Melissa Bos
James Cook University
5 Papers
1 Citations
Melissa Bos is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Marine conservation & Psychological resilience. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef
Alana Grech,Melissa Bos,Jon Brodie,Rob Coles,Allan Dale,R. A. Gilbert,Mark Hamann,Helene Marsh,K. Neil,Robert L. Pressey,Michael Rasheed,Marcus Sheaves,Adam Smith +12 more
TL;DR: The impacts of ports and shipping on biodiversity in the GBR are reviewed, a series of guiding principles are proposed to improve the current governance arrangements, and certainty and clarity are provided to port operators and developers.
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Marine conservation finance: The need for and scope of an emerging field
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the state of marine conservation funding, identifying associated challenges, and recommending possible ways forward is presented, where the authors identify five challenges: 1) funding for marine conservation is inadequate in terms of the size, duration, and diversity of revenue, 2) finance mechanisms are under-developed and under-utilised, 3) finance is often disconnected from conservation planning, 4) the environmental side-effects of economic activity increase the gap in global conservation funding and 5) few individuals and programs specialise in marine conservation finance and integrate its disparate lines of thinking
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The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: its ‘value’ to residents and tourists, and the effect of world prices on it
Natalie Stoeckl,Marina Farr,Diane Jarvis,Silva Larson,Michelle Esparon,Hana Sakata,Hana Sakata,Taha Chaiechi,Hongbo Lui,Jon Brodie,Stephen Lewis,Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika,Vanessa M. Adams,Adriana Chacon,Melissa Bos,Bob Pressey,Ida Kubiszewski,Bob Costanza +17 more
- 22 Dec 2014
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The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: its 'value' to residents and tourists, and the effect of world prices on it. Final report to the National Environmental Research Program
Natalie Stoeckl,Marina Farr,Diane Jarvis,Silva Larson,Michelle Esparon,Hana Sakata,Taha Chaiechi,Hongbo Liu,Jon Brodie,Stephen Lewis,Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika,Vanessa M. Adams,Adriana Chacon,Melissa Bos,Bob Pressey,Ida Kubiszewski,Bob Costanza +16 more
- 01 Dec 2014
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a socio-economic monitoring program for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), which is complementary to Project 10.1 (SELTMP), providing additional economic data and modelling/analytical insights.
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Effective marine offsets for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed to improve the effectiveness of marine offsets for the Great Barrier Reef by requiring developers to follow and document their adherence to the mitigation hierarchy, which considers offsets only as a last resort after avoidance and mitigation.