Performance monitoring Annual Reef 2050 Plan Report Departmental policy and (five-yearly). outcomes The Reef Trust contributes to the Department’s Departmental contributions to policies and Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 1: international obligations Conserve, protect and sustainably manage The Australian Government’s international Australia’s biodiversity, ecosystems, obligations, such as under the World Heritage environment and heritage through research, Convention for the management of the Great Barrier information management, supporting Reef World Heritage Area, are summarised in the natural resource management, establishing Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report. The Reef 2050 and managing Commonwealth Protected Plan provides an overarching strategy for the areas and reducing and regulating pollutants management of the Great Barrier Reef. It coordinates and hazardous substances. actions and guides the adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area to 2050. The progress and outcomes of the Reef Trust are evaluated and reported in a number of Departmental Delivery against key actions in the Reef 2050 Plan statements and reports. These include: including contributions from Reef Trust investments establishing annual performance expectations are reported annually and five yearly through the Outlook report which provides an assessment of the reporting the of success in achieving reef health, management and likely future. The the performance expectations. ’s most recent was published in 2014. In addition the In addition the achievements of the Reef Trust are status and trends in the condition of the Great Barrier reported in the following: Reef is reported in the on the state of the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia). 6 / Reef Monitoring and Reporting Plan
Performance monitoring Departmental policy and outcomes The Reef Trust contributes to the Department’s policies and Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 1: Conserve, protect and sustainably manage Australia’s biodiversity, ecosystems, environment and heritage through research, information management, supporting natural resource management, establishing and managing Commonwealth Protected areas and reducing and regulating pollutants and hazardous substances. The progress and outcomes of the Reef Trust are evaluated and reported in a number of Departmental statements and reports. These include: establishing annual performance expectations reporting the of success in achieving the performance expectations. In addition the achievements of the Reef Trust are reported in the following: Annual Reef 2050 Plan Report (five-yearly). Departmental contributions to international obligations The Australian Government’s international obligations, such as under the World Heritage Convention for the management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, are summarised in the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report. The Reef 2050 Plan provides an overarching strategy for the management of the Great Barrier Reef. It coordinates actions and guides the adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area to 2050. Delivery against key actions in the Reef 2050 Plan including contributions from Reef Trust investments are reported annually and five yearly through the Outlook report which provides an assessment of the reef ’s health, management and likely future. The most recent was published in 2014. In addition the status and trends in the condition of the Great Barrier Reef is reported in the on the state of the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia). 6 / Reef Monitoring and Reporting Plan
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