Corporate Body

CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (1999 - 2006)

From
1 July 1999
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
To
2006
Functions
Conservation or Environment, Industrial or Scientific Research, Veterinary or Animal Health Industries and Plant Science
Alternative Names
  • Cooperative Research Centre for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
  • CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd (Parallel)
Website
http://www.reef.crc.org.au
Location
Townsville, Queensland

Summary

In July 1999 the CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area was established. It replaced the CRC for Ecologically Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef.

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From their Web site, June 2002: "The Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (incorporated as CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd) is a knowledge-based partnership of coral reef managers, researchers and industry. CRC reef provides research solutions to protect, conserve and restore the world's coral reefs by ensuring industries and management are sustainable and that ecosystem quality is maintained. The needs of end-users are incorporated into the design, instigation and progress of research."

Timeline

 1993 - 1999 CRC for Ecologically Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef
       1999 - 2006 CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

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