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Box BLT14 Infrastructure Priority List: capital-city public transport initiatives

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... Harbour through the Sydney central business district ( CBD ) to Sydenham and then, using converted rail tracks on ... The proposal would deliver 30 trains per hour through the CBD in each direction, and increase capacity across the ... from South Kensington to South Yarra, under the Melbourne CBD , and linking the Sunbury and Cranbourne–Pakenham rail ...
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State and trends of Australia’s heritage 2016

2016
Heritage
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceAustralia’s heritage registers list natural and cultural places at national, state and local levels, but in an inconsistent manner, and with disparate levels of resourcing and regulation. As announced during the 2014 International Union for Conservation of Nature World Parks...

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Management focus areas

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Built environment Effectiveness of management Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Adelaide Australian Capital Territory...

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State and trends of heritage values

2016, 2011
Heritage
State and trends
Assessment summary

Heritage State and trends Identification: Listing JurisdictionsIdentification: Types of HeritageCondition and Integrity: Listing JurisdictionsCondition and Integrity: Types of Heritage...

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Identification: Types of Heritage

2016
Heritage
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling In Australia, heritage is defined by both statutory and nonstatutory listing processes, which result in...

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Urban environmental efficiency: Energy efficiency

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Timor Sea Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the built environment encourages the efficient use of natural resources—land, energy and...

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Identification: Listing Jurisdictions

2016
Heritage
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Pressures on the marine environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...

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Commercial and recreational fishing

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Marine South East Indian Ocean...

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State and trends of species and taxa groups

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed it's name since 2011   State and trends of species populations and groups Marine environment State and trends State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups...

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2011 Report graph - The Melbourne eddy recorded by a weather satellite in February 1985 (the eddy is made visible by low cloud) including Melbourne CBD and Port Phillip Bay

2011
Ambient air quality
Graph
... eddy is made visible by low cloud) including Melbourne CBD and Port Phillip Bay ...
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1 Approach | 4 Reporting context | 4.2 International context

2011 Report Content
... the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since the inception of ad hoc working groups in the ... The most recent national progress report to the CBD was submitted in 2009. 15 It identified the major current ...
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1 Approach | References

2011 Report Content
... 2011, www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/cbd/fourth-national-report.html ...
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In this chapter

2011
Biodiversity
Introduction
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity Introduction A commonly used historical reference point for State of the Environment (SoE) and related assessments is the biodiversity understood to exist immediately before European settlement of...

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Examples of key responses

2011
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Effective management of biodiversity requires not only effective management of individual pressures but also effective integration across those pressures, including...

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9 Heritage | References

2011
Heritage
Introduction
Report Content
... 2011,   www.conservationgateway.org/sites/default/files/CbD%20Brochure-English%208-28-0.pdf . 104 The Nature ...
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Identification

2011
Heritage
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Heritage State and trends   In Australia, heritage is defined by both statutory and nonstatutory listing processes, which result in inventories and areas of reserved lands. There is an inherent tension in the...

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Planning

2011
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2011 Heritage Effectiveness of management   The adequacy of planning for heritage management can be assessed by considering the policies and plans in place that result in management actions to address major pressures...

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Ambient air quality

2011
Ambient air quality
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Ambient air quality State and trends Ambient air quality and health Although air pollution can harm vegetation, erode the facades of historic stone buildings and limit visibility, the main focus of public concern...

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Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

At a glance

Acronym or abbreviation Definition CBD central business district GVA gross value added IGVA industry gross value added km2 square kilometre m2 square metre Metro ARIA Metropolitan Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia PM particulate...

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