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Frequently asked questions: Reef 2050 Catchment Water Quality Strategy
Key documents
Project snapshots
Water quality and the reef
Connected ecosystems
History
Threats to the Reef
Catchments
The Strategy
The Reef 2050 WQIP Review
Targets and indicators
Catchment water quality targets
Science and research
The Scientific Consensus Statement
Research
Independent science panel
Working together
Implementation
Prioritisation and decision support
Governance
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Land use
Cane
Sugarcane case studies
Nitrogen rate impacts sugar levels, runoff and leaching from plant cane in the Wet Tropics region
Strategic pesticide application reducing losses from Burdekin cane fields
Sugarcane management in the Mackay Whitsunday region
Modelling pesticide runoff from improved land management scenarios
Grazing
Grazing case studies
Grazing in the Burdekin region - achieving better returns and saving soil
Tracking gully activity in the Burdekin range lands
Effects of grazing on gully erosion rates in red goldfields soil on Upper Burdekin catchment
Horticulture
Horticulture case studies
Monitoring nitrogen losses from bananas in the Wet Tropics region
Grassed inter-rows in bananas in the Wet Tropics region
Band spraying weeds in macadamias in the Burnett Mary region
Impact of management practices on water quality outcomes during capsicum growth in the Burnett Mary region
Grains
Grains case studies
Single spaced contour banks decrease soil yield in the Fitzroy region
Tracking progress
Paddock to Reef
Case studies
Paddock to Reef Data Portal
Behavioural insights: supporting Reef stewardship
Management practices
Modelling and monitoring
Marine monitoring
Wetlands
Paddock monitoring and modelling
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Social monitoring
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Report card 2020
Social monitoring
Cane
Grazing
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Report card 2019
Interactive report card
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Report card 2017 and 2018
Interactive report card
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Reef horizon fact sheet
Report card 2016
Management practices
Ground cover
Wetland
Catchment loads
Marine
FAQs
Reducing pollutant run-off: Report Card 2016 standouts
Reef horizon–looking forward to future report cards
Report card 2015
Monitoring efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef
Updating the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
Improving marine indicators
Recognising efforts to reduce pollutant runoff
Methods to create report card
Regional report cards
Last reviewed
18 June 2025
Last updated
27 February 2019