2016 SoE Heritage Commonwealth funding for management of World Heritage properties, 2011-12 to 2015-16

Brief description

Commonwealth funding for the management of World Heritage properties, 2011/12 - 2015/16.

Data sources:
Heritage Branch, Department of the Environment and Energy
Parks Australia
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Director of National Parks

NOTES:- \t
1. 2008/09 to 2012/13 - Includes projects from Caring for our Country, Your Community Heritage, Working on Country and Jobs Stimulus Package (2008/09 to 2009/10).\t
2. 2013/14 to 2014-2015 - Includes projects from World Heritage Grants Program, Your Community Heritage, Working on Country and Biodiversity Fund\t
3. Only funding for World Heritage values for which the property was listed, e.g. natural or cultural has been included.\t
4. GBRMPA figures are 'Total Cash Received' from GBRMPA annual reports\t
5. No funding was provided for Heard and Macdonald Islands\t\t
6. The Commonwealth jointly manages Kakadu National Park and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park with traditional owners. The figure provided for each financial year is the total expenditure in this reserve for operational costs (i.e. staffing, supplies, repairs and maintenance) and capital expenditure (e.g. replacement of infrastructure, provision of essential services). The figures do not include depreciation or payments to traditional owners under the leasing arrangements.\t\t

Not included in this data:-\t
1. Funding for World Heritage assessment \t
2. Caring for our Country projects which were carried out outside World Heritage properties which were intended to facilitate the \t
management of those properties e.g. by controlling introduced weeds or pests, improving water quality of waterways running into properties, improving connectivity of vegetation of adjacent properties with a World Heritage property
3. Funding under Green Army or 20 Million Trees Programmes.

Figure HER22 in Heritage theme.

https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/heritage/topic/2016/inputs-financial-resources#heritage-figure-HER22

Full description

Australian Government funding for management of World Heritage properties 2011-12 to 2015-16 - Provided by the Department of the Environment and Energy, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Director of National Parks.\r\n\r\nData is in A$ millions.