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

Tables

Natural and Cultural Heritage: key threats to sustainability in 2001
Table 1 - Register of the National Estate by State and Territory (including Interim Listed Places). [NCH Indicator G.1 (Commonwealth level)]
Table 2 - Breakdown by size of natural heritage places listed on the Register of the National Estate.
Table 3 - Regional Forest Agreement forest listings proposed for Register of the National Estate
Table 4 - National Regional Forest Agreement reserve outcomes.
Table 5 - Indigenous listed places in State and Territory inventories. [NCH Indicator G.1 (State and Territory level - Indigenous)]
Table 6 - Historic places listed in State and Territory heritage registers. [NCH Indicator G.1 (State/Territory level-historic)]
Table 7 - Proportion of Commonwealth, State and Territory collections adequately catalogued. [NCH Indicator O.1 (Major collections)]
Table 8 - Proportion of small museum collections adequately catalogued, broken down into art galleries and other museums. [NCH Indicator O.1 (Smaller collections)]
Table 9 - Condition and integrity of unoccupied buildings in the survey.
Table 10 - Ownership and condition and integrity of survey buildings. [NCH Indicator H.1]
Table 11 - Places noted as destroyed or removed from historic place registers because of loss of values in the period 1995-2000, based on State and Territory heritage registers and the Register of the National Estate. [NCH Indicator G.3 (Historic component)]
Table 12 - Proportion of collections in Commonwealth, State and Territory institutions that had been surveyed for conservation treatment, 2000. [NCH indicator O.2 (Major institutions)]
Table 13 - Proportion of small museums and galleries that have had a conservation survey undertaken, 2000. [NCH indicator O.2 (Small institutions)]
Table 14 - Number of small art galleries and small museums that have had items treated, 2000. [NCH indicator O.3 (Small institutions)]
Table 15 - Condition of the storage environment in Commonwealth, State and Territory institutions, 2000. [NCH indicator O.4 (Major institutions - storage condition)]
Table 16 - Adequacy of storage space in Commonwealth, State and Territory institutions by type of institution, 2000. [NCH indicator O.4 (Major institutions - adequacy of storage)]
Table 17 - Condition of the display environment in small museums, 2000. [NCH Indicator O.4 (Small museums - display condition)]
Table 18 - Proportion of rural population, 1921-1996. [NCH indicator IA 1.3]
Table 19 - World Heritage properties: visitor statistics, 1996-2000.
Table 20 - Indigenous Protected Areas, 2000.
Table 21 - Area of old growth forest added to the CAR reserve system by RFA region.
Table 22 - Numbers of management plans for national parks in Australia, 2000.
Table 23 - Commonwealth World Heritage management funding, 1994-95 to 1999-2000.A [NCH Indicators G.5 and G.6 (World Heritage)]
Table 24 - Number and amount of funding for Indigenous cultural heritage projects. [NCH Indicators IA 1.1 and IA 1.2 (Number and Level of Funding for Indigenous Cultural Heritage/Archaeological Projects)]
Table 25 -Major Commonwealth Government cultural heritage funding programs 1996-2000. [NCH indicators G.5 and G.6 (Commonwealth)]
Table 26 - Funding ($) provided for the protection and management of historic shipwrecks, 1995-2000. [NCH indicators G.5 and G.6 (Shipwrecks)]
Table 27 - State and Territory heritage funding ($), 1995-2000A. [NCH indicator G.5 and G.6 (States and Territories)]
Table 28 - Number of Commonwealth Government heritage properties divested, 1996-2000.
Table 29 - Number of Commonwealth Government heritage properties divested but leased back during each year.
Table 30 - State and Territory heritage advisory services, May 1999.
Table 31 - Membership of professional historic heritage organisations, 1999-2000. [NCH Indicator G.7]
Table 32 - Public awareness: ranking of most important environmental issues.
Table 33 - Membership of an environmental group.
Table 34 - Percentage of people donating time or money to environmental protection.
Table 35 - Number of visits to reserved areas by those involved in environment protection.
Table 36 - Indigenous land in Australia and its distribution, 1996. [NCH Indicator IA 4.2]
Table 37 - Number of cultural heritage professionals who identify as Indigenous and worked for government agencies, 1999-2000.
Table 38 - Number of agreements for repatriation of Indigenous materials and funds allocated, 1995-2000. [NCH Indicator IC.5]
Table 39 - Numbers of Indigenous language speakers, 1986-1996. [NCH Indicator IL.1]
Table 40 - Indigenous language spoken at home, proportion of Indigenous people.
Table 41 - Number of Indigenous language programs (total) in States and Territories from 1995 to 2000.
Table 42 - Numbers of non-education Indigenous language programs and centres, 2000. [NCH Indicator IL.9 (Non-education)]
Table 43 - Summary of Indigenous language education programs (approximate numbers only), 2000. [NCH Indicator IL.9 (Education)]
Comparison of findings between the 1996 and 2001 SoE Reports - Natural and Cultural Heritage