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Ecologically sustainable development publications

Listed below are publications that relate specifically to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts sustainability activities. Hard copies of some of these publications are available free of charge from the Community Information Unit.

Brochures and fact sheets

• Local Agenda 21 - Sustaining Communities
• Agenda 21 - Sustainable Development

World Summit on Sustainable Development

The following documents were developed for distribution at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, and will therefore not include updated information after that time.

• Sustainable Development in Australia - Booklet
• Australia at the Summit
• Australia's World Summit Partnerships
• Australia's Oceans Policy
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Achievements
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Australia's Aid Program and the WSSD Agenda
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Education
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Environment
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Governance
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: HIV/AIDS
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Papua New Guinea and Pacific Island Countries
• Australia's Overseas Aid Program: Working Towards Peace and Security
• Australia's Response to Climate Change
• Case Study: Mekong Delta Mixed Shrimp Culture-Mangrove Forestry
• Case Study: Municipal Public Health Planning in Victoria
• Case study: Planning for Sustainable Coastal Development
• Case Study: Tiny Indicators for Potential Environmental Hazards
• Changing Consumption and Production Patterns: Working in Partnership with Australian Industry
• Coastcare
• Community Action to Tackle Australia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Environmental Performance Assessment: Essential for all Fisheries
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Harnessing Australia's Renewable Potential
• Indigenous Australians: Natural Resource Management
• Indigenous Communities and the Mining Industry
• Informing Sustainable Outcomes
• Introduced Marine Pests: Prevention and Management
• Marine Species
• National Local Agenda 21 Program
• National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
• WSSD Postcards

Manuals and guidelines

• ESD Reporting Guidelines
  • Criteria for Determining ESD Relevance
• Localising Agenda 21: A Guide to Sustainable Development for the APEC Region
• Our Community Our Future: A Guide to Local Agenda 21
• Teaching for a Sustainable World: International Edition

Strategies and Agreements

• Agenda 21
  • Chapter 28 (Local Agenda 21)
• Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment
• National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development
  • An Overview of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development
  • Summary Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development
  • Summary Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy For Ecologically Sustainable Development 1993 - 1995

Reports

• Australia's Reports to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
• Productivity Commission Inquiries
• National Report to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Headline Sustainability Indicators
• OECD Reports

Some reports are available online as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these reports.

Australia's reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

About the implementation of Agenda 21

• WSSD - Australian National Assessment Report - 2002
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 2001
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 2000
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 1999
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 1998
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 1997
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 1996
• Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 - 1995
• Australia's National Report to the UNCSD - 1994

Productivity Commission Inquiries

• Report on the Implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development by Commonwealth Departments and Agencies: Final Report - 15 February 2000
• Response by Environment Australia to the Productivity Commission Draft Report: Submission Number DR68 - April 1999 (PDF File)
• Submission by Environment Australia to the ESD Inquiry: Submission Number 21 - December 1998 (PDF File)

Inquiry into Ecologically Sustainable Land Management

• Report on Ecologically Sustainable Land Management: Final Report - January 1998
• Response by Environment Australia to the Industry Commission's Inquiry Into Ecologically Sustainable Land Management - November 1997
• Submission by Environment Australia to the Industry Commission's Inquiry Into Ecologically Sustainable Land Management- June 1997

National Report to the World Summit on Sustainable Development

• WSSD Australian National Assessment Report

Headline Sustainability Indicators

• HSI Report

OECD Reports

• Sustainable Development
• Communique from the Ministerial Council Meeting May 2002
• Environmental Strategy (PDF File - 163 KB)
• OECD Environmental Performance Review: Australia - 1998
  • Tabling Statement on the OECD'S Environment Performance Review of Australia - 1998
• OECD Environmental Performance Review: Australia - 2008