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WSSD - Australian National Assessment Report

Environment Australia
ISBN 0 642 54855 2

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Contents

• 1. Introduction - A Record of Progress Since Rio
• 2. Overview of Sustainable Development in Australia
  • 2.1. Beginnings of Environmental Concern in Australia
  • 2.2. The ESD Process
  • 2.3. Post Rio Initiatives - Institutional and Process Change
  • 2.4. On-going Challenges
  • 2.5. Assisting Sustainable Development Outside Australia
• 3. Institutions, Processes, Decision-making, Accountability
  • 3.1. Institutions
    • 3.1.1. Establishment of Cross-sectoral Agencies
    • 3.1.2. Cross-sectoral Programs - the Natural Heritage Trust
  • 3.2. Processes and Decision-making
    • 3.2.1. Whole of Government Policy Processes
    • 3.2.2. National Policy Processes
    • 3.2.3. Economic Instruments
    • 3.2.4. Legislation
    • 3.2.5 The Community Partnerships Approach to Program Management
  • 3.3. Accountability
    • 3.3.1. Government Reporting
    • 3.3.2. Private Sector Reporting
  • 3.4. Application of these Approaches in the International Context
• 4. Thematic Review - Oceans
  • 4.1. Context - Australia's Ocean Territories
  • 4.2. Policy Integration - National Oceans Policy
  • 4.3. Institutional Framework
    • 4.3.1. Specific Elements of the Policy
  • 4.4. Extension of this Approach to the International Scene
• 5. Thematic Review - Integrated Land and Water Management
  • 5.1. Legacy of Early Land and Water Management
  • 5.2. Salinity
  • 5.3. Experiments in Integrated Policy and Decision-making
    • 5.3.1. The Murray-Darling Basin
    • 5.3.2. Council of Australian Governments Water Reform
    • 5.3.3. The Natural Resource Management Council
    • 5.3.4. Stakeholder Delivery of Land and Water Restoration Programs
    • 5.3.5. National Action Plan on Salinity and Water Quality
  • 5.4. Information for Decision-making
    • 5.4.1. The National Land and Water Resources Audit
    • 5.4.2. Ecoplan
    • 5.4.3. The Role of Indigenous Knowledge
  • 5.5. Government Contributions to Land and Water Sustainability
  • 5.6. Regulation of Land and Water Sustainability
  • 5.7. Globalisation of International Markets
  • 5.8. Lessons Learnt That Might Be Applied Internationally
• 6. List of Resources

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Boxes

• Box 1. Australia's Development Assistance Program
• Box 2. Examples of Broadening Departmental Objectives
• Box 3. Principles of the Natural Heritage Trust
• Box 4. Sustainable Development in State Legislation
• Box 5. Examples of Government-Industry Partnerships
• Box 6. Examples of Government-Community Partnerships
• Box 7. Federal-Local Government Partnerships
• Box 8. Case study: Regional Marine Plan for the South-East Region
• Box 9. Case study: Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop
  and, Heard Island and McDonald Islands fisheries
• Box 10. Australian Aid for Sustainable Oceans

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Download the Report

This report is available for download as a Word file from the United Nations' Johannesburg Summit 2002 web site

• http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/prep_process/national_reports/australia_natl_assess0105.doc