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Pressures on Indigenous heritage

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Sydney There is a recognised gap between Indigenous Australians and the wider Australian...

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Planning

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Antarctica The adequacy of planning for heritage management can be assessed by considering the policies and plans in place that result in management...

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Box BIO11 Caterpillars as big as a mountain: the role of spiritual beliefs about animals and plants

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Case Study

Certain caterpillars have cultural relationships with Indigenous Australians that highlight complex links between ecology and human ecology. These caterpillars are imbued with meanings, values and uses for Aboriginal people that are very different from how western science views...

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Terrestrial plant and animal species: Invertebrates

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Invertebrates Most of Australia’s estimated 500,000 species are invertebrates, and half are insects. Invertebrates are the ecological glue that holds...

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