Sustainability Report 2005-2006
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007
Australian Antarctic Division Environmental Performance
Emissions to Air, Land and Water
EN10, EN13, EN12, EN32: Emissions to air, land and water
Goals 2005-06
Maintain Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Waste Regulations of no significant emissions to air and land
Continue to monitor outflows to water to ensure that there are no significant discharges
Performance 2005-06 and trends
No data available.
Commentary
Even though AAD uses large quantities of fossil fuels as the primary energy sources for shipping and station operation, incinerates materials at each station, and disposes of treated sewage effluent into the ocean, the emissions produced are considered to be not significant because of the temporal, spatial and landscape scales in which AAD operations occur. Thus emissions are not measured or monitored at this stage, and this is not a priority activity for 2006-07.
AAD considers that the Treaty obligations on no significant emissions to air or land are being met.
Goals 2006-07
- Maintain Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Waste Regulations of no significant emissions to air and land
- Continue to monitor outflows to water to ensure that there are no significant discharges.
Related Indicators
Contents
- Sustainability Report 05-06
- Executive summary
- Vision and strategy
- Our organisation
- Governance
- Policy and influence
- Environmental performance
- Social performance
- Economic performance
- Report assurance statement
- Case studies
- GRI index
Key
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