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Box BIO16 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
2016 Case StudyThe National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was established in 2008 with a grant from the Australian Government of $50 million across 5 years. Its mission is to develop and communicate the knowledge needed by decision-makers to adapt effectively to climate...
Managing for resilience
2016 Report ContentMost management systems aimed at maintaining or enhancing ...
Effectiveness of marine management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryMarine environment Effectiveness of management Triage responses to changes resulting from pressuresCumulative impacts and management of multiple usesSustainability and sector managementEnvironment protection systemsEvaluation of...
Effectiveness of climate change management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryClimate Effectiveness of management Planning and strategyManagement outputs and outcomesUnderstanding and researchRole and coordination of different levels of government...
Effectiveness of management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceClimate change is a global problem that will require coordinated international action by all countries. The Paris Agreement, to which 195 countries (including Australia) have agreed, aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-...
Management initiatives and investments
2016 Report Content... provided community-based funding for improving land management practices and delivering environmental outcomes ( ...
Management context
2016 Report ContentLegislative arrangements for the management of public lands continue to be relatively stable, ... of the government departments and agencies that oversee management. Similarly, although private and Indigenous ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Effectiveness of management Management achievementsManagement processesGovernance Antarctica...
Effectiveness of coastal management
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts Effectiveness of management Coastal governance and management Year...
Effectiveness of inland water management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water Effectiveness of management Recent national assessments of management performanceWater management in AustraliaReviews of state and regional managementReviews of state and regional management Murray DarlingTasmania...
Management status
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania National Reserve System and National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Australia has...
Effectiveness of coastal management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceQualities that make Australia’s coast remarkable—its vastness and diversity—also make it challenging to manage. The coast is important to a wide range of stakeholders, and is often subject to competing interests that require effective management. All tiers of government (local,...
Integrated coastal management frameworks
2016 Report ContentIntegrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is the process for managing all coastal ...
Overview of effectiveness of management of coasts
2016 Report ContentCoastal management in Australia uses a range of approaches by multiple levels of government. The majority of management is done by local councils and state governments. ...
Assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016 Report Content... been made to understand the effectiveness of biodiversity management actions, a major issue that complicates assessment ... cost implications for understanding the value of management actions, there is also a need to plan for climate ...
Cumulative impacts and management of multiple uses
2016 Report ContentCumulative impacts management is the process of determining the desired future ... potential interactions is crucial in determining optimal management strategies ( Anthony et al. 2013 ). An example of cumulative impact management is the situation where multiple threats to ...
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...
Effectiveness of management of the built environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBuilt environment Effectiveness of management Planning for the futureManagement focus areasCurrent urban planning and management...
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...
Management capacity
2016 Report ContentIt is has been widely acknowledged that management agencies are required to manage biodiversity ... However, what is less well understood is the inability of management agencies to assess the effectiveness of ... actions. Notwithstanding this, many on-ground managers use adaptive management techniques to continuously learn and ...
Cumulative impacts and management of multiple uses
2016 Report ContentEcosystem-based management aims to balance human activities with ... against each other) . The sectoral approach to marine management in Australia often does not account for the ...
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...
Effectiveness of land management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Effectiveness of management Human capitalManagement contextResources and capacity for managementHuman capital...
Recent national assessments of management performance
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management The National Water Initiative has set the water policy reform agenda for the past decade, following on from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Water Reform...
Role and coordination of different levels of government
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Effectiveness of management Greater Adelaide Australian Capital Territory Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney...
Improving management effectiveness
2016 Report Content... understanding of how different pressures interact, and how management frameworks interact across different jurisdictions ... provide an early warning of disruptive events and enable management to adapt to changes in the environment. ...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... al. 2014 , Newton 2016 ). Effectiveness of biodiversity management shows that we struggle to measure the effectiveness of our investments in biodiversity management and the reduction of pressures. Evaluating the effectiveness of any policy or management program designed to strengthen resilience will ...
Resistance to change
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Resilience Great Barrier Reef For ecological habitats, species and processes, strong resistance to change is often related to high biodiversity and healthy ecosystem function. High...
Resilience of our environment and society
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Resilience South Coast South Australian Gulf Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Figure BIO34 Expenditure by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy on climate change research programs, 2012–13 to 2015–16, plus forward estimates
2016 GraphExpenditure by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy on climate change research programmes (2012/13 to 2015/16) Expenditure by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy on climate change research programmes (...
