Publications

Contents

• Download the Supervising Scientist Annual Report as PDF files
• Abbreviations
• Letter of Transmittal
• Foreword
• Supervising Scientist's Overview

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Role and Functions of the Supervising Scientist
  • 1.2 Performance Summary
  • 1.3 The Alligator Rivers Region and its Uranium Deposits
  • 1.4 Senate Inquiry into the Environmental Regulation of Uranium Mining
• 2 Environmental Assessments of Uranium Mines
  • 2.1 Supervision Processes
  • 2.2 Ranger
  • 2.3 Jabiluka
  • 2.4 Nabarlek
  • 2.5 Other Activities in the Alligator Rivers Region
• 3 Environmental Research and Monitoring
  • 3.1 Programme Objectives
  • 3.2 Environmental Radioactivity
  • 3.3 Ecosystem Protection
  • 3.4 Hydrological and Ecological Processes
  • 3.5 Ecological Risk Assessment
• 4 Statutory Committees
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Alligator Rivers Region Advisory Committee
  • 4.3 Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee
• 5 National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research Activities
• 6 Communication Liaison
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Research Support and Communication
  • 6.3 National and International Environmental Protection Issues
  • 6.4 Contribution to Wetlands Conservation
  • 6.5 Science Communication
  • 6.6 International Conferences
• 7 Administrative Arrangements
  • 7.1 Human Resource Management
  • 7.2 Finance
  • 7.3 Facilities
  • 7.4 Interpretation of Ranger Environmental Requirements
  • 7.5 Ministerial Directions
  • 7.6 Ecologically Sustainable Development: Reporting Under Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
  • 7.7 Animal Experimentation Ethics Approvals
• Appendix 1 - List of Publications 2002-03
• Appendix 2 - Presentations to Conferences and Symposia

• List of Tables
• List of Figures

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• Download Appendicies 1 and 2 (ss-appendices.pdf - 367 KB)
• Download the List of Abbreviations (ss-abbreviations.pdf - 168 KB)
• Download the Index (ss-index.pdf - 111 KB)

Abbreviations

ANZECC

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council

ARMCANZ

Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand

ARPANSA

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

ARRAC

Alligator Rivers Region Advisory Committee

ARRTC

Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee

ARR

Alligator Rivers Region

BPT

Best Practicable Technology

DBIRD

NT Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development

DEH

Department of the Environment and Heritage

EMS

Environmental Management System

ERs

Environmental Requirements

EPARR

Act Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978

ERA

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd

eriss

Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist

ESD

Ecologically Sustainable Development

EWLS

EWL Sciences Pty Ltd

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

ISO 14001

International Standard ISO 14001:1996 - Environmental management systems - Specification with guidance for use

ISO 19011

International Standard ISO 19011:2002 - Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing

ISP

Independent Science Panel

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

KRSIS

Kakadu Regional Social Impact Study

MTC

Minesite Technical Committee

nctwr

National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research

NGO

Non Government Organisation

NLC

Northern Land Council

oss

Office of the Supervising Scientist

PAN

Parks Australia North

SSD

Supervising Scientist Division

WHC

World Heritage Committee

Contacts

The contact officer for queries relating to this report is:
Alex Zapantis
Supervising Scientist Division
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 461, Darwin NT 0801 Australia
Telephone 61 8 8920 1100
Facsimile 61 8 8920 1199
Email enquiries_ssd@deh.gov.au

For more information about Supervising Scientist publications contact:

Publications Inquiries
Supervising Scientist Division
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 461, Darwin NT 0801 Australia
Telephone 61 8 8920 1100
Facsimile 61 8 8920 1199
Email publications_ssd@deh.gov.au

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