Places of aesthetic value are likely to be used in similar ways today (i.e. As the managers of these properties, we are charged with identifying, conserving, managing, interpreting and celebrating the heritage values at these places. Areas in sea country may be valued by Traditional Owner groups for their ecological importance, and for what they provide in extractive and non-extractive cultural activities. For example, in the Tully - Cardwell - Townsville region, a number of Traditional Owner groups have a storyline for the rainbow serpent, which moved from the Tully River, through the Hinchinbrook Channel, through the Palm Island Group to Magnetic Island, which is the serpent's head. Names may spread beyond tribal boundaries, and may exist along the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in over twenty distinct languages. ref; The annual value of flood risk reduction provided by U.S. coral reefs is more than $1.805 billion in 2010 U.S. dollars. For some Traditional Owner groups, the Great Barrier Reef and lagoon contain a large number of heritage sites and cultural places that are presently underwater. Important cultural sites and values exist on many islands and reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Region. Animals such as dugongs and turtles have long been part of Aboriginal dreaming and are important in many aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture. Im Jahr 1981 wurde es von der UNESCO zum Weltnaturerbe erklärt[4] und wird auch als eines der sieben Weltwunder der Natur bezeichnet. where such-and-such happens). This aside, there is no conceivable situation in which the Reef could be “sold” to anyone – not least because it is not owned by anyone. restrictions on fishing at certain times of the year). This aside, there is no conceivable situation in which the Reef could be “sold” to anyone – not least because it is not owned by anyone. Today, every world heritage property is required to have a Statement of Outstanding Universal Value. It is also a requirement under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (s. 341ZA) to have plans in place in accordance with Commonwealth Heritage management principles. Great Barrier Reef Aesthetic Values (Jenny) Dung Le, Susanne Becken and Michelle Whitford Technical Report. "Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass onto future generations" - UNESCO. There may be a variety of rules for: Travel routes through land and sea country may refer to paths that ancestors have travelled for trade, hunting, ceremony, warfare or to collect resources; or in the Dreaming, and where people continue to travel to fulfil various obligations including for ceremonies or to collect resources. Great Barrier Reef, so the values of the Marine Parks are safeguarded for current and future generations to the greatest extent possible. Names may also be given to places and areas according to their connection with a story or song (i.e. : Großes Barriere-Riff) vor der Nordostküste Australiens ist das größte Korallenriffsystem der Erde. It’s renowned as the world’s largest living thing… but of Australia’s celebrated natural assets, the Great Barrier Reef is also the biggest contributor to our national economy and our international brand. The first reef sighting was recorded and documented by Louis de Bougainville in 1768 when he approached the Australian coast; however, rough conditions forced him to steer a course towards Asia, missing Australia completely. They are usually stone structures that use the incoming tides to bring the fish into the trap, then retain the fish as the tides recede. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owners and acknowledges the continuing Sea Country management and custodianship of the Great Barrier Reef by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owners, whose rich cultures, heritage values, enduring connections and shared efforts protect the Reef for future generations. These places remain important for future management. Together with the Authority’s Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement program, the Heritage Strategy aims to help Traditional Owners keep Indigenous heritage strong, safe and healthy. For instance, an Aboriginal group north of Cooktown call themselves the Saltwater People. It must also meet one or more of 10 criteria. Various features in the landscape may represent parts of stories and may have songs associated with them. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef.It is near the coast of Queensland, Australia.It is made up of nearly 2900 coral reefs and over 600 islands. A number of Traditional Owner groups practice cultural protocols for access to land and sea country, to pass land and sea country knowledge on to younger generations, and to manage land and sea country. This list comprises natural and cultural places that contribute to our national identity, providing a tangible link to past events, processes and people. In 2019 the Authority and Traditional Owners finalised an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Strategy for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. These heritage values form the basis and core values of Traditional Owners' aspirations for future management of land and sea country. a place where many ships run aground might be considered a 'bad luck' place). The Great Barrier Reef Marine Environment is important to the cultural values and way of life of the local Indigenous Australians. There are more than 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owner clan groups situated along the Queensland coast from the eastern Torres Strait Islands to just north of Bundaberg. According to a Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the Great Barrier Reef is worth $56 billion. Examples of sacred sites include traditional initiation grounds, women's birthing places, dreaming story places, ceremonial grounds, "bad luck" or "poison" places and burial grounds. These values may be cultural, spiritual, economic, social or physical, or a mixture of these, and demonstrate continuing connections with the Great Barrier Reef region and its natural resources. Practice of these protocols may involve travel to, or use of, a particular site or area in sea country and may be part of Traditional Owners' expression of customary marine tenure. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owners hold a vast knowledge of the marine environment, marine animals, and their habitats. Great Barrier Reef Foundation Managing Director Anna Marsden said Traditional Owners are making a significant and meaningful contribution to Reef protection already with more than 200 Indigenous rangers across the Reef catchments, yet there is a huge opportunity and very strong ambition to do more. Outstanding Universal Value. Sacred sites may occur in sea country as features in a landscape, such as rocks, reefs, cays and islands or channels and passages. ref In all user groups of the Great Barrier Reef, we found that people value the aesthetic appeal of the Reef above all other values – even economic values. This documents the Reef’s values, including the conditions of the property, at the time it was placed on the World Heritage List in 1981. Some clans forbid their individuals from hunting or eating the animal that is their totem. About this report The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities commissioned Context Pty Ltd to identify the aesthetic values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (criterion vii of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention) and assess the sensitivity of those values to a range of impacts. for meeting, eating, gathering etc.) Story telling, art, music, dance, spirituality, initiation ceremonies and the subsistence activities of the coastal people are intertwined with the marine environment. Physical features in a land or seascape such as rivers, islands, mountains and reefs often mark their boundaries. These documents are: In May 2007, the Great Barrier Reef — along with other Australian World Heritage sites — was placed on the National Heritage List. Some fish traps are well known, such as the fish traps at Hinchinbrook Island, Magnetic Island, Gould Island and Boat Bay in Mission Beach. In the Great Barrier Reef region, a number of storylines and song lines run across the land and into the water, linking natural environments and Traditional Owner groups, and crossing modern-day jurisdictional boundaries. Sea Estates. The Great Barrier Reef is important in the history and culture of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Such areas continue to be subject to a range of traditional management measures including taboos, traditional access restrictions and catch limits. The heritage of the Great Barrier Reef — including its places, values and experiences — dates back thousands of years, and shapes and drives what this precious ecosystem is like now and how it is managed. We also asked … Users of the Great Barrier Reef have strong feelings of personal responsibility and stewardship for the Reef; 88 per cent of coastal residents felt a personal responsibility to protect the Great Barrier Reef. $56 billion – that’s the total value of the Great Barrier Reef as calculated by the Deloitte Access Economics report published today; a value calculated by assessing its economic, social and iconic brand values together. These values may be cultural, spiritual, economic, social or physical, or a mixture of these, and demonstrate continuing connections with the Great Barrier Reef region and its natural resources. A retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Value for the Great Barrier Reef was formally adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 2012. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or email us! A totem is a physical object or animal that is adopted as a family or clan emblem. There are a number of fish traps in the intertidal zones of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, especially the islands. The Great Barrier Reef Foundation extends its deepest respect and recognition to all Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef as First Nations Peoples holding the hopes, dreams, traditions and cultures of the Reef. Deloitte Access Economics has valued the Great Barrier Reef at A$56 billion, with an economic contribution of A$6.4 billion per year. Ownership and use-rights between users of marine environments, including food allocation, division of labour for collection and production of food, and access to sea country and its resources. Where that traditional connection to land and waters has been maintained and where government actions have not removed it, the law recognises this as native title. Additional questions were also used to understand how the GBR was used, and to describe the demographics of each group. 1 Great Barrier Reef – das bedrohte Welterbe Das Great Barrier Reef (dt. Participation in various activities or ceremonies (for men, women or both, and involving members of one Traditional Owner group or several Traditional Owner groups), Transferring knowledge (this may result in the practice of new activities, or the power to sing, tell stories etc), Practice of traditional management measures (e.g. 28th June 2017 . Others are likely to be known only to those people for whom they play an important cultural and heritage role. This value does not take environmental benefits, cultural or spiritual value, or intrinsic value (any one of which is more far valuable than contribution to GDP) into consideration. Indigenous heritage includes everything in Sea Country, including natural values, Indigenous values and historic values. These values may be cultural, spiritual, economic, social or physical, or a mixture of these, and demonstrate continuing connections with the Great Barrier Reef region and its natural resources. The Great Barrier Reef is incredibly rich, diverse – and under threat. They may have rock art and/or shell middens associated with them, and may also include places that people look to from the land. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority acknowledges the continuing sea country management and custodianship of the Great Barrier Reef by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owners whose rich cultures, heritage values, enduring connections and shared efforts protect the Reef for future generations. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). Contemporary burial grounds also form a highly significant part of the region's cultural heritage. Areas may be valued because they are known to be a good and consistent place for catching a certain type of fish, or because they are known to be breeding grounds for a particular kind of marine organism. Each of these groups holds a range of past and present heritage values for their land and sea country, and for surrounding sea countries. The statement included recognition of Indigenous heritage values, recorded as recognition of ‘man’s interaction with the environment'.