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There has been steady development in the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas since 2011, especially in the Commonwealth marine area
2016 Key Finding2016 In 2012, 40 Commonwealth marine reserves were added to those already proclaimed in the South-east Marine Region. Management plans for the marine reserves in the South-east Marine Region have been implemented, and those developed for the remainder of the marine reserve network have...
State and trends of heritage values
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage State and trends Identification: Listing JurisdictionsIdentification: Types of HeritageCondition and Integrity: Listing JurisdictionsCondition and Integrity: Types of Heritage...
Key gaps in evaluating the marine environment
2016 Report Content... in our current ability to assess the state of the Australian marine environment. In this section, we summarise these key gaps and identify ... provide a clearer indication of trends in the state of the marine environment and provide increased reliability of information to inform ...
Governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...
Environment protection systems
2016 Report Content... policy instruments addressing aspects of management of the marine environment, and many incorporate principles such as sustainable development ( Haward & Vince 2008 ). Managing the marine environment involves Australian Government, and state and territory ...
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content In the 5 years since SoE 2011, the marine environment has experienced several climate extremes, including one of ... temperatures associated with climate change, resulted in a marine heatwave (see Hobday et al. 2016 for a definition of ... across the northern regions. The conditions also caused a marine heatwave off the east coast of Tasmania from December 2015 to May 2016, ...
Effectiveness of heritage management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage Effectiveness of management Assessment of effectiveness of heritage managementOutcomesProcessesInputs: Financial ResourcesInputs: Human ResourcesUnderstandingPlanning...
Effectiveness of marine management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe diversity of anthropogenic pressures on marine habitats and communities by different industries and sectors is a challenge for managers. Some pressures are increasing, others have declined following implementation of management frameworks, and new pressures and new sectors are...
Overview of state and trends of the marine environment
2016 Report Content Australia’s marine environment encompasses the seabed; the water column; physical, ... processes that play an important role in shaping the marine environment; and habitats, communities and species groups, which all ...
Figure HER30 Full-time equivalent employees involved in natural heritage management in state, territory and Commonwealth national parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16
2016 GraphStaffing numbers for parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16 Staffing numbers for parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16 2011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16 Australian Capital Territory179179179181191 New South Wales19421953191318891877 Northern Territory324341385...
Identification: Types of Heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling In Australia, heritage is defined by both statutory and nonstatutory listing processes, which result in...
Figure HER20 Annual budgets of parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16
2016 GraphAnnual budgets of parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16 Annual budgets of parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16 2011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16 Australian Capital Territory28.49828.00728.20628.19131.216 New South Wales411.014418.608485.942461.525468.393...
Figure HER21 Aggregated annual budgets of parks agencies, 2011–12 to 2015–16
2016 GraphAnnual budgets of parks agencies by year, 2011–12 to 2015–16 Annual budgets of parks agencies by year, 2011–12 to 2015–16 Australian Capital TerritoryNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmaniaVictoriaDirector of National ParksGreat...
State and trends of the environment
2016 At a glanceDuring the past 5 years, environmental policies and management in Australia have had some notable success in improving the state and trends of parts of the Australian environment. Australia’s built environment, natural and cultural heritage, marine environment and Antarctic environment are...
Inputs: Financial Resources
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Darwin Great Barrier Reef Cocos Christmas...
Marine regions
2016 Report Content Six discrete marine regions have been identified under marine bioregional planning conducted in support of the EPBC Act: North, Coral ... South-west and North-west ( Figure MAR2 ). Marine bioregional plans have been developed for 4 of the regions (North, ...
Heritage values
2016 Report Content... Mawson’s Huts in Antarctica are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List.
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Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Contaminated sites and pollution Contaminated waste disposal is a product of past practices of Antarctic expeditions, and is referred to...
Outlook for the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe contribution of the marine environment to the economy is projected to continue to grow 3 times faster than Australia’s gross domestic product in the next decade. It is in Australia’s interest that our ocean ecosystems continue to bring economic, cultural and social benefits...
Overview of effectiveness of management of heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management The most significant national heritage management initiative since 2011 has been the preparation and launch of the Australian Heritage Strategy (DoE 2015a), which, for the...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Tasmania Great Barrier Reef The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and scientific...
Identification: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
Condition and Integrity: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast South East Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Tasmania...
Condition and Integrity: Types of Heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends Timor Sea Greater Adelaide Lake Eyre This section examines the condition and integrity of Australian heritage...
Resilience of the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience can be considered to be the capacity of a system to keep functioning even when disturbed. Current understanding of the resilience of Australia’s marine environment is limited because of the vast spatial extent of Australia’s marine ecosystems, their complexity, the many...
Heritage listings
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Introduction Antarctica Identifying and protecting heritage places is fundamental to ensuring that they are appropriately conserved, celebrated and passed on to future generations...
State and trends of historic heritage in Antarctica
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThe title of this assessment summary has changed for 2016. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. State and trends of the historic heritage in Antarctica...
Box HER1 Listed and unlisted heritage
2016 Case Study... of Australia’s heritage, such as National Heritage places, Commonwealth Heritage places, or matters of national environmental ...
Ecosystem restoration
2016 Report Content Marine ecosystems and their attributes, including species composition, ... ). Additionally, the concept of preserving components of marine ecosystems in a condition that was (hopefully) measured at an arbitrary ...
