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Recent national assessments of management performance

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... agenda for the past decade, following on from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Water Reform Framework of 1994. In recent years, National Water Initiative ... have either ceased or have less momentum because of changes in focus and competing priorities. A review of the ...
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Overview of effectiveness of management of the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... introduced since 2011, including the implementation of new national regulators, have had beneficial outcomes for ...
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Resilience of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceResilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as well as state and territory, and regional biodiversity strategies. The definition of resilience in biodiversity strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and...

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Overview of resilience of coasts

2016
Coasts
Resilience
Report Content
The resilience of the coast varies markedly between areas and habitats. ...
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Overview of resilience of the atmosphere

2016
Atmosphere
Resilience
Report Content
The Atmosphere report considers both the resilience of the climate system itself and the resilience of our society to climate change. ...
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Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At a glanceAntarctica is governed through the international agreements of the Antarctic Treaty System, including the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. These agreements establish...

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Overview of resilience of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content
Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition of resilience in most ...
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Effectiveness of inland water management 2016

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At a glanceThe National Water Initiative has driven water policy, planning and management reforms in Australia for the past decade, which have delivered significant benefits for all Australians. It is critical that there should be no backsliding from reform principles. During a similar or...

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Effectiveness of management of the built environment 2016

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At a glanceSeveral key areas of management of the built environment affect the livability and efficiency of our cities, as well as their impact on the natural environment. The first and most important of these is land use. The spread of our urban areas and the balance between residential,...

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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
Under the Operational guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention , ‘to be deemed of outstanding universal value , a property must also meet the conditions of integrity and/or authenticity and must have an adequate ...
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Cumulative impacts and management of multiple uses

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... functions and services. This requires an appreciation of how human activities interact and affect different ... multiple activities ( Figure MAR39 ). Robust assessments of interactions, however, is extremely difficult, as ... not account for the additive or multiplicative effects of activities, which can be a key risk to the environment. ...
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Box HER14 Inneston Village Heritage Artisan Training Program, South Australia

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Case Study
... 2009 in collaboration with the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) and the ... Training Board. The program arose from a national study of dying artisan crafts and trades within the construction ... Some courses have also been undertaken as part of adaptive re-use projects, where severely dilapidated ...
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Box HER12 Rocla Quarry, Calga, New South Wales

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Case Study
... decision to refuse the expansion rested on its application of the precautionary principle to the impact of the quarry’s expansion on a significant Aboriginal ...
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Box HER36 Innovative research approaches by Parks Australia

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
Parks Australia pursues a range of applied research projects and is publishing its long-term ... data portal. AEKOS–LTERN and NCRIS follow the principles of open access, acknowledging that the outputs of publicly funded research should be made available, ...
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Box BIO21 Rethinking revegetation resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Case Study
... undertakes revegetation work in historically cleared parts of its large (around 85,000 hectares) land holdings across ... in revegetation to concurrently achieve multiple outcomes of catchment management (water quality), biodiversity ... can be achieved in the long term despite projections of a drier climate, SA Water and its partners have taken ...
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Approach

2016
Coasts
Report Content
The 2016 state of the environment ( SoE ) report is the first in the series ... a full report devoted to coasts. The 'Coasts' chapter of SoE  2011 was an overview that covered coastal ... The full report is more substantial, has increased breadth of topics and has added visual assessment summaries. These ...
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Pressures on historic heritage

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content
For many historic sites, the current use of the site may itself be significant in a heritage context. ... post offices fall into this category. Pressures for change of use may arise in response to, for example, altered ... however, successful adaptation requires an understanding of the nature of the heritage values of place. Sometimes a ...
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Resilience of marine systems

2016
Marine environment
Resilience
Report Content
The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions ... and scientific disciplines. Complexities in the level of detail also vary, depending on the system of focus. Definitions of resilience can contain any ...
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Effectiveness of inland water management

2016, 2011
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Inland 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...

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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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Triage responses to changes resulting from pressures

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... is finite for both funds and available effort. Evaluation of prioritisation and planning processes is limited. Similarly, the benefits and costs of investing in planning exercises have had limited ... & Pressey 2012 , Jarić et al. 2014 ). Assessments of planning exercises tend to focus on quantifiable outputs ...
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Changed hydrology

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content
... and water levels affect ecological systems in a range of ways. Increased low-flow and zero-flow days during ... pressure on refuge areas such as pools. Long periods of regulated flows and contraseasonal flows (e.g. high flows ... to meet irrigation needs) disrupt the timing and nature of ecological events, such as plant growth, and fish or bird ...
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Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... culture, heritage and identity ( Owen 2015a ). The process of cultural assessment and management was proactive and ... cultural landscape ( Owen 2015b ). The resulting mapping of cultural values identified a cultural landscape , with ... places, walking routes, view corridors and other aspects of high cultural value that may not otherwise have been ...
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Marine environment: 2011–16 in context

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content
... has experienced several climate extremes, including one of the strongest La   Niña events on record, in 2010–12, ... and subdecadal variability for a detailed description of ENSO). Variation in ocean temperatures and circulation ... heatwave (see Hobday  et al. 2016 for a definition of such an event ) off the Western Australian coast in 2011. ...
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Pressures on Indigenous heritage

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content
... and the wider Australian community across many areas of economic and social measures and activity, including ...
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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content
Like many features at the interface of the land and water, beaches are dynamic environments and ... wave climates, tidal regimes, sedimentology and degree of modification. Australia has 10,685 beaches ( Short 2006 ... link to beach systems. Dunes support important tracts of native vegetation, provide a buffer against beach erosion, ...
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Outlook under an 'improved future' scenario

2016
Outlook
Report Content
... and restore ecological processes decrease the production of waste and emissions reduce overall dependence on ...
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Introduction

2016
Introduction
At a glance

A healthy environment sustains our economy and wellbeing The environment provides significant intrinsic values to society, and many consider that the natural world has innate worth regardless of whether or not it has values that benefit humans. At a more practical level, the...

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Environment protection systems

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... than 100 laws and policy instruments addressing aspects of management of the marine environment, and many incorporate principles ...
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Managing biodiversity for resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content
The ability of ecosystems to tolerate and recover from disturbance is a ... ecosystem persistence and recovery. However, use of the concept of resilience in policy and strategies is often quite ...
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