Indicator: NCH-09 Funding provided to heritage and other agencies for natural heritage places
Data
| 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barrier Reef | 20 855 000 | 26 501 277 | 25 323 102 | 24 117 000 | ||||||
| Heard and McDonald Islands 1 | 127 000 | 55 000 | 55 000 | 230 000 | ||||||
| Kakadu National Park 2 | 9 907 260 | 8 204 614A | 7 080 080 | 7 229 856 | 13 638 539B | 10 595 882 B | 16 598 000 | 18 947 000 | 20 383 000 | 19 192 000 |
| Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 3 | 4 855 419 | 4 064 999 A | 2 119 241 | 1 831 210 | 3 572 810 B | 3 986 287 B | 15 109 000 | 17 014 000 | 14 213 000 | 15 195 000 |
| All Properties | 14 762 679 | 12 269 613 | 9 199 321 | 9 061 066 | 17 211 349 | 14 582 169 | 52 689 000 | 62 517 277 | 59 974 102 | 58 734 000 |
1 - The funding figures for Heard and McDonald Islands do not include the costs of expeditions to the area, which are planned to take place at approximately three-yearly intervals.
A - Includes additional capital works for Cultural Centres
B - includes additional capital works on visitor infrastructure because of Sydney Olympic Games
* places listed for both natural and cultural (Indigenous world heritage values)
The funding listed for the four World Heritage properties managed by Australian Government agencies (Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and Heard and McDonald Islands) comprises the total management budgets for each of the properties not just the component for World Heritage funding.
* Total figures for Kakadu and Uluru - Kata Tjuta prior to 2000-01 include the administrative costs of Parks Australia North's Darwin Office.
The annual figures for Kakadu from 1996-97 until 1999-00 are inclusive of funding to the Supervising Scientist Division.
Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005
| PROPERTY | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Fossil Mammal Sites | 303 189 | 185 000 | 415 000 | 712 000 | 593 500 | 812 913 | 359 000 | 413 500 | 20 000 | 174 000 | 295 600 |
| Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) | 360 000 | 175 000 | 280 000 | 1 319 000 | 1 385 000 | 732 000 | 744 000 | 370 510 | 30 000 | 174 000 | 261 000 |
| Fraser Island | 300 700 | 317 150 | 700 000 | 950 000 | 70 000 | 662 500 | 451 000 | 700 000 | 8 000 | 42 500 | 427 000 |
| Greater Blue Mountains | 1 041 275 | 100 000 | 43 000 | 132 194 | 131 872 | ||||||
| Lord Howe Island | 234 114 | 60 000 | 360 000 | 435 925 | 484.500 | 453 400 | 268 000 | 341 000 | 95 880 | 160 997 | |
| Macquarie Island 1 | 30 000 | ||||||||||
| Shark Bay | 210 000 | 169 000 | 491 630 | 674 480 | 534 350 | 490 250 | 389 850 | 1 200 796 | 51 500 | 208 200 | |
| Tasmanian Wilderness* | 5 101 000 | 5 117 000 | 5 260 000 | 7 350 000 | 7 005 000 | 5 770 000 | 5 880 000 | 6 430 000 | 4 300 000 | 3 462 000 | 3 513 500 |
| Wet Tropics | 6 195 000 | 4 060 000 | 4 689 000 | 5 376 000 | 3 446 000 | 3 752 500 | 3 388 325 | 3 740 000 | 2 690 000 | 2 754 500 | 2 913 500 |
| Willandra Lakes* | 420 245 | 122 375 | 2 510 000 | 2 497 329 | 848 850 | 340 000 | 261 500 | 245 000 | 19 000 | 218 560 | 271 000 |
| Purnululu | 80 800 | 228 200 | |||||||||
| All properties | 13 124 248 | 10 205 525 | 14 705 630 | 19 314 734 | 14 367 200 | 13 013 563 | 12 812 950 | 14 140 806 | 7 110 000 | 7 185 934 | 8 410 869 |
* places listed for both natural and cultural (Indigenous world heritage values)
1 - These funds have not been expended and are due to be returned to the Australian Government.
The funding listed for State-managed properties (eleven World Heritage areas) listed here comprises monies from the World Heritage section of the National component of the Natural Heritage Trust as well as that from the Australian Government appropriations.
Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005
What the data mean
Most of Australia’s World Heritage properties incorporate natural as well as Indigenous heritage values. Funding for the management of World Heritage properties managed by the Australian Government has not changed significantly over the reporting period. However, there has been a significant reduction in funding for the properties managed by State and Territory Governments in 2002-03.
Data Limitations
Data on specific funding for natural heritage is not available.
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Natural and Cultural Heritage — Responses to conserve heritage - Funding for heritage
Governmental responses to conserve identified heritage places and items are a reflection of the relative importance society places in conserving these for the benefit of future generations. Governments respond to conserving heritage places and items are through legislation and funding to implement management regimes. This indicator provides a measure of the extent of response to protecting and maintaining heritage values in a range of natural heritage places.
Other indicators for this issue:
- NCH-10 Funding provided to heritage and other agencies for historic heritage places
- NCH-11 Funds provided to heritage and other agencies for Indigenous heritage places
- NCH-12 Funding provided to heritage and other agencies for heritage collections
Biodiversity — Landscapes - Government action on landscape protection
Funding for natural heritage places is one example of Government action on landscape protection.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-17 Institutional response to loss of native vegetation
- BD-19 Extent and comprehensiveness of terrestrial protected areas
- BD-24 Government investments to protect biodiversity for public good purposes
- NCH-01 Process of listing, area and distribution of identified natural heritage places
- NCH-05 Physical condition and integrity of a sample of natural heritage places
- NCH-13 Changes in heritage legislation
- CO-34 Number and extent of Marine Protected Areas
- LD-27 Area and proportion of agricultural land under various aspects of "best practice"
- LD-28 Percentage and area of farms with planted trees
- LD-29 Area and proportion of forest under "best practice"
- LD-30 National area under plantation forestry
- LD-38 Regions with investments having a major focus on salinity
- AAT-13 Number and area of protected areas
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