Integrated Monitoring and Reporting
Improving health monitoring and reporting of the Great Barrier Reef by supporting the implementation of the Reef 2050 Plan Reef Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMREP), to ensure that monitoring and reporting to UNESCO is scientifically robust and investment outcomes are measurable.

#We need to better understand the health and condition of our Reef.
Budget: $40 million
The Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMREP) was launched in 2014 to provide Reef managers with information to guide decisions, track progress against the Reef 2050 Plan, drive better alignment between existing monitoring programs and help fill monitoring and modelling knowledge gaps.
Stage one of RIMREP involved a stocktake of existing Reef monitoring programs, identifying monitoring needs and providing recommendations for establishing a Reef knowledge system. Completed in June 2019, this significant piece of work brought the scientific community together to reach consensus on overall Reef monitoring needs.
The Reef Trust Partnership Integrated Monitoring and Reporting component is prioritising RIMREP stage one recommendations to invest in critical monitoring needs, as well as the early stage development and prototyping of a Reef-wide decision-support system.
#End of Partnership Outcomes
The Partnership’s Integrated Monitoring and Reporting component will result in:
Critical Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program data needs or gaps being prioritised and met
An integrated, tactical, strategic Reef decision-support system made operational
#Progress Dashboard
Transparency and accountability are key guiding principles for the Foundation in delivering the Reef Trust Partnership.
A series of interactive dashboards has been developed as part of our Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. The dashboards are updated every six months to demonstrate progress towards meeting End-of-Partnership Outcomes. The following dashboard provides a snapshot of key progress areas that deliver the Integrated Monitoring and Reporting component’s end-of-Partnership outcomes.
Find out more about the RTP progress dashboards in these Frequently Asked Questions.
#Partnership Activities
Our five-year plan for the Integrated Monitoring and Reporting component includes the following Partnership Activities:
Early investment
Critical Reef monitoring
Reef-wide Decision-Support System
Technology Transformation Fund

#Projects
Under the overarching Partnership Activities in our Annual Work Plan sits a suite of Projects.
Projects include both our impact-driven, largely on-ground actions being delivered by our partners, as well as a small number of enabling and supporting activities that together, will achieve the End of Partnership Outcomes.
Below is a summary of the on-ground projects funded so far under the Integrated Monitoring and Reporting component.
#Biophysical Monitoring Projects
These projects address the most critical knowledge needs on Reef species and habitats to guide effective management decisions and to track progress against the Reef 2050 Plan.
Coral reef monitoring in the northern Great Barrier Reef
Project lead: AIMS
Re-activation of the Fitzroy Marine Monitoring Program site
Project lead: AIMS
eReefs Phase 5
Project team: AIMS, BOM, CSIRO, DES
Great Reef Census
Developing indicators for condition and recovery capacity of the Reef
Project lead: AIMS
Monitoring distribution, abundance, and threats to inshore dolphins in the Great Barrier Reef
Project lead: SCU
Sea Cucumber monitoring
Project lead: Macquarie University
Integrated Reef Fish Monitoring Program
Project lead: AIMS
Super-charging biosecurity surveillance of cryptic pest fauna in the GBR WHA
Project lead: QLD Department of Environment
Island Habitat monitoring
Project lead: QLD Department of Environment
Seabird monitoring
Project lead: QLD Department of Environment
Dugong monitoring
Project Lead: JCU
#Human Dimension Monitoring Projects
A suite of social science projects that will monitor the social, economic, cultural and governance aspects of the Reef to better understand the relationship between human use and actions and the long-term health of the Reef.
Phase 3 of the Social and Economic Long-Term Monitoring Program
Project lead: CSIRO
Sustainable use and benefits monitoring
Project lead CSIRO
Monitoring collective capacity and implementation
Project lead: QUT
Integrated Reef stewardship monitoring
Project lead: UQ
Strong Peoples-Strong Country Framework
#Integration Projects
Projects focused on maximising the impact of the RTP investment by fostering synergies between projects or programs.
Pilot study for water quality sampling on COTS Control vessels
Project lead: JCU