State of the Environment

2001

Natural and Cultural Heritage Theme Report

Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report)
Lead Author: Jane Lennon, Jane Lennon and Associates Pty Ltd, Authors
Published by CSIRO on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2001
ISBN 0 643 06752 3

Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAT Australian Antarctic Territory
ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
AHC Australian Heritage Commission
AHPI Australian Heritage Places Inventory
AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (a Ministerial council)
ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (a Commonwealth Government statutory authority)
ATSILIP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Initiatives Program (an ATSIC funded program)
BRACS Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme
CAAMA Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
CAPAD Combined Australian Protected Areas Database
DEETYA Department of Employment, Education and Youth Affairs (Commonwealth government)
EA Environment Australia (Commonwealth Government's Department of the Environment and Heritage)
FATSIL Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (an ATSIC funded body)
IBRA Interim Bio-geographic Regionalisation for Australia
ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (also known as the World Conservation Union)
NHT Natural Heritage Trust
NRS National Reserve System
RFA Regional Forest Agreement
RNE Register of the National Estate
SOE State of the Environment