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the Reef and Reef Guardian programs is available at www.gbrmpa.gov.au.
 (13) Encourage the development and implementation of a framework, including guidelines and benchmarks, for social and economic impact assessments for the Planning Area.

Division 3—Monitoring the effectiveness of management

1.18  Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program Strategy
 (1) The Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program Strategy (the Program) is being implemented to monitor the success of the Reef 2050 Plan which will guide long‑term protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef.
 (2) Development of the Program will include an analysis of existing monitoring against Reef 2050 Plan deliverables. The Program will drive the integration of existing monitoring, modelling and reporting programs to capitalise on current program investments and avoid duplication of effort. This will inform improvements and efficiencies where there may be gaps in monitoring, data management, analysis, reporting and the effectiveness of management tools.
 (3) It is intended that effectiveness of this Plan, in accordance with the objectives of the Act, will also be captured in this Program.

Division 4—Use of the Planning Area

Subdivision 1—Overview

1.21  Values
  The Planning Area is one of the most important tourism areas on the Queensland coast and receives more than a third of all visitors to the Great Barrier Reef. While tourism activity is the predominant use of the Planning Area, the Authority has identified a broad range of existing uses in the Planning Area including recreation; education; marine facilities; commercial fishing; traditional fishing, hunting and gathering; shipping and port activities; and research.

1.22  Issues
  The Authority considers the following matters to be important in the way in which it manages use of the Planning Area:
 (a) ensuring that all activities in the Planning Area are ecologically sustainable and undertaken in accordance with best environmental practices;
 (b) ensuring that cultural and recreational use of the Planning Area is not inappropriately displaced by growth in commercial use of the Planning Area;
 (c) minimising disturbance to users caused by noisy and intrusive activities in the Planning Area;
 (d) ensuring that the remote qualities of some sites are not inadvertently lost through unplanned increases in use;
 (e) maintaining the range of opportunities for both frequent and infrequent users of the Planning Area;
 (f) ensuring that public access and the operation of vessels at popular anchorages is not constrained by the installation of privately owned facilities;
 (g) managing intensive use to ensure it does not devalue visitor experience at popular destinations;
 (h) managing the spatial distribution of tourist programs throughout the Planning Area;
 (i) preventing the scenic integrity of the Planning Area from being compromised by coastal development and the inappropriate installation of facilities in the Planning Area;
 (j) managing the effect of