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The Natural Heritage Trust ceased on 30 June 2008. It has been replaced by Caring for our Country .
The Natural Heritage Trust web site is no longer being maintained or updated but remains here as an archive for your information.
Natural Heritage Trust publications
Agreements
- Bilateral agreements have been negotiated between the Australian Government and each of the States and Territories of Australia to implement the Framework for the Extension of the Natural Heritage Trust.
The agreements, available below, set out how the second phase of the Natural Heritage Trust (2002-2003 to 2007-2008) is delivered in each State and Territory.- Australian Capital Territory - signed 27 March 2003
- New South Wales - signed 14 August 2003
- Northern Territory - signed 5 June 2003
- Queensland - signed 18 June 2004
- South Australia - signed 17 April 2003
- Tasmania - signed 5 June 2003
- Victoria - signed 12 December 2002
- Western Australia - signed 17 December 2002
- Envirofund sample fencing management agreement
- Envirofund sample funding agreement
- Partnership agreements provided the framework for implementing the programmes of the first phase of the Trust (1997-2002).
- Australian Capital Territory - signed 9 September 1997
- New South Wales - signed 31 October 1997
- Northern Territory - signed 3 December 1997
- Queensland - signed 5 November 1997
- South Australia - signed 8 August 1997
- Tasmania - signed 7 October 1997
- Victoria - signed 24 October 1997
- Western Australia - signed 29 July 1997
Annual reports
- Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) annual reports
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2005-2006
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2004-2005
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2003-2004
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2002-2003
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2001-2002
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2000-2001
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 1999-2000
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 1998-1999
- Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 1997-1998
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and Natural Heritage Trust
regional programs reports
Books and reports
- Discussion papers
- Evaluations and reviews of the first phase of the Trust (1996-1997 to 2001-2002)
- Bushcare projects field evaluation 1997-2002
- Building Regional Capacity: NRM Short Course - Evaluation - December 2000
- Building Regional Capacity: NRM Short Course - Final Report - 2001
- Evaluation of the NHT Phase 1 Facilitator, Coordinator and Community Support Networks - February 2003
- Natural Heritage Trust Phase 1 Final Evaluation - February 2005
- The future of facilitation and coordination networks under Natural Resource Management planning and implementation - October 2002
- Natural Heritage Trust - Mid Term Review - 2000
- Preliminary Inquiries into the Natural Heritage Trust - Auditor-General's Report, tabled 12 May 1998
- National evaluations of the Natural Heritage Trust (second phase 2002-2008) and National Action Plan on Salinity and Water Quality
- Evaluation of coastal, estuarine and marine outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of salinity outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of significant invasive species (weeds) outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of the Australian Government Envirofund
- Evaluation of the biodiversity outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of the current governance arrangements to support regional investment
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of bilateral agreements between the Australian Government and State/Territory Governments for the regional component of the extension of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Evaluation of the national natural resource management facilitator network
- Evaluation of the National Investment Stream of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Evaluation of the sustainable agriculture outcomes of regional investment
- Cost effective feral animal exclusion fencing for areas of high conservation value in Australia - July 2004
- Development of an agreed code of practice and standard operating procedures for the humane capture, handling or destruction of feral animals in Australia - November 2004
- Fire management - managing for biodiversity in the rangelands - June 2004
- Identification of Western Australian Grey Nurse Shark aggregation sites - July 2005
- Potential cane toad short to medium term control techniques – the biological feasibility and cost of exclusion as a mitigating control strategy - December 2004
- Risk Assessment Handbook for Community Groups in Natural Resource Management - November 2005
- Salinity mapping methods in the Australian Context - January 2005
- Science and information to support the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the Natural Heritage Trust: position paper
- Socio-economic Impact Assessment Toolkit: A guide to assessing the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 2005
Brochures
Case studies
Envirofund publications
- Envirofund sample fencing management agreement
- Envirofund sample funding agreement
- Envirofund 2006 monitoring and evaluation package
Fact sheets
- A community guide to monitoring and evaluating Natural Resource Management projects - June 2005
- Australian Government Envirofund - March 2005
- Biodiversity fact sheet series - June 2006
- A growing concern
- Biodiversity and local government
- Biodiversity - on our agenda
- Biodiversity on the edge
- Biodiversity sea change
- Caring for biodiversity in the Tanami
- Crossing the border for biodiversity
- Incentives for conserving biodiversity
- Indigenous knowledge helps manage our land
- Native grasses - a boon for graziers
- Protecting biodiversity - part of farming
- Revegetating cleared land
- Saving South Australia's Mid North grasslands
- Seeding the future
- Station hands... seeing the land anew
- Does your natural resource management project comply with national environmental laws? - March 2005
- Natural Resource Management Facilitator Network - March 2005
Frameworks
- Framework for the extension of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Towards a National Framework for managing the impact of groundwater and surface water interaction in Australia
See also
Guidelines
- Grants for Australia's Environment and Heritage: a guide
- Guidelines for Interim Regional Arrangements
- Envirofund 2006 Monitoring and Evaluation Package
- Envirofund Fencing Management Agreement
- Setting up for success
Legislation
- Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act No. 76 1997
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act No. 91 1999
Newsletters
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 33
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 32
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 31
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 30
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 29
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 28
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 27
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 26
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 25
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 24
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 23
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 22
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 21
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 20
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 19
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 18
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 17
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 16
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 15
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 14
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 13
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 12
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 11
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 10
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 9
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 8
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 7
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 6
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 5
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 4
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 3
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 2
- Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust Number 1
See also
Strategies
- Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for the National Investment Stream of the Natural Heritage Trust
- National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity
- National Water Quality Management Strategy
- National Weeds Strategy
- Strategic Plan for National Investment under the NHT
See also
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