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2006 state of the environment publications

• Australia State of the Environment 2006 (order printed copy)
• Australia State of the Environment 2006 AT A GLANCE - summary report including CD-ROM of full report (order printed copy
• Theme commentaries
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Coasts and oceans
  • Human settlements
  • Inland waters
  • Land
  • Natural and cultural heritage
  • Australian Antarctic Territory
    • Australian Antarctic Territory, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and observations on Macquarie Island Tasmania
    • Antarctic and sub-Antarctic cultural heritage
• Integrative commentaries
  • An integrated approach to environment and heritage issues
  • Changing the delivery of environmental stewardship in Australia
  • Critical issues in regional natural resource management
  • Indigenous involvement in environmental and heritage management
  • Living in a land of fire
  • Living in a variable climate
  • Progress in accessing environmental data and information
  • The role of local government in environmental and heritage management
  • The role of the private sector in environmental stewardship
  • The suburbanisation of coastal Australia
• Current or emerging issues papers
  • A dying shame – Australian coastal freshwater lakes
  • Audit of the outcomes of the National Trust's Endangered Places Programme
  • Birds of woodlands and grasslands
  • Chemicals in the environment
  • Coastal water quality, Adelaide's port waterways
  • Coastal water quality, Western Australia's Peel-Harvey estuarine system
  • Cultural heritage and local government
  • Desalination
  • Environmental education in Australia
  • Environmental indicators for reporting
  • Freshwater protected areas in Australia
  • Genetically modified organisms
  • Groundwater fauna
  • Incentives for natural and cultural heritage conservation
  • Monitoring in the rangelands
  • Progress in restoring our environment
  • Property rights and the environment
  • Repatriation of Indigenous cultural property
  • Review of the EPBC Act
  • Society's forms of capital: a framework for renewing our thinking
  • SoE in an international context
  • Species information partnerships: sharing knowledge on threatened species
  • Spring wetlands of the Great Artesian Basin
  • The coastal pollution halo
  • The Collections Council of Australia
  • The dilemma of conflicting environmental outcomes
  • The disappearing frogs
  • The environment management services industry
  • The Great Green Debate: urban myths, risks and alternative opinions
  • The impact of urban form on public health
  • The Wentworth Group and the great water debate
  • Urban form and urban efficiency
  • What do Australians think about protecting the environment?
• Technical reports
  • State of the environment report on human settlements: stocks and flows indicators
  • State of Indigenous cultural heritage A survey of Indigenous organisations
  • Study of the condition and integrity of historic heritage places
  • Waterbirds and wetlands across eastern Australia
• Data Reporting System
• Speech: Bob Beeton on State of the Environment 2006 (SoE 2006)

2001 state of the environment publications

• Australia State of the Environment Report 2001
• Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Key Findings Brochure
• Fact sheets
  • Administrative arrangements
  • Air quality
  • Biodiversity
  • Broadscale vegetation clearing
  • The environment and Indigenous peoples
  • Natural and cultural heritage
  • Salinity
  • Sediment and coastal water quality
• Theme reports
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Atmosphere Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Biodiversity Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Coasts and Oceans Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Human Settlements Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Inland Waters Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Land Theme Report
  • Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 - Natural and Cultural Heritage Theme Report
• State of the Environment Technical Paper Series 2
  • Atmosphere
    • Climate Extremes: Indicators for State of the Environment Monitoring
  • Biodiversity
    • Australian Fire Regimes: Contemporary Patterns (April 1998 - March 2000) and Changes Since European Settlement
      • Preface
      • The Distribution, Extent and Seasonality of Large fires in Australia, April 1998 - March 2000, as Mapped from NOAA-AVHRR Imagery
      • A Review of Fire Regimes of The Forested Region of South-Western Australia with Selected Examples of their Effects on Native Biota
      • Fire Regimes and their Impacts in the Mulga (Acacia aneura) Landscapes of Central Australia
      • Pre-contact Aboriginal, and Contemporary Fire Regimes of the Savanna Landscapes of Northern Australia: Patterns, Changes and Ecological Processes
      • The Relationship Between Hot Spots from NOAA-AVHRR Imagery and Fires in Southwestern Australian Forests
      • An Assessment of the Accuracy of DOLA's Northern Australian NOAA-AVHRR Fire Affected Area (FAA) Map Products
    • The Interaction Between Habitat Conditions, Ecosystem Processes and Terrestrial Biodiversity - a Review
  • Coasts and Oceans
    • Marine Disturbance in Parts of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Human Settlements
    • Indigenous Settlements of Australia
    • Suburbanisation Vs Reurbanisation: Population Distribution Changes in Australian Cities
  • Inland Waters
    • A Nutrient Dynamics Model for Australian Waterways
  • Land
    • Wind Erosion Trends From Meteorological Records
  • Natural and Cultural Heritage
    • Implementing State of the Environment Indicators for Knowledge and Condition of Heritage Places and Objects
    • State of Indigenous Languages in Australia - 2001
  • Professor Thom Media Statement

1996 state of the environment publications

• Australia: State of the Environment 1996
• Key findings from the first independent national report - brochure
• State of the Environment Technical Paper Series 1
  • Atmosphere
    • Air Quality and Human Health
    • Indoor Air Quality
  • Biodiversity
    • Genetic Indicators for State of the Environment Reporting
    • Evaluation of the Feasibility of Remote Sensing for Monitoring National State of the Environment Indicators
  • Coasts and Oceans
    • Nutrients in Marine and Estuarine Environments
    • Seagrasses of Australia
    • Subtidal Macroalgal Assemblages in Temperate Australian Coastal Waters
  • Human Settlements
    • Cities in Transition: Changing Economic and Technological Processes and Australia's Settlement System
  • Inland Waters
    • Drinking Water Quality
    • Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities, Water Use and Consumption on Water Resources and Flooding
    • Potential Sources of Sediments and Nutrients: Sheet and Rill Erosion and Phosphorus Sources
    • Review of Impacts of Displaced/Introduced Fauna associated with Inland Waters
    • State of Habitat Availability and Quality in Inland Waters
    • Water Quality for Maintenance of Aquatic Ecosystems: Appropriate Indicators and Analysis
  • Land
    • Distribution of Petroleum Resources in Australia
    • The Environment and Food Quality
  • Natural and Cultural Heritage
    • The Register of the National Estate: Who, What, Where?
    • Case Study of the Cultural Landscapes of the Central Victorian Goldfields
    • Culture and Heritage: Historic Environment
    • Culture and Heritage: Indigenous Languages
    • Culture and Heritage: Oral History
    • Culture and Heritage: Shipwrecks and Associated Objects
    • Material Culture and the Cultural Environment: Objects and Places
  • Portrait of Australia
    • From Plesiosaurs to People: 100 Million Years of Environmental History

Background papers

• Environmental indicator reports
  • Core Environmental Indicators for Reporting on the State of the Environment - ANZECC
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Atmosphere
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Biodiversity
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Estuaries and the Sea
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Human Settlements
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Inland Waters
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Land
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Local and Community Uses
  • Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Natural and Cultural Heritage
• A Guidebook to Environmental Indicators  - CSIRO, 1998
• State of the Environment Reporting: Framework for Australia - 1994