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| Committee membership |
(PDF 173KB) |
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| Recommendations |
(PDF 133KB) |
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| Abbreviations |
(PDF 124KB) |
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| Executive summary |
(PDF 125KB) |
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| Chapter 1 - Introduction |
(PDF 1739KB) |
Terms of reference
Conduct of the inquiry
Terminology used in this report
Acknowledgements |
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| Chapter 2 - Values and objectives of the conservation estate |
(PDF 1137KB) |
Introduction
History
Contemporary conservation values
Diverse values, diverse conservation objectives?
Indigenous people and the conservation estate
Discussion about objectives
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 3 - The terrestrial reserve system |
(PDF 227KB) |
Introduction
Commonwealth reserves
State and territory reserves
World Heritage Areas
National Heritage List
Conservation objectives beyond the public conservation estate
Planning for the future of the reserve system
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 4 - Protecting the marine environment |
(PDF 536KB) |
Managing the marine environment
Marine protected areas
A National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
Issues
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 5 - Threats to the reserve system - fire |
(PDF 1674KB) |
Fire
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 6 - Threats to the reserve system - feral animals and weeds |
(PDF 918KB) |
Invasive species
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 7 - Other threats to the reserve system |
(PDF 275KB) |
Climate change
Land clearing
Neighbours’ management practices
Mining |
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| Chapter 8 - Threats to the marine reserve system |
(PDF 170KB) |
Fishing
Invasive marine pests
Natural events
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 9 - Effective planning for conservation |
(PDF 301KB) |
A whole of landscape approach
Management plans and planning processes
Co-ordination between stakeholders and conservation across tenures
Public consultation
Indigenous Protected Areas
Conclusion |
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| Chapter 10 - Responding to the management challenge |
(PDF 1340KB) |
Managing for a range of uses
Development of tourist infrastructure
Staffing - the over-arching issue
Maintaining public support for parks
Pastoralists and management practices |
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| Chapter 11 - Private conservation - a valuable contribution |
(PDF 263KB) |
Introduction
The role of private conservation
Where private and public conservation meet
Government programs for encouraging private conservation |
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| Chapter 12 - Funding |
(PDF 362KB) |
Funding - terrestrial
Funding - marine
Funding - states and territories
Comparison between jurisdictions
Adequacy of resourcing levels
NRS funding - issues
Funding of World Heritage Areas
Delineation of funding roles between governments
User pays |
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| Minority report of Labor senators |
(PDF 278KB) |
The Terrestrial Reserve System
Protecting the Marine Environment
Threats to the Reserve System
Threats to the marine reserve system
Private conservation
National Reserve System |
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| Minority report of the Australian Greens |
(PDF 217KB) |
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| Appendix 1 - Submissions |
(PDF 128KB) |
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| Appendix 2 - Public hearings |
(PDF 134KB) |
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| Appendix 3 - Tabled documents, additional information and answers to questions taken on notice |
(PDF 138KB) |
Tabled Documents
Additional Information
Answers to Questions taken on Notice |
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| Appendix 4 - Australian terrestrial protected areas by IUCN management category |
(PDF 89KB) |
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| Appendix 5 - Marine and external terrestrial protected areas by IUCN management category |
(PDF 91KB) |
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| Appendix 6 - Summary of terrestrial protected areas in Australia by type |
(PDF 99KB) |
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| Appendix 7 - Terrestrial protected areas - IBRA boundaries |
(PDF 844KB) |
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| Appendix 8 - Securing our fishing future package |
(PDF 147KB) |
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| Appendix 9 - The list of weeds of national significance |
(PDF 127KB) |
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| Appendix 10 - Funding for terrestrial and marine reserves |
(PDF 137KB) |
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| Appendix 11 - Site inspections |
(PDF 115KB) |
