EPHC Archive - Heritage

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Information previously available on the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) website (www.ephc.gov.au) is listed in this archive. These pages are no longer being maintained or updated but remain here as an archive for your information.

 

A Guide to Heritage Listing in Australia

This guide outlines how the different levels of heritage listing in Australia - world, national, state/territory and local are determined. At the highest level are places on the World Heritage List like Kakadu National Park and the Sydney Opera House, while on a local heritage list there might be a nature reserve or the local Post Office. While all of these places are important, the Australian, state and territory and local government heritage systems distinguish between these levels for legal and practical reasons.

Filter Criteria for National Environment and Heritage Issues

National Tourism Heritage Strategy

The EPHC National Tourism and Heritage Taskforce includes representatives of Commonwealth, state and local governments, heritage organisations, the tourism industry, universities and Indigenous organisations.

As part of identifying opportunities for sustainable heritage tourism the Taskforce prepared: Going Places: Developing natural and cultural heritage tourism in Australia - Issues Paper.

This paper presents a national overview of the issues and opportunities for potential action. It provides a useful reference document for those working in both the heritage and tourism areas. It will assist in raising awareness of the diverse issues involved in protecting heritage places and building a sustainable tourism industry in regional Australia

Heritage Incentives and Innovative Policy Tools

Revolving Funds for Historic Heritage - An Information Paper

This paper compares how revolving funds operate for both historic and nature conservation, and considers the establishment issues associated with the funds. The report is the work of a Taskforce established by the EPHC in 2002 to examine incentives and other policy tools that might be appropriate to promote heritage conservation. The revolving funds concept is very successful and well accepted overseas, and is gaining currency in Australia as a tool for conservation of the natural environment. The Australian Government has contributed $4 million in recent years to assist various State Governments to establish revolving funds, such as BushBank in Western Australia. The report suggests that consideration be given to applying the same concept to the historic environment.

Making Heritage Happen: Incentives and Policy Tools for Conserving our Historic Heritage

EPHC has developed a report, Making Heritage Happen, on incentives and other innovative policy tools for conserving Australia's historic heritage.

The report surveys historic heritage incentives currently offered in Australia and internationally, compares them with incentives for nature conservation and examines their effectiveness.

It brings together in a comprehensive and accessible way, information that Australian governments can consider to promote heritage conservation by positive means, rather than by regulation.

Action Plan to Advance Reconciliation

Participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Environment Protection and Heritage Issues

An Action Plan to advance reconciliation was endorsed by EPHC in 2002. The Action Plan's objectives are to:

  1. Recognise the significance, interests and contribution of Indigenous peoples to environment protection and heritage issues; and
  2. Promote the effective involvement of Indigenous peoples in management and protection of the environment and heritage, and in particular their principal involvement in managing their own cultural heritage.