WHAT IS
THE REEF WATER QUALITY REPORT CARD ?
The Reef Water Quality Report Card is produced each year to assess the combined results of all Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan activities .
It shows progress towards the 2025 water quality targets for each of the six regions , as well as wetland and inshore marine condition . The Reef regions are Cape York , Wet Tropics , Burdekin , Mackay Whitsunday , Fitzroy and Burnett Mary .
The Reef Report Card determines the success of actions and identifies whether further measures need to be taken to address water quality on the Great Barrier Reef .
It draws on multiple lines of evidence including industry and extension programs . The primary source of agricultural data for the report card is the Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring , Modelling and Reporting Program ( Paddock to Reef program ).
Land management practice adoption results were not included in the 2020 report card as an independent review of those targets is underway .
Progress across all Reef regions is almost halfway towards the target to reduce dissolved inorganic nitrogen loads by 2025 and more than halfway to the target to reduce fine sediment by 2025 .
The information in this document is derived from the Reef Water Quality Report Card 2020 which was released in April 2022 .
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