Abridged from ABC News Online
Full text: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/11/2115488.htm
A central Queensland Indigenous group says hunting is just a small part of a new agreement with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The agreement allows traditional hunting and fishing around the Keppel Islands. But Bob Muir from the Woppaburra people says Indigenous people will also be involved with research and monitoring of marine life. Mr Muir says hunting rights will be restricted.
Coral reef sustainability on forum agenda
Full text: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/10/2113873.htm
The University of Queensland is hosting an international forum this week to develop policies to sustain the world's coral reefs. The forum, which is sponsored by the Coral Reef Targeted Research Program, is expected to attract leading scientists and more than 50 postgraduate and postdoctoral students from 20 countries.
Corals could resist climate change: study
Abridged from ABC News Online,
Full text: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/08/2113347.htm
Research scientists are looking at whether coral reefs may be able to develop mechanisms to better cope with the effects of climate change. The joint study has been carried out by scientists from Queen's University in Canada and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Principal research scientist with the institute, Julian Caley, says they have developed a new theoretical model that suggests there is nothing to prevent corals evolving greater resistance to warm water bleaching.
New theory of corals’ ability to adapt to climate change
Abridged from: AIMS Media Release
Full text: http://www.aims.gov.au/news/pages/media-release-20071204.html
A new paper, investigates the potential for corals to evolve greater resistance to bleaching. The joint study, carried out by scientists from Queen’s University in Canada and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) presents a new way of examining how coral reefs may respond to climate change.
Gastro cameras make waves for reef research
Abridged from: UQ media Release
Full text: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=13588
Italian and Queensland scientists are putting military and industrial technology underwater to improve reef research and revolutionise marine data collection. They are building plug-and-play electronic sensor pods — energy efficient scientific monitors about the size of two matchboxes, that can receive directions and transmit environmental data from the seabed to the air via radio signals.
Reef holds drug key to fight against diseases
Abridged from Courier-Mail,
Full text: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22850997-3102,00..html
An underwater treasure trove of new species found off the Queensland coast could hold the key to miracle cures for hundreds of diseases. Researchers on the Great Barrier Reef have found at least 500 new types of marine sponges, which produce chemicals that have already led to breakthroughs in fighting diseases such as AIDS. But the clock is ticking to derive medicines from the sponges, as climate change and nutrient runoff from farmland threaten the future of the Reef.
News submitted by Chris Tola, Chair, Surfrider Australia
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