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
Environmental Indicators
| Environmental indicator | |
|---|---|
| NCH G.1 | a | b | c | | Number and distribution of identified heritage items (places and objects) |
| NCH G.2 | Number of heritage places assessed using best practice assessment standards |
| NCH G.3 | Number of places destroyed or whose values have been severely diminished |
| NCH G.5 | a | b | c | d | | Funds provided for maintaining heritage values |
| NCH G.6 | a | b | c | d | | Amount of funding provided to heritage agencies responsible for heritage places and objects |
| NCH G.7 | Number of conservation practitioners and training courses |
| NCH G.8 | Community awareness of and attitudes towards heritage places and objects and their conservation |
| NCH H.1 |
The number of heritage places assessed (by sampling) as being in (a) good, (b) average and (c) poor condition |
| NCH H.2 | Number of statutory mechanisms actively used to protect historic places |
| NCH IA 1.2 | Level and distribution of funding or other resources provided to support systematic studies of indigenous heritage places of archaeological significance |
| NCH IA 1.3 | Net population movement of local (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) people away from rural lands and townships |
| NCH IA 4.2 |
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 (d) designated as Aboriginal lands managed by resident communities according to traditional canons of practice in caring for country |
| NCH 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 |
| NCH IC.3 |
Number of Indigenous communities/organisations establishing: (a) 'keeping places' (b) cultural centres (c) site/place databases (d) heritage tours, trails/walks |
| NCH IC.5 | Number of programs and funds allocated for repatriation of Indigenous artefactual material and/or human remains |
| NCH IC.6 | 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 |
| NCH IL.1 | Number of people who identify as knowing each Indigenous language |
| NCH IL.2 | Number of people in age group who identify as knowing each Indigenous language; proportion of total identifying as Indigenous |
| NCH IL.3 | Number of traditional languages at each recognised stage of inter-generational dislocation |
| NCH IL.4 |
The number of Indigenous languages for which (a) documentation is: (i) good (ii) adequate (iii) inadequate (b) documentation is close to complete (given the state of the language) |
| NCH 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; (ii) programs aimed at a general audience; (b) signage in public places (streets, parks), advertisements |
| NCH IL.6 | Number of approvals of geographic names, including map sheet names, using indigenous place names |
| NCH IL.8 | The number of projects which document knowledge of traditional languages, by type of project |
| NCH IL.9 | a | b | | The number and type of Indigenous language programs undertaken in language centres, schools, and other institutions |
| NCH N.2 | Proportion of natural heritage places with protected area status |
| NCH N.3 | Proportion of natural heritage places with a management plan |
| NCH O.1 | a | b | | The number of objects/collections adequately catalogued |
| NCH O.2 | a | b | | The proportion of collections surveyed for preservation treatment by a trained curator/conservator |
| NCH O.3 | The proportion of collections requiring preservation subsequently treated |
| NCH O.4 | a | b | c | | The proportion of collections stored in appropriate environmental conditions |