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New publications

• Environment Budget Overview 2008-09 (order printed copy)
• Portfolio Budget Statements 2008-09
• Water Availability in the Campaspe: A Report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   - May 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Availability in the Campaspe: Summary Report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   - May 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Availability in the Campaspe: Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   (fact sheet) - May 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Availability in the Loddon-Avoca: A Report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   - 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Availability in the Loddon-Avoca: Summary of a Report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   - May 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Availability in the Loddon-Avoca: Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project   (factsheet) - May 2008 (order printed copy)
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (fact sheet) - April 2008 (order printed copy)
• Draft Water Amendment Regulations 2008 - April 2008
• Caring for our Country fact sheet set (set of 4 fact sheets - Caring for our Country; Caring for our Country: Questions and Answers; Caring for our Country: a Better Outcome for Australia's Environment and Natural Resources; Caring for our Country: Regional Delivery) - March 2008 (order printed copy)
• Water Entitlement Purchasing Program Application Pack - February 2008 (order printed copy)
• Recovery Plans Available for Public Comment

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Air quality

Brochures and fact sheets

• Air toxics - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Carbon Monoxide (CO) - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Ground-level Ozone (O₃) - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Hot Tips for Cleaner Wood Heating - 2007
• Lead (Pb) - 2005
• National Standards for Criteria ¹ Air Pollutants in Australia - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂) - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Particles - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Setting National Fuel Quality Standards: Liquefied Petroleum Gas ('Autogas') Standards - October 2001
• Smoke from Biomass Burning - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Woodheaters and Woodsmoke - 2005 (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Ensuring the licensed installation of split system air conditioners in Australia - Discussion paper, February 2007
• Management of Petrol Octane Enhancing Additives/Products - Paper 2A: Setting National Fuel Quality Standards - November 2000 (order printed copy)
• National standard for biodiesel - discussion paper March 2003 (order printed copy)
• Setting the Ethanol Limit in Petrol: An issues paper - 2002
• Standardising Diesel/Biodiesel Blends: Discussion paper - November 2006
• State of the Air: National Ambient Air Quality Status and Trends Report 1991-2001
• State of Knowledge Report: Air Toxics and Indoor Air Quality in Australia - 2001
• A Status Report to the Community: Living Cities - Air Toxics Program (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 1: Toxic Emissions from Diesel Vehicles in Australia - May 2003 (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 2: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Ambient Air in Australia - October 1999 (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 3: Review of Data on Heavy Metals in Ambient Air in Australia - May 2001 (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 4: Review of Literature on Residential Firewood Use, Wood-Smoke and Air Toxics - June 2002
• Technical Report No 5: Emissions from Domestic Solid Fuel Burning Appliances - March 2002
• Technical Report No 6: BTEX Personal Exposure Monitoring in Four Australian Cities - May 2003 (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 7: Air Quality and Child Health - October 2003
• Technical Report No 8: Personal Monitoring of Selected VOCs: The Contribution of Woodsmoke to Exposure - May 2004 (order printed copy)
• Technical Report No 9: Unflued Gas Appliances and Air Quality in Australian Homes - June 2004 (order printed copy)

Fridge magnets

• Check your chimney - five things you can do (order printed copy)

More Air Quality Publications

See also: Greenhouse, Ozone Protection

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Biodiversity

Brochures and fact sheets

• Be Smart with Seed - 2004
• Biodiversity - Nature's Variety, Our Heritage, Our Future - Brochure (revised 2001) (order printed copy)
• Biodiversity Success Stories Case Studies - June 2006
  • Biodiversity - On our Agenda (order printed copy)
  • Biodiversity on the Edge (order printed copy)
  • Biodiversity and Local Government (order printed copy)
  • Biodiversity Sea Change (order printed copy)
  • Caring for Biodiversity in the Tanami (order printed copy)
  • Crossing the Border for Biodiversity (order printed copy)
  • A Growing Concern (order printed copy)
  • Incentives for Conserving Biodiversity (order printed copy)
  • Indigenous Knowledge Helps Manage our Land (order printed copy)
  • Native Grasses: a Boon to Graziers (order printed copy)
  • Protecting Biodiversity: Part of Farming (order printed copy)
  • Revegetating Cleared Land (order printed copy)
  • Saving South Australia's Mid North Grasslands
  • Seeding the Future
  • Station Hands... Seeing the Land Anew (order printed copy)
• Desertification: a Global Issue - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006
• Desert Fauna - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Desert Flora - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006
• The Desert People of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Deserts in Australia - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Major Vegetation Groups in Australia - 2006
• National Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan 2004-2007: Summary Brochure (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Access to Biological Resources in Commonwealth Areas: Commonwealth Public Inquiry - July 2000 (order printed copy)
• Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment 2002
• Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 - January 2001
• Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001 (Report of the National Land and Water Resources Audit)
• Australia's Native Vegetation: A Summary of Australia's Major Vegetation Groups, 2007
• Australia's Native Vegetation: A Summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Report - 2002
• Biodiversity Conservation Research - Australia's Priorities - ANZECC June 2001 (order printed copy)
• Biodiversity Monitoring in the Rangelands: A Way Forward (Volume 1) - 2003 (order printed copy)
• Biodiversity Series
  • No. 1 - Biodiversity and its Value - 1993
  • No. 2 - Australia's Biodiversity - an Overview of Selected Significant Components- 1995
  • No. 3 - Country in Flames - Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on Biodiversity & Fire in North Australia - 1995
  • No. 4 - Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia - 1995
  • No. 5 - Two Way Track - Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism - 1995
  • No. 6 - Native Vegetation Clearance, Habitat, Loss and Biodiversity Decline: an Overview of Recent Native Vegetation Clearance in Australia and its Implications for Biodiversity - 1995 (order printed copy)
  • No. 7 - Landcover Disturbance Over the Australian Continent : a Contemporary Assessment - 1995 (order printed copy)
  • No. 8 - Fire and Biodiversity: The Effects and Effectiveness of Fire Management - Proceedings of the Conference held 8-9 October 1994, Footscray, Melbourne - 1996
  • No. 9 - Reimbursing The Future: An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity - Part 1, 1996
  • No. 10 - Approaches to Bioregional Planning - Part 1, Proceedings and Part 2, Background Papers to the Conference, 1996 - only Part 1 available (order printed copy)
• Biodiversity - Nature's Variety, Our Heritage, Our Future - Booklet (revised 2001) (order printed copy)
• Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity in Australia - June 2003
• Dryland Salinity in Australia: A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 - 2001
• An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Environmental Surrogates and Modelling Techniques in Predicting the Distribution of Biological Diversity - 1999
• Hygiene Protocols for the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Particularly Beak and Feather Disease) in Australian Birds - 2006
• Landscape Health in Australia: A rapid assessment of the relative condition of Australia's bioregions and subregions - 2001
• Landscape Health in Australia: A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's landscape health assessment - 2001 (order printed copy)
• Making Economic Valuation Work for Biodiversity Conservation - May 2005 (order printed copy)
• Managing for Biodiversity in the Rangelands Summary Reports
  • Assessing Financial and Environmental Impacts of Management Options - June 2006 (order printed copy)
  • Biodiversity Monitoring in the Rangelands: A Way Forward (Vol. 2) - 2007 (order printed copy)
  • Fire Management - 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Industry Guidelines for Sustainability - June 2006
  • Managing Feral Animals and their Impacts: Managing for Biodiversity in the Rangelands - 2007 (order printed copy)
  • Management of Total Grazing Pressure - 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Water Management: Managing for Biodiversity in the Rangelands - 2007 (order printed copy)
  • Weed Management - June 2006 (order printed copy)
• Marine Biodiversity at Booderee National Park: Field Surveys of the Marine Community - 2006 (order printed copy)
• National Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan 2004-2007 (order printed copy)
• National Koala Conservation Strategy - 1998 (ANZECC 59) (order printed copy)
• National Local Government Biodiversity Strategy - 1999
• National Local Government Biodiversity Survey: Executive Summary - 2000
• National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 2001-2005 - June 2001
• National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity - 1996 (order printed copy)
• Nationally Consistent Approach to Access to and the Utilisation of Australia's Native Genetic and Biochemical Resources - 2002 (order printed copy)
• Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World - 2006
• Rainforest Animals - Atlas of Vertebrates Endemic to Australia's Wet Tropics (order printed copy)
• Review of the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity - ANZECC June 2001
• The State of Australia's Birds 2003
• The State of Australia's Birds 2004: Water, Wetlands and Birds
• The State of Australia's Birds 2005: Woodlands and Birds (order printed copy)
• The State of Australia's Birds 2006: Invasive Species
• The State of Australia's Birds 2007: Birds in a Changing Climate - January 2008 (order printed copy)
• Technical Papers
  • No. 1 - Australia's Biodiversity - Response to Fire: Plants, birds and invertebrates - 1999
  • No. 2 - Landscape Planning for Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Regions - a Case Study form the Wheatbelt of Western Australia - 1999
  • No. 3 - The Effects of Artificial Sources of Water on Rangeland Biodiversity - 1999
• Understanding the Nationally Consistent Approach for Access to and the Utilisation of Australia's Native Genetic and Biochemical Resources (NCA) - 2003
• Water Management: Managing for Biodiversity in the Rangelands
• Wind farm collision risk for birds - March 2006

Posters (limit of 6, available within Australia only)

• Biodiversity - Nature's Variety, Our Heritage, Our Future - Poster (order printed copy)
• Fungi and the Environment - 2001
• Carl Linnaeus: Father of Taxonomy - 2007 (order printed copy)
• Fungi and their Kingdoms - 2002 (order printed copy)
• Major Vegetation Groups in Australia - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Mites in the Rainforest - a Wealth of Unexplored Diversity (order printed copy)
• Native Vegetation in Australia - 2006 (order printed copy)

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More Biodiversity Publications

See also: Bushcare, Vegetation

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Bushcare

Brochures and fact sheets

• Are you burning their homes to warm yours?
• Bushcare - Working with Local Government to Conserve our Native Vegetation - 2000
• Covenants for Conservation Brochure - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Logs have life inside - Kids brochure
• Tax Incentives for Conservation - July 2004 (order printed copy)
• Renaissance on Lanark (birds on farms case study) - March 1999 (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• An Analysis of the Gaps in Research and Development relating to Non-Commercial Revegetation in Australia
• Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 - January 2001
• Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001 (Report of the National Land and Water Resources Audit)
• Australia's Native Vegetation: A Summary of Australia's Major Vegetation Groups, 2007 (order printed copy)
• Australia's Native Vegetation: A Summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Report - 2002
• Balancing Conservation and Production in Grassy Landscapes: Proceedings of the Bushcare Grassy Landscapes Conference, Clare, South Australia - 19-21 August 1999 - 2000
• Carbon Sequestration in Low Rainfall Areas: The Measurement of Plantations of Trees in Victoria - 1998
• The Cost of Revegetation
• Determining the Effectiveness of Vegetation Management Programs: Measures and Methodologies - Literature Review - 2000 (pdf)
• Dryland Salinity in Australia: A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 - 2001
• Gifts That Keep on Giving - A Landholders Guide to Land Protection and Conservation Options - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Impact and Use of Firewood in Australia - 2000
• Incentives for Sustainable Land Management: Community cost sharing to conserve biodiversity on private lands, A guide for local government (Revised Edition) - 2001
• Landholder Perceptions of remnant vegetation on private land in the Box-Ironbark region of northern Victoria - 1999 (order printed copy)
• Landscape Health in Australia: A rapid assessment of the relative condition of Australia's bioregions and subregions - September 2001
• Landscape Health in Australia: A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's landscape health assessment - 2001 (order printed copy)
• The Measurement of Plantations of Trees in South Australia to Improve the Estimates of Carbon Sequestration in Low Rainfall Areas - 1999 (order printed copy)
• The Measurement of Plantations of Trees in Western Australia to Improve the Estimates of Carbon Sequestration in Low Rainfall Areas - 1999 (order printed copy)
• A National Approach to Firewood Collection and Use in Australia - June 2001 (order printed copy)
• National Framework For The Management And Monitoring Of Australia's Native Vegetation: Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council Report - December 2001
• Research Reports
  • 7/00 - Landscape Conservation and the Non-government Sector (order printed copy) - 2000
  • 5/00 - Looking to the Farm Business: Approaches to managing native grassland in south-eastern Australia - 2000
  • 4/00 - Managing the Bush: Recent Research Findings from the EA/LWRRDC National Remnant Vegetation R&D Program - 2000
  • 3/00 - The Value of Native Vegetation: Urban and Rural Perspectives - 2000
  • 2/00 - Economics of Remnant Native Vegetation Conservation on Private Property - 2000
  • 2/00 - Revegetation and Wildlife: A guide to Enhancing revegetated habitats for Wildlife Conservation in Rural Environments - 2000
  • 4/99 - Talking to the Taxman About Nature Conservation: Proposals for the Introduction of Tax Incentives for the Protection of High Conservation Value Native Vegetation - 1999
  • 3/99 - Conservation Hindered: the Impact of Local Government Rates and State Land Taxes on the Conservation of Native Vegetation - 1999 (order printed copy)
  • 2/99 - Opportunity Denied: Review of the Legislative Ability of Local Governments to Conserve Native Vegetation - 1999
  • 1/99 - Beyond Roads, Rates and Rubbish: Opportunities for Local Government to Conserve Native Vegetation - 1999 (order printed copy)
  • 3/98 - Native Vegetation on Farms Survey 1996: A Survey of Farmers Attitudes to Native Vegetation and Landcare in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia - 1998
  • 2/98 - Remnant Native Vegetation - Perceptions and Policies: A Review of Legislation and Incentive Programs - 1998
  • 1/98 - More Than Just the Odd Tree: Report on Incentives and Barriers to Rural Woodland Conservation, Using Grassy White Box Woodlands as a Model - 1998
  • 1/97 - Motivating People: Using Management Agreements to Conserve Remnant Vegetation - 1997

Kits

• Logs Have Life Inside Kit - 2002
• Setting Up for Success: a Guide to Designing, Managing and Evaluating Projects, National Landcare Program

Newsletters

• BUSH: Adding sustainability to farm management - January 2004, May 2004, November 2004, April 2005, October 2005, July 2006 issues available (order printed copy)

Posters (limit of 6, available within Australia only)

• Grasses of Australia (Set of 4) (order printed copy)
• Major Vegetation Groups in Australia - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Native Vegetation in Australia - 2006 (order printed copy)

Land Management Publications

Natural Resource Management Home Page

See also: Biodiversity, Vegetation

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Chemicals

Brochures and fact sheets

• Dioxins and the Environment
• Dioxins and Health
• Dioxins in Other Countries
• What is the National Dioxins Program?

Books and reports

• Assessment of Concentrations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants in Aquatic Environments in Australia - November 2006 (order printed copy)
• Assessment of Concentrations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants in the Australian Population: Levels in Blood - November 2006 (order printed copy)
• Assessment of Concentrations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants in Indoor Environments in Australia - November 2006 (order printed copy)
• Dioxins in Australia: A Summary of the Findings of Studies Conducted from 2001 to 2004 - May 2004
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Information Paper - 1998
• National Dioxins Program Technical Reports - May 2004
• National Dioxins Program: National Action Plan for Addressing Dioxins in Australia - 2005
• National Profile of Chemicals Management Infrastructure in Australia - 1998
• Sources of Dioxins and Furans in Australia: Air Emissions (Revised Edition) - May 2002
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - Australia's National Implementation Plan - July 2006

National Chemical Information Gateway

National Chemical Reference Guide

See also: Hazardous Waste, Scheduled Waste

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Cleaner production

Books and reports

• Environment and Business: Profiting from Cleaner Production - 1997 (order printed copy)
• A Framework for Public Environmental Reporting: An Australian Approach - 2000
• Product Innovation - The Green Advantage: An Introduction to Design for Environment for Australian Business - April 2001 (order printed copy)
• Profiting from Environmental Improvement in Business - an Eco-efficiency Information Kit for Australian Industry - January 2002 (order printed copy)
• Shop Smart: Buy Green: A Consumer's Guide to Saving Money and Reducing Environmental Impacts
• Towards Sustainability: Achieving Cleaner Production in Australia - 1998 (ANZECC 66)

More Cleaner Production Publications

See also: Industry

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Departmental

Brochures and fact sheets

• Australia's unique environment and heritage screen saver
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Research Priorities - 2005
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Overview - 2005
• Australia's Environment and Heritage Grants Guide - 2007
• Help Prevent Climate Change - 2006
• Marine and Tropical Research Sciences Facility: Research Investment Strategy (booklet) - March 2006 (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Annual Reports
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Annual Report 2002-2003
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Annual Report 2003-2004 (order printed copy)
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Annual Report 2004-05
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Annual Report 2005-06 - Volumes 1 and 2 (order printed copy)
  • Department of the Environment and Water Resources Annual Report 2006–07: Volumes 1 and 2 (order printed copy)
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Triple Bottom Line Summary Report 2004-05 (order printed copy)
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage Triple Bottom Line Report 2003-04 (order printed copy)
  • Department of the Environment and Water Resources Sustainability Summary Report 2005-06 (order printed copy)
  • Director of National Parks: Annual Report 2006-07 (order printed copy)
  • Director of National Parks Annual Report 2004-05 (order printed copy)
  • Director of National Parks Annual Report 2005-06 (order printed copy)
• Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage - Heritage Strategy - December 2005
• Budget Papers
• Collective agreement
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Programme Outline - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Compliance and enforcement policy
• Department of the Environment and Heritage Corporate Plan 2005-2008 (order printed copy)
• Environment Budget Overview 2005-06
• Environment Budget Overview 2006-07
• Environment Budget Overview 2007-08 (order printed copy)
• Environment Budget Overview 2008-09 (order printed copy)
• Environmental management policy
• EPBC Act Section 516A reporting
• Independent review of the Australian Greenhouse Office
• Indigenous interests and connections within the South-west Marine Region of Australia - May 2007
• Online action plan
• Reconciliation Action Plan: Department of Environment and Water Resources - May 2007
• Regulatory plan
• Service charter
• Work in progress

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Ecologically sustainable development

Brochures and fact sheets

• Agenda 21 - Sustainable Development - January 2004
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Research Priorities - 2005
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Overview - 2005
• Local Agenda 21 - Sustaining Communities - June 2002
• Marine and Tropical Research Sciences Facility: Research Investment Strategy (booklet) - March 2006 (order printed copy)
• Sustainable Development in Australia (booklet) - 2002 (order printed copy)
• Sustainable Development Critical to our Future

Books and reports

• Are We Sustaining Australia?: A report against Headline Sustainability Indicators for Australia - 2002
• Australian National Assessment Report
• Australia's Reports to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
• Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Programme Outline - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Discussion Paper on World Summit on Sustainable Development - August 2001
• Embedding Sustainability in MBA Programs: Education about and for Sustainability in Australian Business Schools - 2006 (order printed copy)
• ESD Design Guide for Office and Public Buildings: Edition 3 - May 2007 (order printed copy)
• Information Paper on World Summit on Sustainable Development (26 August - 4 September 2002) - March 2002
• National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development - 1992
• Shifting Towards Sustainability: Six Insights into Successful Organisational Change for Sustainability - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Summary Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development - 1994
• Summary Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development (1993-1995) - 1996
• Water Efficiency Guide: Office and Public Buildings - October 2006 (order printed copy)

More Sustainability Publications

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Economics

Books and reports

• Making Economic Valuation Work for Biodiversity Conservation - May 2005 (order printed copy)
• Research Papers
  • No. 7 - Second Environmental Economics Round Table Proceedings - 5 July 2000
  • No. 6 - Environmental Economics Round Table Proceedings - 1997
  • No. 5 - Environmental Incentives: Australian Experience with Economic Instruments for Environmental Management - 1997
  • No. 4 - Estimating Values for Australia's Native Forests - 1996
  • No. 3 - More with Less: Initiatives to Promote Sustainable Consumption - 1996
  • No. 2 - Subsidies to the use of Natural Resources - 1996
• Seminar Series
  • Consumption and the Environment - 1996
  • Environmental Policy and International Competitiveness - 1996
  • Equity and the Environment - 1996
  • Taxation and the Environment - 1996
• Techniques to Value Environmental Resources : an Introductory Handbook - 1995
• Investigating New Approaches - June 2002

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Environmental education

Brochures and fact sheets

• Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (factsheet) - 2007 (order printed copy)
• Desertification: a Global Issue - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006
• Desert Fauna - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Desert Flora - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006
• The Desert People of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Deserts in Australia - International Year of Deserts and Desertification fact sheet - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Australia's Environment and Heritage Grants Guide - 2007
• Help Prevent Climate Change - 2006
• Logs have life inside - Kids brochure
• A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia - 2005
  • Volume 1: Frameworks for Sustainability - Key Findings - 2005
  • Volume 2: School Education - Key Findings - 2005
  • Volume 3: Community Education - Key Findings- 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Volume 4: Business and Industry Education - Key Findings - 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Volume 5: Further and Higher Education - Key Findings - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Threatened Species Day Fact Sheets - 2007 (order printed copy)
• Threatened Species Day Fact Sheets - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Threatened Species Day Fact Sheets - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Time to Act - 2006

Books and reports

• Caring for our Future - November 2006 (order printed copy)
• Coastal and Marine Studies in Australia - A Workshop Manual for Teachers, 1997
• Conserving Australia's Biological Diversity - Teacher's Notes and Display Materials
• Educating for a Sustainable Future: A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Embedding Sustainability in MBA Programs: Education about and for Sustainability in Australian Business Schools - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Environmental Education for a Sustainable Future: National Action Plan - 2000 (order printed copy)
• Environmental Protection in Australia - A Professional Development Manual for Teachers, 1997
• A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia - 2005
  • Volume 1: Frameworks for Sustainability
  • Volume 2: School Education
  • Volume 3: Community Education
  • Volume 4: Business and Industry Education
  • Volume 5: Further and Higher Education
• Rainforest Animals - Atlas of Vertebrates Endemic to Australia's Wet Tropics (order printed copy)
• A Review of Air Quality Community Education - 2007 (order printed copy)
• Shifting Towards Sustainability: Six Insights into Successful Organisational Change for Sustainability - 2006 (order printed copy)
• Summary of the Environmental Education Review: Formal Education Sector (Schools) - 2003
• Teaching for a Sustainable World - International Edition, 1997
• Time to act: everyday tips to help protect the environment - Booklet, 2000
• Today Shapes Tomorrow: Environmental Education for a Sustainable Future - a Discussion Paper, 1999
• Whole-school Approaches to Sustainability: A Review of Models for Professional Development in Pre-service Teacher Education - 2006 (order printed copy)

Kits

• Easter Bilby teachers Kit and story books: Due to the exceptional demand for the Easter Bilby Storybook, the Easter Bilby's Secret Storybook and the Easter Bilby Teacher's Kit we regret we are now unable to fill your order if it was placed after Thursday 6 March 2008. There are no plans at this stage for reprints. We apologise for not being able to get back to everyone in person.
• Logs Have Life Inside Kit - 2002
• Threatened Species Day Kit - 2007 (order printed copy)
• World Environment Day Kit

Posters (limit of 6, available within Australia only)

• See our full list of posters

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Forests

Brochures and fact sheets

• Australia's Forests: the Path for Sustainability (kit) - 2001 (order printed copy)
• Tasmanian Forest Tourism Initiative Fact Sheet

Books and reports

• A Framework of Regional (Sub-National) Level Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Australia - 1998 (ANZECC 62) (order printed copy)
• The Forest Conservation Fund Strategic Plan - 2006 (order printed copy)

Newsletters

• Forest Conservation Fund News, Volume 1 - September 2005
• Forest Conservation Fund News, Volume 2 - November 2005
• Forest Conservation Fund News, Volume 3 - May 2006

Regional Forest Agreements

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Hazardous waste

Brochures and fact sheets

• Advice to manufacturers of fertilizers and stockfeed - 2003 (order printed copy)
• Electronic Scrap - A Hazardous Waste - 2004
• Exporting and Importing Hazardous Waste? (order printed copy)
• Criteria for the export and import of used electronic equipment - 2005 (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Hazardous Waste Publications

See also: Chemicals, Scheduled Waste

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Heritage

About Australia's Heritage

• Australia's National Heritage (Booklet, 2007) (order printed copy)
• Australia's World Heritage - 2006
• List of overseas places of historic significance to Australia
• Great Southern Land: The maritime exploration of Terra Australis - 2005
• Australia’s Heritage Lists – Which List is which?
• Heritage and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• Heritage Laws and Australian Government Agencies
• Heritage List Criteria and Thresholds
• Heritage management principles
• Historic Heritage – Frequently Asked Questions
• Indigenous Heritage – Frequently Asked Questions
• Managing Australia’s heritage places
• Natural Heritage – Frequently Asked Questions
• Protecting heritage places
• The EPBC Act and the National Heritage List
• The EPBC Act and the Commonwealth Heritage List
• The Register of the National Estate

Heritage Strategy

• State party report on the state of conservation of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (Australia) - February 2008
• Commonwealth Government response to the productivity commission inquiry into the conservation of Australia’s Historic Heritage Places (Report, August 2007)
• Heritage Strategy (Report, December 2005)
• Steps to Sustainable Tourism (Report, 2004)
• World Heritage Australian Fossil Mammal Sites — Riversleigh and Naracoorte
• World Heritage Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia Strategic Overview for Management

Protecting and managing heritage places

• Eradication of Rabbits and Rodents on Subantarctic Macquarie Island - 2007
• The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - 2007
• Protecting heritage places (Fact sheet, 2007)
• Management plans for places on the Commonwealth Heritage List - October 2005
• Adaptive Reuse: Preserving our past, building our future (Booklet, 2004) (order printed copy)

Newsletters

• Living Heritage - Vol. 1 No. 1 Winter 2007

Posters

• Australian Dinosaur Story Poster - 2006 (limit of 1) (order printed copy)
• Australia's World Heritage (order printed copy)

Publications of the Australian Heritage Council

• Australian Heritage Council - Periodic Report - March 2004 - February 2007

Publications of the former Australian Heritage Commission

Annual reports

• Annual Report 2002-03
• Annual Report 2001-02
• Annual Report 2000-01 (order printed copy)
• Annual Report 1999-2000

Books and reports

• Ask First: a guide to respecting Indigenous heritage places and values - 2002
• Australia: our national stories. Linking a Nation: Australia's Transport and Communications 1788 - 1970
• Australian Historic Themes: a framework for use in heritage assessment and management - 2001
• Australian Natural Heritage Charter: for the Conservation of Places of Natural Heritage Significance - 2002
• The Economic Value of Tourism to Places of Cultural Heritage Signficance: a case study of three towns with mining heritage
• Heritage Advisory Services: Towards Best Practice, McDougall and Vines - 1997
• Heritage Economics: Challenges for heritage conservation and sustainable development in the 21st Century - July 2000
• Improving Access to Heritage Buildings - 1999
• Investigating Heritage: our past present and future
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• Migrant Heritage Places in Australia: A Guide - How to find your heritage places - 2000
• Migrant Heritage Places in Australia: A Handbook for group coordinators - 2000
• Mining Heritage Places Assessment Manual - 2000
• Nourishing Terrains: Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness Deborah Bird Rose - 1996
• Our House - Histories of Australian Homes - 2001
• Places in the Heart: Australians writing about their favourite heritage places - 1998
• Protecting Heritage Places - 10 steps to help protect the natural and cultural significance of places - 2000
• Protecting Local Heritage Places - a guide for communities - 2000
• Protecting Natural Heritage - using the Australian Natural Heritage Charter - 2003
• Successful Tourism at Heritage Places: a guide for tourism operators, heritage managers and communities - 2001
• Tracking the Dragon: a guide for finding and assessing Chinese Australian heritage places - 2002
• Urban Heritage: the rise and postwar development of Australia's capital city centres - 2000
• Women's Employment and Professionalism in Australia: Histories, Themes and Places - 2002
• World Heritage Icon Value: Contribution of World Heritage Branding to Nature Tourism - 2002

Australia's Natural Lands and Rivers

• Overview
• Rivers & Catchments
• Land Disturbance

Maps

• Identified Natural Rivers
• River Disturbance Index
• Wilderness Quality
• Biophysical Naturalness
• Remote and Natural Lands Delineation

Books and reports

• National Wilderness Inventory Handbook of Procedures, Content and Usage
• Identification of Wild Rivers: Methodology and database development
• Conservation Guidelines for the Management of Wild River Values
• The Role of Wilderness in Nature Conservation

Brochures

• Wilderness - We Call It Home

See also: Protected Areas

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Indigenous communities

Brochures and fact sheets

• Laynhapuy: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - September 2006 (order printed copy)
• Anindilyakwa: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - September 2006 (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Protected Areas: Indigenous Australians Caring for Country - September 2006 (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Protected Areas: Indigenous Australians Caring for Country Map - September 2006 (order printed copy)
• Guidelines for Indigenous Participation in Natural Resource Management (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Owned and Managed Lands in Natural Heritage Regions (CD containing fact sheets, contact lists and maps for each Natural Heritage Trust Region) - 2004
• Working on Country - 2007 (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Department of Environment and Water Resources Reconciliation Action Plan - May 2007
• Growing up Strong: The First 10 Years of Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia - May 2007 (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Knowledge Forum, Alice Springs 28-29 May 2003: Workshop Outcomes (order printed copy)
• Indigenous interests and connections within the South-west Marine Region of Australia - May 2007
• Indigenous Protected Areas: Conservation Partnerships with Indigenous Landholders - 1996 (order printed copy)
• National Resource Management Cross-Cultural Awareness Training Framework - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Reconciliation Action Plan: Department of Environment and Water Resources - May 2007
• Sea Countries of the South: Indigenous Interest and Connections within the South-west Marine Region of Australia - June 2007
• Working with Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for Regional Bodies - 2004
• Working with Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Management: Recommendations for Commonwealth Agencies - 2004
• Working with Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Management: Sea Forum Case Study - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Working with Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Management: Ways to Improve Community Engagement - 2004

Newsletters

• Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter - Issue One June 2004 (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter - Issue Two 2005 (order printed copy)
• Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter - Issue Three 2006 (order printed copy)

Natural Resource Management Home Page

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Industry

Brochures and fact sheets

• Australia's New Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS brochure) - 2006 (order printed copy)
• An Architects and Specifiers Guide (WELS Fact sheet) - 2006
• A Builders Guide (WELS Fact Sheet)- 2006
• A Plumbers Guide (WELS Fact Sheet)- 2006
• A Retailers Guide (WELS Fact Sheet)- 2006
• 1 July Retailer 'ten tips' Checklist (WELS Fact Sheet) - 2006
• A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia - Volume 4: Business and Industry Education - Key Findings - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Your Guide to Socially Responsible Investment (Z-card) (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• A Capital Idea: Realising Value from Environmental and Social Performance - August 2001
• Corporate Sustainability - an Investor Perspective: The Mays Report - 2003
• Developing a Product Stewardship Strategy for Electrical and Electronic Appliances in Australia - a discussion paper March 2001
• Environmental Management Accounting: An Introduction and Case Studies for Australia - 2003
• ESD Design Guide for Office and Public Buildings: Edition 3 - May 2007 (order printed copy)
• A Framework for Public Environmental Reporting: An Australian Approach - 2000
• A National Approach to Waste Tyres - 2001
• A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia - Volume 4: Business and Industry Education - 2005 (order printed copy)
• Product Innovation - The Green Advantage: An Introduction to Design for Environment for Australian Business - April 2001 (order printed copy)
• Risk, the Environment and the Role of the Insurance Industry - January 2003
• The Role of Australia's Financial Sector in Sustainability
• The State of Sustainability Reporting in Australia 2004 - June 2004
• Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Australia: A Guide to Reporting Against Environmental Indicators - June 2003 (order printed copy)
• Triple Bottom Line Measurement and Reporting in Australia: Making it Tangible - 2002

See also Human Settlements Publications

See also: Chemicals, Cleaner Production

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Intergovernmental

• Heads of Agreement on Commonwealth/State Roles and Responsibilities for the Environment
• Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment - 1992

ANZECC Publications

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Invasive species

Brochures and fact sheets

• Australian Pest Animal Strategy: A National Strategy for the Management of Vertebrate Pest Animals in Australia - August 2007 (order printed copy)
• Beak and feather disease (psittacine circoviral disease)- 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Chytridiomycosis (amphibian chytrid fungus disease) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• European Red Fox - 2004 (order printed copy)
• European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)- 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Camel (Camelus dromedarius)- 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Cat (Felis catus) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Goat (Capra hircus) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Horse (Equus caballus) and Feral Donkey (Equus asinus) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• The Feral Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Invasive Species in Australia - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Keeping Kakadu Pest-Free
• Phytophthora Root Rot - 2004 (order printed copy)
• Weeds of National Significance Weed Management Guides  - 2003
  • Alligator weed  (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
  • Athel pine or tamarisk  (Tamarix aphylla) (order printed copy)
  • Bitou bush  (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata)
  • Boneseed  (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera)
  • Blackberry  (Rubus fruticosus aggregate)
  • Bridal creeper  (Asparagus asparagoides)
  • Cabomba  (Cabomba caroliniana) (order printed copy)
  • Chilean needle grass  (Nassella neesiana)
  • Gorse  (Ulex europaeus)
  • Hymenachne or Olive hymenachne  (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) (order printed copy)
  • Lantana  (Lantana camara) (order printed copy)
  • Mesquite  (Prosopis species) (order printed copy)
  • Mimosa  (Mimosa pigra) (order printed copy)
  • Parkinsonia
  • Parthenium weed  (Parthenium hysterophorus) (order printed copy)
  • Pond apple  (Annona glabra) (order printed copy)
  • Prickly acacia  (Acacia nilotica) (order printed copy)
  • Rubber vine  (Cryptostegia grandiflora) (order printed copy)
  • Salvinia  (Salvinia molesta) (order printed copy)
  • Serrated tussock  (Nassella trichotoma) (order printed copy)
  • Willow  (Salix spp.)
• Weeds Choke Australia's Coast - Australians Urged to Help (fact sheet) - June 2002
• Weeds and Ferals on the Loose! (order printed copy)
• Weeds on the National Environmental Alert List: Weed Management Guides  - 2003
  • Barleria or porcupine flower  (Barleria prionitis) (order printed copy)
  • Blue hound's tongue  (Cynoglossum creticum)(order printed copy)
  • Chinese violet  (Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha) (order printed copy)
  • Cane needle grass  (Nassella hyalina) (order printed copy)
  • Chinese rain tree  (Koelreuteria elegans ssp.formosana) (order printed copy)
  • Cutch tree  (Acacia catechu) (order printed copy)
  • Cyperus  (Cyperus teneristolon) (order printed copy)
  • False yellowhead  (Dittrichia viscosa) (order printed copy)
  • Garden geranium  (Pelargonium alchemilloides) (order printed copy)
  • Heather  (Calluna vulgaris) (order printed copy)
  • Holly leaved senecio  (Senecio glastifolius) (order printed copy)
  • Horsetails  (Equisetum species) (order printed copy)
  • Karroo thorn  (Acacia karroo)
  • Kochia  (Bassia scoparia) (order printed copy)
  • Lagarosiphon  (Lagarosiphon major) (order printed copy)
  • Laurel clock vine  (Thunbergia laurifolia) (order printed copy)
  • Leaf cactus  (Pereskia aculeata) (order printed copy)
  • Lobed needle grass  (Nassella charruana)
  • Orange hawkweed  (Hieracium aurantiacum) (order printed copy)
  • Praxelis  (Praxelis clematidea) (order printed copy)
  • Rosewood or tipuana tree  (Tipuana tipu) (order printed copy)
  • Senegal tea plant  (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides) (order printed copy)
  • Siam weed or chromolaena (Chromolaena odorata)
  • Subterranean Cape sedge  (Trianoptiles solitaria) (order printed copy)
  • Uruguayan rice grass (Piptochaetium montevidense) (order printed copy)
  • White spanish broom  (Cytisus multiflorus) (order printed copy)
  • White weeping broom  (Retama raetam) (order printed copy)
  • Yellow Soldier  (Lachenalia reflexa) (order printed copy)

Books and reports

• Australian Pest Animal Strategy: A National Strategy for the Management of Vertebrate Pest Animals in Australia - August 2007 (order printed copy)
• Cost effective feral animal exclusion fencing for areas of high conservation value in Australia - 2004
• The Determination of Weeds of National Significance
• Developing a Cane Toad Biological Control - 2004
• Hygiene Protocols for the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Particularly Beak and Feather Disease) in Australian Birds - 2006
• Introductory Weed Management Manual (training manual for groups involved in weed management - limit of 1 per order) (order printed copy)
• The Introduced Northern Pacific Seastar, Asterias Amurensis (Lutken) in Tasmania - 1996 (order printed copy)
• Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for Biodiversity Conservation in Australia - June 2006
• Overview of the Impacts of Feral and Managed Honeybees in Australia - 1996
• Overview of the Impacts of Feral Cats on Australian Native Fauna - 1996 (order printed copy)
• Overview of the Impacts of Introduced Salmonids on Australian Native Fauna - 1996 (order printed copy)
• The State of Australia's Birds 2006: Invasive Species
• Threat Abatement Plans - Drafts
  • Draft Threat Abatement Plan for Disease in Natural Ecosystems caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi - May 2007
• Threat Abatement Plans - Approved
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Competition and Land Degradation by Feral Goats
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Competition and Land Degradation by Feral Rabbits
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Dieback Caused by the Root-rot Fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi (CD) - June 2002 (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for the Incidental Catch (or By-Catch) of Seabirds during Oceanic Longline Fishing Operations - 1999
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Infection of Amphibians with Chytrid Fungus Resulting in Chytridiomycosis - 2006 (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by the European Red Fox (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Predation, Habitat Degradation, Competition and Disease Transmission by Feral Pigs - 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease affecting Endangered Psittacine Species - 2005 (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Reduction in Impacts of Tramp Ants on Biodiversity in Australia and its Territories - 2006 (order printed copy)
  • Threat Abatement Plan for Reduction in Impacts of Tramp Ants on Biodiversity in Australia and its Territories: Background Document - 2006 (