Resilience of biodiversity 2016 At a glance Resilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as ... of biodiversity to this change is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030 . The ...

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 ...

Parks Australia pursues a range of applied research projects and is publishing its long-term ecological ... data portal. AEKOS–LTERN and NCRIS follow the principles of open access, acknowledging that the outputs of publicly funded research should be made available, discoverable and usable ...

The 2016 state of the environment ( SoE ) report is the first in the series to include a full report devoted to coasts. The 'Coasts' chapter of SoE  2011 was an overview that covered coastal cross-cutting issues, but, ... The full report is more substantial, has increased breadth of topics and has added visual assessment summaries. These changes bring the ...

Effectiveness of inland water management 2016 At a glance The National Water Initiative ... ‘ecosystem-based’ considerations. Indigenous management of water resources has re-emerged, and Indigenous knowledge of water management is gaining increased recognition for the values that it can ...

Effectiveness of management of the built environment 2016 At a glance Several key areas of management of the built environment affect the livability and efficiency of ...

Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition ... of biodiversity Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the ...

... flows and water levels affect ecological systems in a range of ways. Increased low-flow and zero-flow days during droughts decrease ... pressure on refuge areas such as pools. Long periods of regulated flows and contraseasonal flows (e.g. high flows in dry periods to ...

For many historic sites, the current use of the site may itself be significant in a heritage context. Churches, ... post offices fall into this category. Pressures for change of use may arise in response to, for example, altered economic conditions, ... however, successful adaptation requires an understanding of the nature of the heritage values of place. Sometimes a new use is ...

... 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 evaluation ( Bottrill & ...

... consider that the natural world has innate worth regardless of whether or not it has values that benefit humans. At a more practical level, ... environment, we cannot thrive. Understanding the effects of environmental degradation on economic activity and social wellbeing is ...

... and the wider Australian community across many areas of economic and social measures and activity, including cultural heritage ( ... both tangible and intangible manifestations. Although in-principle support for landscape planning and assessment exists, it has not been ...

The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and scientific disciplines. Complexities in the level of detail also vary, depending on the system of focus. Definitions of resilience can contain any combination of 3 major ...

... the environment increasingly requires an understanding of how different pressures interact, and how management frameworks interact ... to fill gaps in knowledge, provide an early warning of disruptive events and enable management to adapt to changes in the ... the environment increasingly requires an understanding of how different pressures interact, and how management frameworks interact ...