Section 176(3)(a) of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019 (Cth) requires ‘… an assessment of the current heritage values ...’ of the Great Barrier Reef Region.
The assessment of the Reef’s heritage values has been considered against their inherent components and attributes, namely:
- natural heritage values — world heritage value and national heritage value
- Indigenous heritage values
- historic heritage values — Commonwealth heritage values and other historic heritage values
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other heritage values.