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Pre-travel preparations prior to Summer course: May 16-AugFall course: Late August- early December, 2023 Students arrive at least one day before and depart on last day of course

Prior to and following the field experience in Australia, students will complete coursework via Dragonfly Workshops' web-based learning community as they apply experiences to their home institutions. This course supports advanced study of coral reefs and education as well as on-land participation in integrated methods for involving communities in promoting healthy marine environments. Reef Authority is also increasing its sea country partnerships with Traditional Owner to support indigenous land use agreements, traditional ecological knowledge, and stewardship of reef environments.

Reef Authority promotes reef stewardship through public exhibits, field programs, sustainability certification for tour operators, virtual experiences offered through ReefEd, and through school initiatives such as the successful Reef Guardian program, which engages hundreds of schools in reef conservation. Discussion topics include a range of marine science issues, Reef education and outreach, and citizen engagement in environmental and marine science. Located in Townsville, Queensland, Reef Authority focuses on several goals including enhancing Reef resilience through partnerships, collaboration and education.ĭuring the field portion of this course, we will spend much of our time exploring the work of Reef Authority, venturing forth on several excursions for direct research on the Great Barrier Reef, and hiking in some of Australia’s unique terrestrial habitats. This graduate course program is offered jointly with The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Reef Authority), which is responsible for the long-term health of the Great Barrier Reef for future generations. Habitats within the reef mosaic include the coral reefs themselves (some 3,000 individual reefs), sponge gardens, sea grasses, mangroves, continental islands, and coral cays, which together help support a rich assemblage of marine and terrestrial life, including more than 1,500 species of fish, 200 species of birds, six species of sea turtles, whales, dolphins, and dugongs. Spanning 14 degrees of latitude, this complex reef system is not only the greatest expanse of coral in the world, it is the Earth’s largest living structure, a massive, beautiful, and ancient biological phenomenon of bewildering diversity and immense ecological significance.

One of the seven wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef lies in the clear blue waters off the northeast coast of Australia.