Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP250200910]Researchers: Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Chief Investigator) , Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb (Chief Investigator) , Erin O'Donnell (Chief Investigator) , Tiffany Morrison (Chief Investigator) , Ms Maddison Miller (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Rights for Reefs: Legal Personhood for Australia’s Marine Ecosystems. This project aims to investigate the potential for Australia’s major reef systems—the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef, and Great Southern Reef—to be recognised as legal entities through environmental personhood. The project expects to generate new knowledge on rights-based reef governance using an innovative, co-designed approach with Traditional Owners, legal scholars, and reef managers. Expected outcomes include strengthened reef governance models, ecological and social indicators of reef health and harm, and pathways for legal guardianship. This should provide significant benefits, such as enhanced Indigenous leadership, policy innovation, and positioning Australia at the forefront of global ocean governance.
Funding Amount $251,710
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP250200910
- ARC : LP250200910