Action plan identifies roles and • responsibilities for coral bleaching Incident response response Action plan developed active Action plan implemented and • all sub plans including communications plan activated Operational teams to manage • incident deployed Incident response Deploy operational teams Incident managed effectively • active Emergency fast track permits • authorised High risk season Incident response terminated, Incident debrief convened passed Incident response deactivated Incident response terminated and long-term management implemented Sectoral impact management • Progress implementation of plans implemented Post event long-term impact management Management actions (e.g. • actions and adaptation emergency Special Management Areas (SMAs)) implemented Post event Preliminary report on the Summary report of responses April incident produced initiated for internal use Post event Formal incident report Summary report of the extent and May June produced severity of the impact – Review incident response Incident response revision and Post event implementation and incorporate update feedback Senior management, Minister and senior management, Post event stakeholders aware of summer Minister and stakeholders impacts and reef recovery End of season reports posted • onto the Web, including nil April reports – End of season updates October End of season summary • emailed to participants of the monitoring network Monitoring of recovery from Post event ongoing Impact recovery monitoring severe bleaching impacts Appendix B Early warning system tools, key references and further reading — Tools that form the early warning system within the risk and impact assessment plan have been developed by a number of agencies and research institutions, nearly all of which have worked in close collaboration with GBRMPA. Each of these institutions has scientists who have published publications on their work in the area of predicting bleaching. The key references and further reading providing technical details (websites) on the products are listed below, and are divided into the same sub-sections seen in the early warning system section of the plan. Seasonal outlooks of bleaching risk
Incident response active Action plan developed • Action plan identifies roles and responsibilities for coral bleaching response • Action plan implemented and all sub plans including communications plan activated Incident response active Deploy operational teams • Operational teams to manage incident deployed • Incident managed effectively • Emergency fast track permits authorised High risk season passed Incident response terminated, Incident response deactivated Incident debrief convened Incident response terminated and long-term management implemented Post event Progress implementation of long-term impact management actions and adaptation • Sectoral impact management plans implemented • Management actions (e.g. emergency Special Management Areas (SMAs)) implemented Post event April Preliminary report on the incident produced Summary report of responses initiated for internal use Post event May – June Formal incident report produced Summary report of the extent and severity of the impact Post event Incident response revision and update Review incident response implementation and incorporate feedback Post event senior management, Minister and stakeholders Senior management, Minister and stakeholders aware of summer impacts and reef recovery April – October End of season updates • End of season reports posted onto the Web, including nil reports • End of season summary emailed to participants of the monitoring network Post event ongoing Impact recovery monitoring Monitoring of recovery from severe bleaching impacts Appendix B — Early warning system tools, key references and further reading Tools that form the early warning system within the risk and impact assessment plan have been developed by a number of agencies and research institutions, nearly all of which have worked in close collaboration with GBRMPA. Each of these institutions has scientists who have published publications on their work in the area of predicting bleaching. The key references and further reading providing technical details (websites) on the products are listed below, and are divided into the same sub-sections seen in the early warning system section of the plan. Seasonal outlooks of bleaching risk
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