Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343:reg:1996:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1996 (pt 7/7)
Character Range: 367366–369477

Environmental Significance. It streamlines national environmental assessment and approvals process, protects Australian biodiversity and integrates management of important natural and cultural places.

Geographical Information System (GIS) is a computer based program that provides an efficient way to manage, analyse and display spatial data. A GIS allows for data from a variety of different sources to be rapidly overlaid for viewing and analysing.

Madrid Protocol is the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, adopted by the Antarctic Treaty parties in 1991, and in force since 1998. Its annexes address environmental impact assessment, conservation of fauna and flora, waste, marine pollution, area protection, and management and liability. Provisions for the protection of cultural heritage are in Annex V, article 8.

Mawson's Huts Foundation was established by the Australian Associated Press (AAP) in 1995, and is now an independent charity. Its mission is to 'conserve in perpetuity for the Australian people, the historic buildings erected at Cape Denison by the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, now known as Mawson's Huts'.

Plucking of weathered fibres is the removal of wood fibres by wind in the lee of the wind, rather than by impact of snow/ice particles.

Territories Environment and Treaties (TET) Section, within the Strategies Branch of the AAD, coordinates Australia's contributions to international conventions covering the Antarctic and develops environmental policies and management measures for the protection of the Antarctic environment.

[1] In the context of this Management Plan the term conservation "means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its cultural significance", as defined in Article 1.4, of The Burra Charter: The Australian ICOMOS Burra Charter, 1999.
[2] In the context of this Management Plan the term conservation "means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its cultural significance", as defined in Article 1.4, of The Burra Charter: The Australian ICOMOS Burra Charter, 1999.