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
Appendix 4
Natural and cultural heritage indicators, 1998
These natural and cultural heritage indicators were recommended in Pearson et al. (1998).
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Issue or element
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Indicator
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Comment
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General indicators
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Knowledge of the heritage resource
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G.1 Number and distribution of identified heritage items (places and objects).
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Used in Chapter 2
Tables 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 |
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G.2 Number of heritage places assessed using best practice assessment standards.
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Discussed in Chapter 2
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Condition of heritage
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G.3 Number of places destroyed or whose values have been severely diminished.
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Used in Chapter 3 (Table 11)
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G.4 Number of places reserved for conservation purposes where heritage values have been seriously impaired by visitor use.
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Not used - no systematic data available;
Chapter 3 discusses tourism and heritage issue |
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Resources and training
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G.5 Funds provided for maintaining heritage values.
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Used in Chapter 4
Tables 23, 25, 26 and 27 (data in tables combined with G.6) |
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G.6 Amount of funding provided to heritage agencies responsible for heritage places and objects.
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Used in Chapter 4
Table 23, 25, 26 and 27 (data in tables combined with G.5) |
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G.7 Number of conservation practitioners and training courses.
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Used in Chapter 4
Table 31 |
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Community awareness and action
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G.8 Community awareness of and attitudes towards heritage places and objects and their conservation.
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Addressed in Chapter 5
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Specific natural heritage indicators
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G.1 to G.8
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Issue 1
Knowledge of natural heritage places |
N.1 Proportion of natural heritage places with a condition statement; proportion with recent condition statements; and age distribution of condition statements.
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Not used - no systematic data available;
Chapter 3 discusses issue |
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Issue 2
Protection by Government |
N.2 Proportion of natural heritage places with protected area status.
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Used in Chapter 4
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N.3 Proportion of natural heritage places with a management plan.
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Used in Chapter 4
Table 22 |
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Specific Indigenous (archaeological) indicators
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G.1 to G.8
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Issue 1
Knowledge of indigenous (archaeological) heritage places |
IA1.1 Number of, and level of funding for, programs initiated or continuing focussed on recording scientific and social values of places involving collaborative research.
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Addressed in Chapters 4 and 6,
Table 24 (combined with IA1.2) |
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IA1.2 Level and distribution of funding or other resources provided to support systematic studies of Indigenous heritage places of archaeological significance.
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Addressed in Chapters 4 and 6,
Table 24 (combined with IA1.1) |
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IA1.3 Net population movement of local (Indigenous and non Indigenous) people away from rural lands and townships.
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Issue discussed in Chapters 3 and 6
Table 18 |
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Issue 2
Impact of development (humanly initiated actions including tourism) |
IA2.1 Number and proportion of archaeological assessment studies initiated prior to development that include assessment of Indigenous archaeological places and values.
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Not used - no systematic data available
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IA2.2 Extent of land area (per region or catchment) under cultivation, cleared, clear felled forests, open mine site bare ground, or lands recorded as under stocking pressure in the Rangelands or arid zones.
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Not reported here, however see discussion of the accelerated erosion and loss of surface soil issue (in Land Theme Report (Land Indicator 1.1 and related component indicators) and the clearing, fragmentation, and degradation of native vegetation issue (Biodiversity Theme Report Indicators 2.1 and 2.2)
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Issue 3
Impact of natural processes and humanly accelerated or initiated natural processes |
IA3.1 Number of Indigenous archaeological heritage places on reserved lands reported as destroyed or damaged by natural agencies such as flood, fire, storm (wind/wave).
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Not used - no systematic data available
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Issue 4
Statutory protection, management regimes and resources |
IA4.1 Areal extent of lands reserved for conservation purposes under all jurisdictions including:
(a) proportion which is 'unmodified' plant or animal habitat, or landscape, (b) proportion preserved for their Indigenous heritage values, and (c) proportion in category (b) with provisions for management and its implementation. |
Not used - no systematic data available
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IA4.2 Number and total area of protected areas or individual indigenous places under:
(a) the primary control of local communities, (b) the control of traditional owners, (c) joint management regimes, or (d) designated as Aboriginal lands managed by resident communities according to traditional canons of practice in caring for country. |
Addressed in Chapter 6
Tables 20 and 36 |
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Specific Indigenous (contemporary) heritage Indicators
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G.2 to G.8
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Issue 1
'Culturally appropriate' directions in conservation and management of heritage places of significance to Indigenous custodians/communities |
IC.1 Number of places (sample) where Indigenous people are involved in heritage management decision making by virtue of:
(a) Indigenous land ownership (b) joint management (c) recognised custodianship( d) direct consultation. |
Discussed in Chapter 6
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IC.2 Number of government heritage agencies, including those agencies providing heritage research and funding programs that incorporate procedures of consultation or referral to Indigenous custodial/community groups on:
(a) priority setting (b) individual projects (c) annual programs (d) policy formulation on Indigenous issues. |
Not used - no systematic data available
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IC.3 Number of trained Indigenous heritage professionals or custodial representatives employed by government heritage agencies, or Indigenous people serving on councils or boards of such agencies, who are actively involved in the management and/or administration of Indigenous heritage places.
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Used in Chapter 6
Table 37 |
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IC.4 Number of Indigenous community based funding applications for government heritage funding:
(a) that are successful (b) are not successful (c) as a percentage of total government heritage funding provided (d) as a percentage of total government heritage funding applications. |
Not used - no systematic data available
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IC.5 Number of programs and funds allocated for repatriation of Indigenous artefactual material and/or human remains.
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Used in Chapter 6
Table 38 |
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Issue 2
Questions of Indigenous community cultural heritage maintenance (places being one part) |
IC.6 Number of Indigenous communities/organisations establishing:
(a) 'keeping places' (b) cultural centres (c) site/place databases (d) heritage tours, trails/walks. |
Addressed in Chapter 6
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Specific Indigenous languages indicators
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Issue 1
Condition of Indigenous languages |
IL.1 Number of people who identify as knowing each Indigenous language.
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Used in Chapter 7
Table 39 and Figure 10 |
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IL.2 Number of people in age group who identify as knowing each Indigenous language; proportion of total identifying as Indigenous.
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Used in Chapter 7
Figure 11 |
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IL.3 Number of traditional languages at each recognised stage of inter generational dislocation.
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Addressed in Chapter 7
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Issue 2
State of documentation of languages |
IL.4 The number of Indigenous languages for which
(a) documentation is: (i) good
(b) documentation is close to complete (given the state of the language).(ii) adequate (iii) inadequate |
Addressed in Chapter 7
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Issue 3
The wider use of Indigenous languages |
IL.5 The number of/proportion of traditional language used in:
(a) broadcast media: radio, TV, published books, magazines, cinema, WWW, distinguishing: (i) programs aimed at speakers;
(b) signage in public places (streets, parks), advertisements.(ii) programs aimed at a general audience; |
Discussed in Chapter 5
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IL.6 Number of approvals of geographic names, including map sheet names, using Indigenous place names.
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Discussed in Chapter 5
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Issue 4
Funding, research and education |
IL.7 Amount (in $) of funding provided for language programs through government departments and agencies, including ATSIC, DEETYA, ARC and AIATSIS; distinguishing allocations to:
(a) research; (b) language maintenance; (c) education and training; and (d) information dissemination and public education (e.g. translation of notices of government programs). |
Not used - no systematic data available
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IL.8 The number of projects which document knowledge of traditional languages, by type of project.
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Addressed in Chapter 7
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IL.9 The number and type of Indigenous language programs undertaken in language centres, schools, and other institutions.
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Used in Chapter 7
Tables 42 and 44 |
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Specific historic heritage indicators
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G.1 to G.8
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Issue 1
Condition of heritage places |
H.1 The number of heritage places assessed (by sampling) as being in
(a) good, (b) average and (c) poor condition. |
Used in Chapter 3
Table 10 |
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Issue 2
Protection by government |
H.2 Number of statutory mechanisms actively used to protect historic places.
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Used in Chapter 4
Appendix 6 |
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Specific objects indicators
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G.1 and G.5 to G.8
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Issue 1
Knowledge of Heritage Collections |
O.1 The number of objects/collections adequately catalogued.
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Used in Chapter 2
Tables 7 and 8 |
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Issue 2
Knowledge of Condition of Heritage Collections |
O.2 The proportion of collections surveyed for preservation treatment by a trained curator/conservator.
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Used in Chapter 3
Tables 12 and 13 |
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O.3 The proportion of collections requiring preservation subsequently treated.
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Used in Chapter 3
Table 14 |
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O.4 The proportion of collections stored in appropriate environmental conditions.
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Used in Chapter 3
Tables 15 and 17 |
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Issue 3
Condition of Heritage Collections |
O.5 Number of heritage collections with statutory protection for that heritage type/category outside museum collections.
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Not used - no systematic data available
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O.6 Number of reported applications of provisions of existing legislation to protect heritage objects in museums and in situ.
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Not used - no systematic data available, although use of Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 is reported upon in Chapter 2
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Issue 4
Societal responses to heritage collections |
O.7 Number of users of object collections for scholarly study, and the number of programs for the public use of collections.
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Not used - no systematic data available
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