Yes, one or more specific national targets have been established
X
Please provide details below.
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)
II) National targets for specific programmes of work: If such national target(s) ha(s)(ve) been
established, please indicate here, and give further details in the box(es).
The NOTs underpin the The National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity National Strategy (see under Target 1.1) . The NOTs provide a national baseline of targets for development of regional targets as Australia moves towards specific, time bound and measurable targets in regional planning 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).
IV) Please provide information on current status and trends in relation to this target.
See Box II above.
V) Please provide information on indicators used in relation to this target.
See Target 1.1 (V) above.
VI) Please provide information on challenges in implementation of this target.
The staged implementation of regional planning targets recognizes that they will be largely aspirational until the appropriate monitoring and evaluation infrastructure is in place at the regional scale, over the next 10-20 years. Baselines, either previously established, or to be established as part of a regional planning process, are an essential component of the National NRM Standards and Targets and the Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks. There are challenges ahead in establishing new baselines.
VII) Please provide any other relevant information.
