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of the consequential and cumulative impacts on community benefits as a result of activities within and adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef.
 (7) Noise and light pollution from sources on land and in the water can impact on community benefit values.

1.17C  Strategies
 (1) Manage the Planning Area as a multiple‑use marine protected area, providing for protection, allowing for ecologically sustainable use, promoting understanding and enjoyment, and encouraging engagement.
 (2) Balance increasing levels of visitation, a range of experiences (from remote to high use), and conflicting use, with impacts to aesthetic values and damage to the environment.
 (3) Provide a range of setting areas ranging from setting 1 (intensive use) to setting 5 (protected). Place limits on vessel length, group sizes, operation of vessels and aircraft, facilities and certain activities which can be undertaken in the Planning Area (see clause 1.23).
Note: Settings in the Planning Area extend generally 1,500 metres from the reef edge.
 (4) Align and manage interfaces between marine and land uses including their activities, group sizes and facilities.
Note: For example, island‑based campgrounds correspond with a complementary marine setting.
 (5) Manage the number and type of tourist programs accessing the Planning Area on a daily and non‑daily basis (see clause 1.32).
 (6) Encourage high‑standard tourism operations in the Planning Area.
 (7) Provide for the continued recreational use of the Planning Area.
Note: The Authority's policy on Recreation Management Strategy for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is available at www.gbrmpa.gov.au.
 (8) Manage and limit areas for high‑speed vessels and motorised water sport to minimise conflict with other users in the Planning Area (see subclauses 2.8(1) to (4)).
 (9) Work in partnership with Traditional Owner groups, tourism operators, industry groups, researchers, conservation groups and recreational users, as well as Commonwealth, Queensland and local governments, to collaboratively manage the Planning Area.
 (10) Provide for continued scientific research and monitoring in the Planning Area.
Note: The Authority's Policy on Managing Scientific Research in the Great Barrier Marine Park and Environmental Impact Management Policy are available at www.gbrmpa.gov.au.
 (11) Engage stakeholders through the Authority's Reef Advisory Committees and Local Marine Advisory Committees as well as the wider public to enable managers to gain a better understanding of community values and issues of concern.
 (12) Encourage volunteer programs, such as components of the marine monitoring program and avenues for community involvement such as the Authority's Eye on the Reef and Reef Guardian programs.
Note: Further information on the Authority's Eye on 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

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