Australasian Journal of Environmental Management最新文献

{"title":"A review of road infrastructure development and contemporary degradation on K’gari-Fraser Island","authors":"Ross Waldron, A. McCallum","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2021.1918586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2021.1918586","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Unpaved roads are often of poor quality in parks globally, particularly where funding and resources are limited. We review the history of road infrastructure development and provide contemporary evidence of road degradation on World Heritage listed K’gari-Fraser Island to demonstrate a need for a more sustainable transport system. Historical industry from mining and timber exploitation has established but also deeply impacted many sections of the island’s roads. Contemporary observations reveal high volumes of vehicular traffic contributing to erosion and deep-cuttings on many sections of this international tourist destination that attracts approximately 450,000 visitors per annum. Current observations of road degradation show that a more sustainable transport system should be implemented to mitigate further erosion from vehicular and weather impacts. The article provides justification for the need for sustainable transport solutions and strategies based on a history of inland sand road degradation and erosion leading to environmental impacts on K’gari-Fraser Island. Photographic evidence of varying degrees of degradation and erosion currently occurring and from past industry on K’gari’s roads is provided in this article to strengthen the argument for a more sustainable transport network.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"104 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2021.1918586","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47843112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disparity in biodiversity offset regulation across Australia may reduce effectiveness","authors":"Linda J Abdo, Sandy Griffin, Annabeth S. Kemp, G. Coupland","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2021.1919231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2021.1919231","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Biodiversity offsets are a mechanism for allowing economic development to proceed while ensuring that this is not to the detriment of environmental and social values. In order to achieve this, biodiversity offsets need to include environmental, social and economic aspects in an equitable and effective way. Australian legislation and policy relating to biodiversity offsets was reviewed and rated according to the level of equity and effectiveness, in terms of transparency, measurability and enforceability, to achieve outcomes. In all jurisdictions, gaps were found in the transparency, measurability and enforceability of offset regulations. In particular, the Commonwealth, having the overarching responsibility for the protection of biodiversity, was found to be lacking in the ability to fill these gaps. These gaps could result in a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function and services, as well as having economic repercussions for communities and developers. It also raises questions as to whether Australia is meeting its obligation as a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its ability to meet the corresponding Aichi Targets (and the subsequent Global Biodiversity Framework).","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"81 - 103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2021.1919231","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45615759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aligning heritage and environmental practice","authors":"H. Ross, S. Canning, R. Sharp, C. Baldwin","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2021.1888440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2021.1888440","url":null,"abstract":"A major part of Australian and Aotearoa-New Zealand identity is made up of our spirit and ingenuity, our heritage places, and our unique living landscapes. Heritage is a legacy from our past, a living, integral part of life today, and the stories and places we pass on to future generations. Both countries’ environments are cultural landscapes, shaped and imbued with meaning over exceptionally long periods by our First Nations peoples, whose cultures and identities in turn reflect their belonging to and co-existence with landscapes. Thus, a special issue on strengthening relationships between heritage and environment is timely. This special issue on the role of heritage in environmental management was suggested and guest-edited by members of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand’s Heritage Special Interest Section (Heritage SIS). The Heritage SIS was established following endorsement from the EIANZ Board on the 2nd of November 2016. Its purpose is to develop and promote knowledge about heritage as an essential element of environmental practice, and to advance the professional standing and recognition of heritage practitioners through the EIANZ Certified Environmental Practitioner Scheme. The Heritage SIS provides heritage professionals with a means to engage with the Institute, and for the Institute to have a way of embracing and interacting with heritage professionals who often work in very closely aligned roles, businesses or institutions, and sometimes the same locations. Environmental professionals are often required to work outside their comfort zones and engage heritage professionals to perform certain tasks. The SIS thus provides an opportunity to present heritage practitioners and their work to the EIANZ members who might benefit from more detailed understanding about heritage and how its practitioners operate across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions. Meanwhile for heritage practitioners, the SIS offers an excellent way to network and embed themselves into a cognate professional body. As an extension of this alliance, through the work of the SIS and EIANZ Specialist Environmental Advisory Committees there is now a Certified Environmental Practitioner specialisation for heritage practitioners. This provides an opportunity for professionals to gain certification, which carries status within the institute membership, as well as increasing awareness and credibility with government and employers. This special issue of the journal supports the aims of exposingmore of the EIANZmembership to heritage matters, and raising the profile of heritage management more generally within the environmental management profession. It reflects particularly on what heritage is, the multiple uses for heritage, whether policy and practice in Australia and New Zealand is protecting heritage effectively, and how effective policy for intangible heritage and heritage landscapes could look. It also offers case studies of successful collaborative pr","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"1 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2021.1888440","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43963976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond the shovel and the sieve: achieving better outcomes for Aboriginal people in commercial archaeology","authors":"A. Costello","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2021.1894251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2021.1894251","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Heritage consultants engaged in development driven archaeology are typically less able than their academic counterparts to negotiate the terms of collaborative consultation with Aboriginal people. Legislation, intellectual property rights, budget and project scope all restrict the ability to achieve project goals beyond the ‘shovel, sieve and report’ formula prescribed by the heritage contract. This article asks how commercial archaeologists engaged as cultural heritage managers and consultants can create pathways to better outcomes for Aboriginal people through identifying opportunities to close the gap in social inequality.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"45 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2021.1894251","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47959433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Planning for climate change: a reader in green infrastructure and sustainable design for resilient cities","authors":"Anna McKinlay","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1847388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1847388","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"213 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1847388","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49272146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable energy","authors":"Do Gyun Lee","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1846857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1846857","url":null,"abstract":"Occupational Endorsement Providing education and training in energy efficiency and renewable energy, the sustainable energy occupational endorsement addresses many of the energy issues that influence Alaska communities and provides the basic academic preparation for entry-level sustainable energy careers. It also serves as a steppingstone into scienceand engineering-related certificate, associate or bachelor’s programs.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"72 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1846857","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47559480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Counting scars: culture, science and consultation for modified trees in NSW","authors":"Darran Jordan","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1824824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1824824","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The identification of Aboriginal culturally modified trees can be problematic due to the number of ways in which scars can form naturally as well as through human modification. Further, there can sometimes be a disconnection between the results of scientific archaeological analysis and cultural values, with comparison between the two separate approaches problematising the way in which authenticity is defined. This article draws on the author’s experiences as a heritage specialist and references consultancy reports and assessments on the identification of Aboriginal culturally modified trees in New South Wales. It suggests the way forward is to clearly identify the rationale behind recordings to capture all of the layered meanings which are associated with these cultural and archaeological heritage sites.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"34 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1824824","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43064796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Although I use science, it’s an emotional thing’: conservation practitioners’ use of positive affect to frame messages about threatened birds","authors":"G. Ainsworth, G. Burns","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1830446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1830446","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Birds are of significant scientific and public interest yet although human interactions with birds are widespread and diverse in nature, relatively few people participate in conservation initiatives. Understanding how conservation practitioners describe conservation issues and whether this resonates with recipients’ attitudes could help create more appealing conservation strategies. This study applied a new typology of 12 avifaunal attitudes during 74 qualitative interviews with Australian conservation practitioners from the government, non-government, private, public and scientific sectors to investigate how they frame threatened bird issues. Messages about threatened bird conservation were typically positive and framed according to four major themes: morality, intrinsic value, empathy and loss. A strong link between empathy for wildlife and moral justification for preventing extinctions emerged. We recommend that public messages advocating for threatened bird conservation could be framed in positive ways that arouse emotions. Expressing a broad range of attitudes could appeal at both public interest and policy-maker levels and assist with developing more effective frames to capture some of the complex social landscape within which threatened species conservation operates. These findings could apply to wildlife conservation in Australia and elsewhere. Finally, the typology can assist with developing appropriately framed and targeted conservation engagement strategies.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"351 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1830446","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44295309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preferences for the future of the Southport Spit: evidence from a choice experiment","authors":"V. Graham, Christopher M. Fleming, Fitalew Agimass, James C. R. Smart","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1843193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1843193","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Southport Spit, an undeveloped open space at the northern end of the Gold Coast beaches, has been subject to contentious development proposals. This study employs a choice experiment to elicit residents' preferences for the future of the Spit in terms of development focus, maximum permitted height of development and extent of developed space. From an online choice experiment survey, we estimate a latent class model that reveals two strongly opposing viewpoints and a third, more nuanced, viewpoint. A pro-conservation segment opposes development of either a cruise ship terminal or casino, prefers low-rise development and opposes any increase in the extent of developed space. In contrast, a pro-development segment favours building a cruise ship terminal, a casino, or both a cruise ship terminal and a casino, prefers medium-rise development and has no clear preferences for how much of the available footprint should be developed. This study contributes to the small body of literature employing choice experiments to elicit the land-use preferences of urban communities; findings may help to explain why, to date, so little progress has been made towards reaching consensus on the future of the Spit.","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"396 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1843193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44323825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Convergence and divergence: environmental implications of a most unusual year","authors":"C. Baldwin, I. Boothroyd, H. Ross","doi":"10.1080/14486563.2020.1853879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1853879","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46081,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"345 - 350"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14486563.2020.1853879","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41928629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}