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Box HER17 National Reserve System—targets
2016 Case StudyFigure HER8 Additions to the National Reserve System, 2011–16
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE); Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) 2008 to 2014 and Indigenous Protected Areas (as at 1 January 2016). Figure HER8...
Proportion of Indigenous, government owned, jointly held and privately protected areas in the National Reserve System
2016 GraphArea of indigenous, government owned, jointly held and privately protected areas in the national reserve system Area of indigenous, government owned, jointly held and privately protected areas in the national reserve system IndigenousGovernmentJointPrivate...
Significant progress has been made in expanding Australia’s National Reserve System since SoE 2011
2016 Key Finding2016Increases in the Australian terrestrial protected area network have been driven primarily by an increase in the number of Indigenous Protected Areas. Some progress still needs to be made in attaining comprehensiveness, representation and adequacy targets for protected areas.
Environment protection systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report ContentFigure HER11 National Reserve System (NRS) Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) regional protection level, 2015
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset IBRA = Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia; NRS = National Reserve System Note: Analysis for both 2011 and 2016 of bioregional protected area representation was reassessed using Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation...
Figure BIO35 Area of Indigenous, government, jointly held and private protected areas in the National Reserve System
2016 GraphArea of indigenous, government owned, jointly held and privately protected areas in the national reserve system Area of indigenous, government owned, jointly held and privately protected areas in the national reserve system IndigenousGovernmentJointPrivate...
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...
Figure BIO38 Proportion of ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System and listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2016 GraphProportion of EPBC-listed ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System Proportion of EPBC-listed ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System Less than 1%Less than 5%Less than 10%Less than 20%Less than 50%More than 50...
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 HER9 Bioregion protection level change, as the percentage improvement of each bioregion’s protected area extent between 2011 and 2015
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset IBRA = Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia; NRS = National Reserve System Note: Analysis for both 2011 and 2016 of bioregional protected area representation was reassessed using Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation...
Natural heritage
2016 Report ContentOverview of state and trends of heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Effectiveness of heritage management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage Effectiveness of management Assessment of effectiveness of heritage managementOutcomesProcessesInputs: Financial ResourcesInputs: Human ResourcesUnderstandingPlanning...
Australia has well-resolved processes for identification, protection, conservation, management and celebration of heritage, but requires more consistent approaches, standards and guidelines. Thorough and comprehensive assessments are needed...
2016 Key Finding2016Protection for Australia’s heritage places relies on land reservation, statutory heritage inventories and sound management, but also reactive heritage impact assessment processes. Our protected natural and cultural resources do not yet comprise an appropriate set of heritage places....
Governance
2016 Report ContentEffectiveness of biodiversity management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThis report has documented the widespread lack of consistent long-term data for assessing the effectiveness of investments in biodiversity management in Australia. Although it is reasonable to assume that there are many program-related examples that link investment to positive...
Effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity Effectiveness of management Management statusNew technologies, solutions and innovationsAssessing the effectiveness of biodiversity managementManagement initiatives and investmentsManagement capacityManagement...
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...
Outlook for heritage 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceIf our heritage includes those places that we have ‘inherited’ and want to pass on to future generations, then the notion of ‘outlook’ is an essential element of heritage. The outlook for Australia’s heritage will depend on the manner in which the Australian Heritage Strategy is...
Overview of state and trends of the land
2016 Report Content2016 Land State and trends Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef What has changed since 2011? The effects of the millennium drought in southern Australian (2000–10, although in...
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...
Management status
2016 Report ContentAustralia’s extraordinary and diverse natural and cultural heritage generally remains in good condition, despite some deterioration and emerging challenges
2016 Key Finding2016Nationally consistent information is not available to allow a single cohesive conclusion about the condition of Australia’s natural and cultural heritage, given the diverse and fragmented nature of available data. Expert opinion and limited surveys suggest that the values for which...
Executive Summary - Heritage
2016 Executive SummaryHeritage 2016Australia is a complex, layered set of natural and cultural landscapes in which unique geodiversity and biodiversity provide the palette for an ancient Indigenous culture, and more recent European exploration and postcolonial settlement history....
Management initiatives and investments
2016 Report ContentSince 2011, there have been significant gains in the extent of Australia’s terrestrial conservation estate. The National Reserve System now covers 17.9 per cent of Australia’s land area, compared with 13.4 per cent in 2011.
2016 Key Finding2016Since 2011, there have been significant gains in the extent of Australia’s terrestrial conservation estate. The National Reserve System now covers 17.9 per cent of Australia’s land area, compared with 13.4 per cent in 2011.
Figure BIO39 Proportion of Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia regions represented in the National Reserve System in (a) 2011 and (b) 2015; (c) proportional change between 2011 and 2015
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2011 and 2015 Figure BIO39 Proportion of Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia regions...