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Figure HER1 Great Eastern Ranges connectivity corridor

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Map

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Figure MAR33 (a) Two Maps of the connectivity of habitats for marine larvae via source–sink pathways

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Ecologial processes

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Box BIO17 FeralScan—connecting communities through citizen science to improve the management of Australia’s worst introduced pest animals

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

The FeralScan Program was developed by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre with support from the Australian Government, the New South Wales Government, catchment management organisations and landholder groups nationwide. FeralScan provides communities with an easy...

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Box HER11 Great Eastern Ranges Initiative

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Case Study
... our natural heritage, seeking to promote landscape -wide connectivity and high-priority biodiversity projects within ... survival. This is to be achieved by: improving the connectivity , condition and resilience of landscapes and ... organised and managed regional partnerships to improve the connectivity and resilience of landscapes improving transfer ...
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Box HER39 Promoting ecological connectivity in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area through collaboration, solutions-based research and statutory processes

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... the installation of wildlife ‘bridges’ to promote connectivity when assessing permit applications and setting ...
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State and trends of ecological processes

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Assessment summary

Coasts State and trends Biodiversity: Ecological processes Year...

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Pressures on natural heritage

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Lake Eyre Our terrestrial and marine natural heritage is susceptible to the general pressures arising from climate change outlined above, as well as some of the...

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Box HER43 Resilience and reconnection with Country—The Gully, Greater Blue Mountains

2016
Heritage
Resilience
Case Study

There is a strong continuing connection between the people of the 6 Aboriginal language groups of the Greater Blue Mountains—Darkinjung, Darug, Gundungurra, Dharawal, Wanaruah and Wiradjuri—and the places they call Country. These Aboriginal communities are resilient, vibrant and...

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Vegetation

2016
Land
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Land Resilience The resilience of vegetation is largely determined by our success or failure in maintaining resilience in landscapes and soils, as discussed in the Landscape and soil section. Maintenance of...

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Biodiversity: Ecological processes

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...

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Evidence of past resilience

2016
Heritage
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Heritage Resilience Murray Darling Greater Sydney The resilience of heritage places depends on the nature of their values and the extent of the total resource....

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Box BLT17 Sydney Green Grid

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

Green infrastructure has an increasingly important role to play in the face of the challenges of population and urban growth, as well as climate change. In addition to providing space for recreation, sport and leisure, well-designed and planned green infrastructure will help...

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Processes

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management North East Coast Greater Perth Greater Sydney Heritage management processes are assessed by considering...

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Economic growth

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Murray Darling Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Heritage places are susceptible to loss of values through inappropriate...

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Pressures on Indigenous heritage

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Sydney There is a recognised gap between Indigenous Australians and the wider Australian...

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State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Ecologial processes

2016
Marine environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine...

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Overview of resilience of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition of resilience in most strategies and policies is still relatively...

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Indigenous heritage

2016
Heritage
Outlook
Report Content

2016 Heritage Outlook SoE 2011 (SoE Committee 2011) recognised that the connection between people and Country is a fundamental aspect of Indigenous cultural heritage. Adequate knowledge of tangible individual sites and...

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Factors affecting resilience capacity

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content
... At the landscape level, the amount of intact habitat, connectivity, and variation (or heterogeneity) in the ...
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Management context

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity management is undertaken at all levels of government, by private enterprise, and by thousands of landholders and...

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State and trends in indicators of marine ecosystem health

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed since 2011 This assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...

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Overview of resilience of land

2016
Land
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Land Resilience Resilient land should be able to recover from changes, and continue to support native vegetation and natural processes, as well as allow us to use natural resources within reasonable limits....

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Box HER3 Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan

2016
Heritage
Introduction
Case Study

At the World Indigenous Network gathering held in Darwin in 2013, Ngarrindjeri leaders made a powerful presentation arguing that non-Indigenous recognition of their beliefs and traditions is crucial to social justice and initiatives aimed at ‘closing the gap’ between Indigenous...

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Box HER28 Recasting the Queensland Heritage Strategy

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

The Queensland Heritage Strategy, which was launched in 2009, established a framework for managing Queensland’s heritage. The strategy was reviewed in 2014–15 to reflect changing government priorities and current circumstances (Queensland Government 2015). This strategy explains...

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Box HER33 Indigenous heritage support through white paper on developing northern Australia

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

Our North, Our Future: White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, released by the Australian Government in 2015, explicitly recognises the importance of Indigenous cultural knowledge and commits to a range of Indigenous cultural heritage programs: The application of...

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Planning for the future

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Built environment Effectiveness of management North East Coast Tasmania Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Australia...

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Outlook for heritage 2016

2016
Heritage
Outlook
At a glance

At 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...

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Coastal heritage

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 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...

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Box HER13 The Goods Line, Sydney

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Case Study

A former disused rail corridor between Central Station and Darling Harbour in Sydney has been transformed into a vibrant public open space (SHFA 2016). This unique elevated park has seen a significant, but redundant, industrial heritage feature re-imagined as a leafy civic...

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

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

Sydney metro Sydney’s train network faces several challenges. The growth in demand for services, combined with worsening capacity constraints, mean that, without action, the network will be unable to meet the city’s ongoing transport needs. The New South Wales Government is...

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