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Management approaches to World Heritage

There are many aspects to consider when managing a World Heritage Area, these are assisted by the following:

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Complementary legislation for most adjoining State waters
The Zoning Plan and statutory plans of management
Cooperative working agreements between Australian and State Governments.

View more information about various management approaches for Australia�s World Heritage Areas; many relate to the Great Barrier Reef, but some (prefixed by **) relate to other Australian World Heritage Areas:

Management aspect	Link
Sustainable tourism	Tourism operators handbook Certification Marine Tourism Contingency Plan
Minimising visitor impacts	Plans of Management Site-specific management Doing your bit to look after it ** Wet Tropics visitor information � travel tips
Community engagement	Advisory committees Reef Guardian Schools programme ** Wet Tropics Partnerships
Minimising impacts of climate change	Building resilience against climate change
Environmental impact assessment	Environmental Impact Assessment
Strategic planning and reporting	25-Year Strategic Plan
Compliance and enforcement	Incident reporting
Best practice marine activities	Responsible reef practices
Research priorities	Research information system
Cross-jurisdictional cooperation	Inter-agency co-operation
Governance	Differing management arrangements Wet Tropics governance
World Heritage legislation	** Legislation relating to World Heritage
Risk assessment	Risk assessment Risk assessment of Defence activities
Policy development	Examples of marine policies ** Examples of terrestrial policies
Applying technology for management	Online Image collection
Sustainable marine resource use	Dive-based harvest fisheries Assessment of Otter Trawl Industry
Spatial management	Lessons learnt about marine zoning ** Terrestrial zoning
Management of research	Research Permits - advice to researchers Policy for managing scientific research [Adobe Acrobat Format 650kb]
Joint management	** Joint management with Traditional Owners
Indigenous partnerships	Indigenous partnerships Cultural tourism Regional Agreement
Bio-discovery	Access for bio-discovery purposes
Financial sustainability	Environmental Management Charge
Social-economic evaluations	Socio-economic evaluation of new zoning
Management effectiveness	Assessing management effectiveness of protected areas Self-assessment checklist
State of World Heritage reports	** State of Tasmanian Wilderness Report State of Great Barrier Reef Report Framework for reporting
World Heritage Values	World Heritage Values � Kakadu National Park World Heritage Values � Shark Bay
Education	ReefED Education ** Rainforest Explorer

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