanvi Mihir Oza ₁ , Ruth Lane ₂ , Maria Fernanda Adame ₃ , Ruth Reef ₁

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Poor water quality caused by intensive sugarcane farming has been among the main causes of coastal degradation around the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Despite regulations and incentives, water quality in the GBR has yet to reach government targets, and there is an urgent need to investigate alternative management approaches. In this study, we have employed a social-ecological approach to understand farmers' attitudes to existing nutrient and sediment management approaches, assess farmers' perceptions of managing coastal wetlands to ameliorate agricultural run-off, and propose how these findings could inform integrative policy development for the GBR. We conducted semi-structured interviews with sugarcane farmers in the Wet Tropics to understand perceptions of ecosystem services, coastal wetlands and industry challenges. We linked our analysis of key issues of concern to farmers with broader environmental and land use issues and have outlined future policy considerations in the face of socio-economic and climatic change. Our conclusions emphasise the need to rethink future land tenure in low-lying areas of North Queensland, the importance of considering ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands in policy models and the need for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) model to safeguard the future of the GBR.

中文翻译：

大堡礁的沿海湿地管理：农民的看法

集约化甘蔗种植造成的水质差是大堡礁 (GBR) 周围沿海退化的主要原因之一。尽管有法规和激励措施，GBR 的水质仍未达到政府目标，因此迫切需要研究替代管理方法。在这项研究中，我们采用社会生态方法来了解农民对现有养分和沉积物管理方法的态度，评估农民对管理沿海湿地以改善农业径流的看法，并提出这些发现如何为综合政策制定提供信息对于 GBR。我们对湿热带地区的甘蔗农民进行了半结构化访谈，以了解对生态系统服务、沿海湿地和行业挑战的看法。我们将农民关心的关键问题的分析与更广泛的环境和土地利用问题联系起来，并概述了面对社会经济和气候变化的未来政策考虑。我们的结论强调需要重新考虑北昆士兰低洼地区未来的土地使用权，在政策模型中考虑沿海湿地提供的生态系统服务的重要性，以及需要生态系统服务付费 (PES) 模型来保障未来GBR。

更新日期：2021-07-29

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