NESP MaC Project 3.21 - Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in guiding decision-making
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Research Plan 2023 project "Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in guiding decision-making". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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Australia has entered a phase of rapid development of offshore renewable energy (ORE) with one declaration area and one notice of proposal to declare an area for ORE infrastructure announced in late 2022 and early 2023 respectively. There is an immediate need to ensure that assessment and regulatory processes can access relevant information on species protected under environmental legislation comprehensively and efficiently, to ensure that decisions are evidence based, gaps in understanding are identified and future research and monitoring is directed to fill those gaps. This project will undertake a rapid exploration of information on a priority subset of species identified by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environment Authority (NOPSEMA) identified as critically endangered or endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in relation to the Gippsland declaration area. The project aims to 1) identify datasets and information sources relevant to these priority species; 2) identify the level of accessibility of these datasets and information source;, 3) based on the outcomes of 2), evaluate the utility of information identified for assessments required to be undertaken by DCCEEW and NOPSEMA; and 4) identify what activities would need to be undertaken to improve the accessibility and utility of datasets and information sources not currently accessible in useable formats. This project does not intend to duplicate the efforts already being undertaken by NESP project 3.3 in identifying information on marine ecosystems nationally and producing an inventory of recognised best practices for monitoring, mitigation and management of interactions and impacts that can be applied from installation to decommissioning, to be delivered in March 2024, but will fast-track some of the information that can be incorporated into project 3.3.
Outputs
• Inventory of datasets relevant to the Gippsland OEI declaration area, particularly with respect to priority species identified by DCCEEW and NOPSEMA in association with the Gippsland declaration area [data inventory]
• Final project report [written]
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-06-01
Resource provider
- Purpose
- To provide DCCEEW, NOPSEMA and State agencies with an up-to-date overview of the information and knowledge base relevant to the Gippsland declaration area that can be used to inform planning, and regulation of the ORE sector in the region
- Credit
- Karen Evans (CSIRO)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
- Structure
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2023-07-24 2024-02-19
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- offshore renewable energy
- environmental impact assessment
- threatened species
- Keywords (Place)
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- Gippsland
- Eastern Victoria
- Furneaux Island group
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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License Text
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MaC Hub Project 3.21
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f28d15ac-9b97-40f0-a455-1c628662b5d9
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-06-01T12:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-11-29T13:28:41
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018