This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub project "Advancing national standards and best practices to monitor key marine values and pressures". No data outputs were generated by this project.

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This project advances the establishment and use of national standards and best practices to monitor the condition status of priority values and pressures of Australia’s marine estate. It builds on national standards and best practice process developed in the previous NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub to produce three new national standards for monitoring (drop cameras, socioeconomic surveys of marine users, marine microplastics). A practical implementation was developed to embed the application of standards, with particular attention to inclusive and diverse approaches (e.g. engagement of community groups and Indigenous partnerships). The plan sets out a future path to develop, maintain and make available national standards; increase their uptake; and assess effectiveness and impact as related to the delivery of priority monitoring activities.

Outputs

• Workshop and questionnaire report gauging the needs of scientists, Indigenous communities, and marine managers [written]

• Scientific publication on marine best practice development [written]

• New national standards for (1) drop cameras; (2) socioeconomic surveys; and (3) microplastics studies [written]

• Implementation plan (final report) [written]