Participants in this project included members of the Cultural Landscape Research Unit (QUT), whose industry partner is the Queensland Government's Environmental Protection Agency (Cultural Heritage Branch). To illustrate the arguments made in chapter one, Adkins and Jennifer Summerville present a case study of the Gold Coast Naturelink cable car proposal in chapter two. This case study of contested land management in Queensland was completed before the state government rejected the cable car proposal in late 2000.
Some of the papers reviewed by Laurens are examples of how a clearer understanding of the concept of cultural landscape could help landscape management. It was suggested that an important contribution of the study could be in the intensive evaluation of actual cases of challenge. In the social and cultural sciences, the case study approach enables intensive examination of the details of the social and cultural relations that constitute and produce observed patterns.
We must decide which aspects of the relationship between elements in the different terrains are of particular theoretical interest. These methods make it possible to study how different parties position themselves and others in conversation.
2 MANAGING CONTESTED TERRAINS IN QUEENSLAND
Proponents and Supporters of Naturelink
The central categories in this discourse relate to the Naturelink development and the objects of the development's benefits that are described as. As in the case of the pro-Naturelink discourse, 'visitor numbers' play an important role as the means by which an imputed result will be achieved. Thus, the act of “dragging [people] up the mountains,” when placed in the context of the scene, “the park,” is implicitly called to account.
These features of the descriptions allow 'visitor numbers' to be seen as a factor enabling positive outcomes for the 'Gold Coast economy' in one discourse, and as an environmentally destructive factor in 'Springbrook National Park' in the other. Clarence John Melrose Trist, secretary of the Forestry Department from 1915-53, fought for the creation of Springbrook National Park in the 1930s. In the first excerpt, this appropriateness becomes part of the explicit focus of the discourse.
The summary of this document relates to the importance of the federal government's national strategy for. This perspective is said to characterize the discourse of the 'Post Rio' agenda, so that.
3 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND MANAGEMENT
Pursuant to Article 4 of the WHC, each state has a commitment to the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of the country's natural and cultural heritage. Protection of heritage is seen as an integral part of the protection of the environment, so the three laws will be complementary. INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997(IPA) The purpose of the IPA is to integrate all administrative levels of planning in the state to achieve ecologically sustainable development.
Defining the environment is of key importance for cultural landscapes. a) ecosystems and their components, including people and communities; and. b) all natural and physical resources; and. PROPOSED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION This would repeal several laws related to the management of certain natural resources and enable the implementation of the IGAE guidelines and principles and the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development. The Fraser Island World Heritage Area is managed by the Queensland Government through the Great Sand Region Management Plan (1994) and the provisions of the Nature Conservation Act 1994 and the Recreational Areas Management Act 1988 (World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 1999).
As this is a case study area, it would be highly desirable to follow up on any implementation of the landscape and cultural resource objectives. This shows that the management of several potentially conflicting goals – the continuation of cultural social practices, staff resources and visitor access – has at least been addressed. Broad-based programs that impact cultural landscapes. There are a plethora of programs that aim to make broad changes in the landscape, many through the rehabilitation of the natural environment.
The National Trust (for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty) was formed by a group of socialists in 1895, mainly to protect landscapes for the benefit of the nation. In the author's experience working for the National Trust covering the Hambledon area (Greenlands Estate) in Buckinghamshire, between Marlow and Henley, 50 years of restrictive covenant management had substantially preserved the character of the landscape compared to areas. Countryside stewardship (UK) is also a voluntary scheme based on annual incentive payments to landowners for the creation or repair of landscape features (built and natural), to maintain the natural and cultural diversity of the countryside and enhance opportunities for public enjoyment.
Even landscapes that have sounds or smells must eventually be derived from something tangible, e.g. the sea, trees, sand and soil. Management plans need to be much clearer about the importance of the sites, the management of competing values and interests, and the relative priorities of management objectives. If cultural landscape is seen as an aspect of the physical landscape, cultural heritage should be part of any environmental impact assessment.
Report of the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainable Development in the House of Commons. Australia's national report to the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Australian Oceans Policy, Socio-Cultural Aspects: Expanding the Role of Shared Governance and Stewardship in Conservation Management of Australia's Marine and Coastal Resources. 34; Protection and Management of Antarctic Sites: A Proposed Strategy for the Implementation of Annex V of the Madrid Protocol Based on Information Management", Environment and Planning Law Journal, 15(1). 34; Current Practices for Addressing Sites of Cultural Heritage and Value in Domestic Forest Plans." Unpublished internal department document.
Qld Department of Natural Resources - Resource Management, Department of Communications, Information, Local Government and Planning, Department of Primary Industries - Forestry, Department of Environment and Heritage. Private property rights and the public interest in land use decision-making", Environment and Planning Law Journal, December. A review of Indigenous involvement in the management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Linking Protected Areas to Working Landscapes in Biodiversity Conservation, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Science and Management of Protected Areas, 12-16 May.
4 LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING REVIEW
The case study area for the Gold Coast falls within the jurisdiction of the Gold Coast City Council (GCCC). Conservation and management of heritage and character The Heritage and Urban Inquiry makes 21 recommendations for the conservation and protection of the Gold Coast's heritage and character. The document is very general in its coverage of the issues across the Gold Coast.
Conservation and maintenance of the Gold Coast's natural environment is an important objective of this strategic plan. ESD is important for ways of protecting and managing the natural environment and cultural heritage. 21. He proposed management guidelines to be adopted by the GCCC to conserve and protect the nature of the Gold Coast.
The South Brisbane case study area falls within the Brisbane City Council (BCC) province. The BCC would ensure the protection and management of the area's cultural heritage and character through the South Brisbane Area Development Control Plan in three ways. The final part of the South Brisbane Local Plan pays more attention to amenities and heritage.
To ensure the protection and management of the scenic cultural and scenic landscape values of designated cultural scenic routes and viewpoints in the city. To ensure the protection and management of the cultural landscape's values of the designated landscape features, scenic cultural sites and urban areas. 1993 Legislation for the protection and management of the area passed in Queensland: Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993.
Responsibility for the preparation of the Wet Tropics Management Plan has been given to the Wet Tropics Management Authority (the 'Authority'). However, the plan makes very little mention of the protection and management of cultural heritage, and this is worrying. The land included in the case study area falls within the jurisdiction of Douglas Shire Council.
Protection of landscape values is addressed in various sections of the Douglas Shire Planning Scheme. A reading of the planning scheme indicates that provisions for the preservation of cultural heritage and character protection are also included.
