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Kyoto Protocol targets
2016 , Report Content As a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, ratified in 2007, Australia committed to limiting increases in net ... of the 1990 base level ( Figure ATM8 ).
Kyoto Protocol targets
Kyoto Protocol targets
As a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, ratified in 2007, ...
Figure ATM9 Australia’s tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target
2016 , Graph Figure ATM9 Australia’s tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target
Australia's tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target, commitment period 1
Australia's tracking against the Kyoto ...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content... France, instigated the negotiations that resulted in the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991), known as the Madrid Protocol . The Madrid Protocol establishes the internationally agreed ...
Overview of effectiveness of management of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content... for Environmental Protection, established under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol), has provided a forum through which parties are advised on how ...
Management achievements
2016 Report Content... its commitment to protecting the Antarctic Treaty, the Madrid Protocol and the Antarctic environment. Since 2014, an Australian has held the ...
Governance
2016 Report Content... Protection) Act 1980
, which gives effect to the Madrid Protocol and sets out environmental protection obligations for all activities ...
Management processes
2016 Report Content... on the stations and in the field. Protected areas Under the Madrid Protocol, all of Antarctica has a high level of environmental protection. ...
Box ANT7 Development of a new wastewater treatment facility at Australia’s Davis Station
2016 Case Study... addressed in the provisions of Annex III to the Madrid Protocol. The treatment plant was constructed and tested in Germany, and ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
2016 Report Content... marine environments with a variety of pollutants. The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was adopted in ... on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol), all parties are required to report annually on steps taken to ...
Heritage values
2016 Report Content... a wide range of its heritage values are protected under the Madrid Protocol. In addition to the general, continent-wide protection provided by the ...
Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glance... banned indefinitely in the Antarctic Treaty area through the Madrid Protocol. The Madrid Protocol and CCAMLR have so far been successful in ...
The pressure of human activities on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is increasing
2016 Key Finding... frequency and impacts of all human activities. The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty commits ... of the Antarctic environment. Australia has ratified the protocol by establishing legislation to enforce procedures for reducing the ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution
2016 Report Content... and is referred to as legacy contamination. Before the Madrid Protocol was signed in 1991, rubbish was dumped at various locations near the ...
Management outputs and outcomes
2016 , Report Content... expected from the RET, the ERF and the Waste Industry Protocol ( EpE Working Group 2013 ) 3 an improved emissions outlook driven by ... pour l'Environnement (EpE) Working Group (2013). Protocol for the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from waste ...
Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels
2016 Case Study... change. The framework integrates a standard risk assessment protocol, and is based on constructing a conceptual model that identifies ... change. The framework integrates a standard risk assessment protocol, and is based on constructing a conceptual model that identifies ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016
2016 At a glance... agreements of the Antarctic Treaty System, including the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and the ... including through efforts to advance the objectives of the Protocol on Environmental Protection and the Commission for the Conservation of ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... effects of pressures on climate Trends in emissions Kyoto Protocol targets Australia’s emissions in context Increases in greenhouse ... effects of pressures on climate Trends in emissions Kyoto Protocol targets Australia’s emissions in context Increases in greenhouse ...
Figure ATM2 Radiative forcing as a result of long-lived greenhouse gases measured by CSIRO in the Southern Hemisphere
2016 , Graph... gases, Antarctic firn and Cape Grim, 1950–2015 Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol synthetic greenhouse gases Nitrous oxide Methane Carbon dioxide 1950 ...
Box BIO21 Rethinking revegetation resilience
2016 Case Study... revegetation strategy to use an alternative seed collection protocol termed ‘composite provenancing’. This approach seeks to retain the ... revegetation strategy to use an alternative seed collection protocol termed ‘composite provenancing’. This approach seeks to retain the ...
Water abstraction and interception
2016 Report Content... change. The framework integrates a standard risk assessment protocol, and is based on constructing a conceptual model that identifies ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... and, in 2012, Australia met its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol by limiting increases in net GHG emissions to 103 per cent of its ...
Planning and strategy
2016 , Report Content... 1.5 °C. Other international action includes the Montreal Protocol, which is focused on reducing the impact of ozone depleting ... phase-out of ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol is estimated to have delayed climate forcing by up to 12 years ( ...
Triage responses to changes resulting from pressures
2016 Report Content... resources among threatened species: a project prioritization protocol. Conservation Biology 23:328–338. Clark JA & May RM (2002). ...
Coastal heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Great Barrier Reef The section should be read in conjunction with the Heritage report. Much of the data in the Heritage report include the coastal zone, so it is...
Australia’s emissions in context
2016 , Report Content... of nearly all ODSs that are controlled under the Montreal Protocol has declined. However, these substances are long-lived in the ... of stratospheric ozone levels, as actions under the Montreal Protocol have become effective.
Column ozone levels over Melbourne, January ...
Effectiveness of management for specific pressures and drivers
2016 Report Content... also committed, and has provided leadership, to the Montreal Protocol on the control of ozone-depleting substances. This protocol has resulted in the mitigation of aspects of global warming, because ...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... revegetation strategy to use an alternative seed collection protocol termed ‘composite provenancing’. This approach seeks to retain the ...
Antarctic environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content... ozone improvement is expected because of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , the Antarctic ozone hole ...
Box MAR9 Supporting the traditional management of dugongs and marine turtles in Torres Strait
2016 Case StudyThe Torres Strait region is renowned for its ecological complexity and biodiversity, providing a multitude of habitats and niches for the highly diverse Indo–Pacific marine flora and fauna, including dugongs and marine turtles. It consists of 247 islands, including 18 Torres...
Sustainability and sector management
2016 Report Content... Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol that was developed in 1997 under this framework. Australia signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, and ratified the protocol 10 years later in 2007. Under the ...
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