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Third National Report CONTENTS Australia Third National Report 1 CONTENTS 1 A. REPORTING PARTY 10 Information on the preparation of the report 10 B. PRIORITY SETTING, TARGETS AND OBSTACLES 13 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 14 Priority Setting 18 Challenges and Obstacles to Implementation 19 2010 Target 22 Protect the components of biodiversity. (GOALS 1 – 3 of the 2010 Strategy) 23 Australia’s key statement of national objectives to protect biodiversity is the The National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity. More about the Strategy. 23 National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 23 The National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 2001-2005 (NOTs) were written to augment the National Strategy. They set objectives and targets for ten priority outcomes for the Australian, State and Territory governments to collectively achieve. These cover (1) native vegetation retention, (2) freshwater ecosystems, (3) marine and estaurine ecosystems, (4) invasive alien species, (5) dryland salinity, (6) ecologically sustainable grazing, (7) impacts of climate change on biodiversity, (8) ethnobiological knowledge, (9) knowledge and access to information, and (10) institutional reform. More about the National Objectives. 23 Broad targets for the protection of ecological communities within biogeographic regions are established in the publication Directions for the National Reserve System – A Partnership Approach. (see http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/index.html) 23 The Australian Government through the National Reserve System Program of the Natural Heritage Trust assists the States, Territories and non-government organisations in establishing protected areas, particularly in priority bioregions and areas containing under represented ecological communities. 24 The “Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia” (IBRA) is the primary mechanism for the development of the National Reserve System (NRS). The division of the Australian continent into regions is based on natural boundaries, rather than State or Territory borders. The 85 biogeographic regions are defined by the major ecosystems present in each region and reflect patterns in geology, landform, soils, vegetation, fauna and climate 24 The development of this regionalisation is outlined in Thackway and Cresswell 1995 An Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia. The development of the current version (Version 5.1) is in Environment Australia 2000 Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australian. (see http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/index.html). 24 Major geomorphic units within the bioregions have also been delineated as sub-regions to a detailed scale in many jurisdictions. Because of the strong relationship between land use and the sub-regions, this provides a useful stratification for addressing threatening processes to native biota and the representativeness of the NRS, i.e. addressing ecosystems across their geographic range. 24 Protected Areas 28 Objective 1.4 of the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity is to: 28 Commonwealth parks and reserves 29 The Australian Government, through The Director of National Parks, manages Commonwealth parks and reserves including areas located on external island territories and within Australian waters beyond the state limit of three nautical miles. Each Australian State and Territory Government also has its own protected area management agencies. 29 Categories of national conservation status established by the EPBC Act 32 See National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 2001-2005 under Target 1.1 37 Commercial exports of regulated native species 39 Specimens of CITES listed species may be imported or exported for commercial purposes provided they have been derived from an: 39 See National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 2001-2005 under Target 1.1. In addition to the National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation 2001-2005, Australia promotes facilitative mechanisms and voluntary application of indicator and monitoring systems at the domestic level and has substantially moved towards specific, time bound and measurable targets in regional planning. This is carried out under the (National Action Plan on Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) ( http://www.nrm.gov.au/monitoring/index.html) 43 National IAS coordination 45 National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity 48 See under Target 1.1, the National Objectives and Targets (NOTs, Target 4). 50 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 67 The Conference of the Parties, in decision VI/9, annex, adopted the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Parties and Governments are invited to develop their own targets with this flexible framework. The Conference of the Parties considered the Strategy as a pilot approach for the use of outcome oriented targets under the Convention. In decision VII/10, the Conference of the Parties decided to integrate the targets into the reporting framework for the Third National Reports. Please provide relevant information by responding to the questions and requests contained in the following tables. 67 Target 1. A widely accessible working list of known plant species, as a step towards a complete world flora. 67 Target 2. A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species, at national, regional and international levels. 68 The Australian National Herbarium 77 The cornerstone of botanical research for the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research is the Australian National Herbarium which houses a collection of 1.3 million plant specimens, documenting the diversity of the Australian flora. With specimens dating back to Captain James Cook's 1770 expedition, the Herbarium's comprehensive collections allow for the reliable identification of plants originating from field studies and the extraction of ecological data. The Herbarium houses specialist collections of world importance, including: 77 Botanical Information Management 77 Ecosystem Approach 89 Pacific 90 Papua New Guinea 90 Regional marine planning: how the Australian Government is taking an ecosystem approach 92 C. ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION 93 Article 5 – Cooperation 93 (b) Bilateral 94 Papua New Guinea 94 New Zealand 94 The Australian Government is conserving migratory waterbirds through a number of international agreements such as the Ramsar Convention and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and cooperation with countries throughout the East Asian- Australasian Flyway. Bilateral migratory bird agreements exist between Australia and Japan (JAMBA) and China (CAMBA), with a further agreement under negotiation with the Republic of Korea. 94 (c) Multilateral 94 Article 6 - General measures for conservation and sustainable use 96 Biodiversity and Climate Change 101 Article 7 - Identification and monitoring 104 Under part 12 of the EPBC Act the Minister for Environment and Heritage may provide financial and other assistance for the purpose of identifying and monitoring components of biodiversity. Components of biodiversity include species, habitats, ecological communities, genes, ecosystems and ecological processes. 108 (b) Invasive alien species (IAS) 108 Total grazing pressure reports for rangeland environments provide a basis for development of monitoring frameworks, as appropriate, in regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) planning. Threat abatement plans may require continuous monitoring as an effective means of combating an IAS threat. http://www.nrm.gov.au/monitoring/indicators/vertebrate.html 108 Decisions on Taxonomy 113 Article 8 - In-situ conservation 121 [excluding paragraphs (a) to (e), (h) and (j)] 121 Programme of Work on Protected Areas (Article 8 (a) to (e)) 123 Article 8(h) - Alien species 130 National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity 133 www.daff.gov.au/invasivemarinespecies 134 www.deh.gov.au/coasts/imps/index.html 134 National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity 134 Article 8(j) - Traditional knowledge and related provisions 138 GURTS 138 Status and Trends 138 Akwé:Kon Guidelines 138 Capacity Building and Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities 139 Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Workshop 140 Support to implementation 142 Article 9 - Ex-situ conservation 144 Article 10 - Sustainable use of components of biological diversity 145 Biodiversity and Tourism 151 Article 11 - Incentive measures 157 Article 12 - Research and training 162 Article 13 - Public education and awareness 164 National Action Plan for Environmental Education 164 National Environmental Education Network (NEEN) 164 Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES) 165 Environmental Education Grants Program 165 National Sustainable Schools Initiative 165 Article 14 - Impact assessment and minimizing adverse impacts 170 Article 15 - Access to genetic resources 174 Article 16 - Access to and transfer of technology 179 Programme of Work on transfer of technology and technology cooperation 181 Article 17 - Exchange of information 183 Article 18 - Technical and scientific cooperation 184 Papua New Guinea 186 Article 19 - Handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits 189 Article 20 – Financial resources 190 Australian Government Envirofund 192 Regional Investments 192 National Investments 192 X 195
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X, CCD/GEF primary vehicle (see below) 196 X (see under (a) above 196 X 196 X 196
GEF 196 Australia's primary financial support for the work of the biodiversity related conventions in developing countries is provided through the GEF and its replenishment cycles. At the 3rd replenishment of the GEF Australia pledged to provide $68.2 million for the replenishment period 2003-2005. This is an increase of 58% over the funding Australia provided in 1998 for the 2nd replenishment. Since 1991 Australia has committed over $184 million to the GEF. 196 A r e a s 197 D. THEMATIC AREAS 198 Challenges 198 Programme of Work 198 Agricultural 198 Forest 198 Marine and coastal 198 Inland water ecosystem 198 Dry and subhumid lands 198 Mountain 198 (a)Lack of political will and support 198 0 198
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(c)Lack of main-streaming and integration of biodiversity issues into other sectors 198 2 198
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(e)Inadequate capacity to act, caused by institutional weakness 198 0 198
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(g)Loss of traditional knowledge 198 1 198
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0 198 (h)Lack of adequate scientific research capacities to support all the objectives 199 0 199 0 199
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(i)Lack of accessible knowledge and information 199 0 199
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(k)Existing scientific and traditional knowledge not fully utilized 199 1 199
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1 199 (l)Loss of biodiversity and the corresponding goods and services it provides not properly understood and documented 199 3 199 2 199
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(m)Lack of financial, human, technical resources 199 1 199
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1 199 (n)Lack of economic incentive measures 199 2 199 1 199
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(o)Lack of benefit-sharing 199 0 199
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N/A 199 (p)Lack of synergies at national and international levels 199 0 199 0 199
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(q)Lack of horizontal cooperation among stakeholders 199 1 199
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N/A 199 (r)Lack of effective partnerships 199 0 199 0 199
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(s)Lack of engagement of scientific community 199 0 199
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0 199 (t)Lack of appropriate policies and laws 199 0 199 0 199
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(u)Poverty 199 1 199
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N/A 199 (v)Population pressure 199 N/A 199 N/A 199
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(w)Unsustainable consumption and production patterns 199 2 199
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N/A 199 (x)Lack of capacities for local communities 199 1 199 1 199
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(y)Lack of knowledge and practice of ecosystem-based approaches to management 199 2 199
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0 199 (z)Weak law enforcement capacity 200 0 200 0 200
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(aa)Natural disasters and environmental change 200 0 200
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0 200 (bb)Others (please specify) 200 Inland water ecosystems 200 Marine and coastal biological diversity 202 General 202 The Australian Water Fund 205 Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management 206 Marine and Coastal Living Resources 206 A c t i v i t i e s 208 Marine and Coastal Protected Areas 209 Mariculture 209 Alien Species and Genotypes 211 Agricultural biological diversity 214 Annex to decision V/5 - Programme of work on agricultural biodiversity 215 Forest Biological Diversity 222 Expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity 224 Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands 239 Mountain Biodiversity 243 E. OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENTION 247 F. COMMENTS ON THE FORMAT 248 A. REPORTING PARTY
Information on the preparation of the report
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