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State of the Environment Technical Paper Series 1

Australia: State of the Environment 1996 draws upon the expertise of a broad section of the Australian scientific and technical community. The report was prepared by seven expert reference groups who worked under the broad direction of an independent State of the Environment Advisory Council.

While preparing the report, the former Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, on behalf of the reference groups, commissioned a number of specialist technical papers. These have been refereed and have been published as the State of the Environment (SoE) Technical Paper Series. Reflecting the chapters of the report, the papers relate to Biodiversity, Portrait of Australia, Human Settlements, Atmosphere, Land, Inland Waters, Estuaries and the Sea, and Natural and Cultural Heritage.

Atmosphere

• Air Quality and Human Health
• Indoor Air Quality

Biodiversity

• Genetic Indicators for State of the Environment Reporting

Coasts and Oceans

• Nutrients in Marine and Estuarine Environments
• Seagrasses of Australia
• Subtidal Macroalgal Assemblages in Temperate Australian Coastal Waters

Human Settlements

• Cities in Transition: Changing Economic and Technological Processes and Australia's Settlement System

Inland Waters

• Drinking Water Quality
• Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities, Water Use and Consumption on Water Resources and Flooding
• Potential Sources of Sediments and Nutrients: Sheet and Rill Erosion and Phosphorus Sources
• Review of Impacts of Displaced/Introduced Fauna associated with Inland Waters
• State of Habitat Availability and Quality in Inland Waters
• Water Quality for Maintenance of Aquatic Ecosystems: Appropriate Indicators and Analysis

Land

• Distribution of Petroleum Resources in Australia
• The Environment and Food Quality

Natural and Cultural Heritage

• The Register of the National Estate: Who, What, Where?
• Case Study of the Cultural Landscapes of the Central Victorian Goldfields
• Culture and Heritage: Historic Environment
• Culture and Heritage: Indigenous Languages
• Culture and Heritage: Oral History
• Culture and Heritage: Shipwrecks and Associated Objects
• Material Culture and the Cultural Environment: Objects and Places

Portrait of Australia

• From Plesiosaurs to People: 100 Million Years of Environmental History